5 tech hotspots to watch - and we don't mean Silicon Valley

Feb 22, 2018

Quid's data analysis explains what makes London, Paris, Singapore, Munich and Tel Aviv so attractive to entrepreneurs Image: REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Fulvia Montresor

Head of Technology Pioneers, World Economic Forum Geneva

Saemoon Yoon

Lead, Innovator Communities, World Economic Forum

Tony Maile

Vice President, Quid

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Top segments by number of companies (size) and dollar amount of investment received in the past 10 years (2008–2017)

Timeline of investments by count in London over the last 10 years, coloured by market segment, top 10 segments shown with number of investments per segment

Investments by count in London in the past 10 years. Top 10 segments shown with number of investments per segment

Network view of ~2,100 companies in Paris that have received funding in the past 10 years, nodes represent companies, colored and labeled by market segment. Three of these are recent Technology Pioneers (Cellectis, Eligo Bioscience, and Chronocam)

Network view of ~2,100 companies in Paris that have received funding in the past 10 years, nodes represent companies, coloured and labelled by market segment. Three of these are recent Tech Pioneers (Cellectis, Eligo Bioscience, and Chronocam)

Barchart of top 10 investors in Paris by count over the last 10 years, colored by market segment, top 10 segments shown with number of investments per segment

Timeline of investments by dollar amount in Singapore over the last 10 years

Timeline of investments by dollar amount in Singapore in the past 10 years

Barchart of top 10 investors in Singapore by count over the last 10 years

Bar chart of top 10 investors in Singapore by count in the past 10 years

Network view of ~440 companies in Munich that have received funding in the past 10 years

Heatmap of investment metrics in Munich by market segment, sorted by CAGR of investment (2014-2017)

Network view of ~660 companies in Tel Aviv that have received funding in the past 10 years

Timeline of investments by count in Tel Aviv over the last 10 years, colored by market segment, top 10 segments shown with number of investments per segment

Timeline of investments by count in Tel Aviv in the past 10 years

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