Recommended Data Sources

North American Business Angel association publishing activity data of business angels in the US and Canada

Annual report aggregating data and insights on European tech ecosystems covering different aspects from investments to job creation

Annually updated list of active unicorns (tech startups evaluated > USD 1 bn) worldwide

Global company analysis database tracking the growth of start-ups

Global start-up investment database

European focused start-up investment database

Periodic global survey among digital talents about their favorite destinations by Boston Consulting Group

Annual Statistics Compendium on Business Angel activity in Europe

Study based on a survey among European founders and gauges their opinions.

Longitudinal study on more than 23,000 ventures that applied to participate accelerator programs between 2013 - 2020

US-based think tank collecting data and producing indices on the development of start-up ecosystems worldwide

Access to the Github developer platform REST API, offering information on developer communities around the world

Annual survey and report on entrepreneurship framework conditions around the world by the Kauffman Foundation

European private equity and venture capital investments database

Global Internet Speed Index

Ranking of top universities in various categories

A global dataset of accelerators and participating start-ups based on Crunchbase data

Global Survey of around 65,000 developers conducted by stackoverflow

Platform for crowd-sourced list of startups and accelerators worldwide. Also publishes ecosystem reports.

A collection of analyses on European scale-ups powered by Startup Europe.

Collection of 1st and 3rd party data on start-up ecosystems for 100 cities in Europe

Aggregator of city-level data ranging from quality of life indices to crime rates.

Annual report published by consultancy firm Startup Genome on top ecosystems in the world.

Ranking of university based incubators worldwide

Open data on African start-ups; can be searched by tag, sector, country and fundraising status

Study by the World Bank on regulations governing the economic activities in countries around the world