{"id":643497,"date":"2026-06-17T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643497\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:25:09","slug":"tel-aviv-ranked-worlds-no-4-startup-hub-with-ecosystem-value-of-250b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643497\/","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv ranked world\u2019s No. 4 startup hub with ecosystem value of $250B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"S1jBudZfezGl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/Tel_aviv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tel Aviv-Yafo<\/a> has been ranked for the second consecutive year as the world\u2019s fourth-leading startup ecosystem, according to Startup Genome\u2019s global ranking, with an ecosystem value of $250 billion. The city trails only Silicon Valley, New York and London.<\/p>\n<p>Startup Genome is an international research and advisory firm focused on developing innovation ecosystems. It is best known for its annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report, or GSER, which ranks leading regions for technology entrepreneurship around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.rJlfuVJxGzx\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.rJlfuVJxGzx\"><\/p>\n<p>1 View gallery <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.rJlfuVJxGzx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8892528_1_83_1000_563_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05ea\u05dc \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e7\u05d5 \u05e8\u05e7\u05d9\u05e2\" title=\"Tel Aviv-Yafo has been ranked for the second consecutive year as the world\u2019s fourth-leading startup ecosystem  (Photo: Shutterstock) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.rJlfuVJxGzx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8892528_1_83_1000_563_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05ea\u05dc \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e7\u05d5 \u05e8\u05e7\u05d9\u05e2\" title=\"Tel Aviv-Yafo has been ranked for the second consecutive year as the world\u2019s fourth-leading startup ecosystem  (Photo: Shutterstock) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tel Aviv-Yafo has been ranked for the second consecutive year as the world\u2019s fourth-leading startup ecosystem <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p>The report, presented today at the VivaTech conference in Paris, is based on what the company describes as the world\u2019s most comprehensive startup database, analyzing data from more than 5.5 million companies across more than 350 innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. It identifies global startup trends and ranks the world\u2019s top 40 cities in the field.<\/p>\n<p>The company also uses a measure it calls \u201cecosystem value,\u201d an economic impact metric calculated based on startup exits and valuations. According to the report, the Tel Aviv ecosystem generated $250.3 billion in value, based on data collected between July 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025. That figure represents growth of 162% compared with the previous 2021 report.<\/p>\n<p>The main fields powering Tel Aviv\u2019s startup momentum are artificial intelligence, big data, analytics, cyber and life sciences. In AI startups, Tel Aviv ranks fifth worldwide, while across research and development, talent strength, talent retention and performance metrics, it is listed among the global top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat distinguishes Tel Aviv is not only its ranking, but the concentrated depth of talent and innovation driving it, especially in AI and big data, cyber and life sciences,\u201d said Marc Penzel, founder and president of Startup Genome. \u201cMaintaining the fourth place globally year after year signals an ecosystem that has built a lasting competitive advantage in sectors defining the emerging global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tel Aviv Municipality operates Tel Aviv Global, a municipal company focused in part on strengthening and promoting the city\u2019s innovation ecosystem, from early-stage ventures to growth companies and multinational corporations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation in Tel Aviv-Yafo is not only an industry; it is part of the city\u2019s identity and way of life,\u201d Mayor Ron Huldai said in response to the report. \u201cTel Aviv-Yafo Municipality continues, especially these days and amid global changes and the AI revolution, to support, assist and serve as the home of Israeli startups leading the global industry and of some of the world\u2019s most important and largest international companies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv-Yafo has been ranked for the second consecutive year as the world\u2019s fourth-leading startup ecosystem, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,4203,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-643497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}