Interactive FT ranking: Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs

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Interactive FT ranking: Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs

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1 UnternehmerTUM Germany 86.762 27 1 75 2002 2 Hexa Belgium 83.567 12 12 66 2011 3 SETsquared United Kingdom 82.694 88 51 52 2002 4 Founders Factory United Kingdom 82.394 28 46 22 2015 5 Growth Studio United Kingdom 82.265 6 14 1 2016 6 LSE Generate United Kingdom 81.847 23 36 29 2011 7 Startup Braga Portugal 80.988 8 19 36 2014 8 ESA Business Incubation Center The Netherlands 80.931 87 100 98 2004 9 Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub United Kingdom 80.457 15 17 13 2013 10 Startup Lisboa – Unicorn Factory Lisboa Portugal 80.011 17 20 46 2012 11 InnovX Romania 79.977 3 4 16 2019 12 SpinLab Germany 79.95 13 7 23 2014 13 Wolaria Spain 79.596 1 29 3 2012 14 EIT Climate-KIC The Netherlands 78.575 85 90 27 2010 15 Oxford Oracle United Kingdom 78.499 2 24 2 2007 16 Startupbootcamp The Netherlands 78.354 9 21 32 2010 17 BerriUp Spain 77.845 5 11 9 2015 18 Startup Wise Guys Estonia 77.596 67 59 37 2012 19 Lanzadera Spain 77.535 4 2 45 2013 20 Next Commerce Accelerator Germany 77.506 7 25 20 2017 21 6AM Accelerator Norway 77.253 19 10 21 2013 22 Lloyd’s Lab United Kingdom 77.23 10 18 11 2018 23 BIND 4.0 Spain 77.218 20 31 7 2016 24 LifeSciences@Work The Netherlands 77.131 39 9 4 2008 25 Building Global Innovators Portugal 77.03 105 95 26 2010 26 SSE Business Lab Sweden 76.989 80 53 104 2001 27 Rockstart The Netherlands 76.954 51 15 12 2011 28 Plexal United Kingdom 76.786 35 34 49 2017 29 NatWest Accelerator United Kingdom 76.598 29 3 40 2018 30 EuraTechnologies France 76.399 52 47 79 2009 31 Zollhof Germany 76.359 41 62 42 2017 32 Axelra Switzerland 76.325 11 92 30 2019 33 H-FARM Italy 76.095 37 42 5 2005 34 Sound Hub Denmark Denmark 76.042 18 39 51 2018 35 Fundación Empresa y Sociedad Spain 75.959 30 13 17 1995 36 Odense Robotics Startup Fund and Incubator Denmark 75.914 34 44 83 2016 37 Futurebox Denmark 75.813 22 45 25 2013 38 Decelera Ventures Spain 75.743 16 5 19 2015 39 NEOMA Business School Startup Lab France 75.726 25 28 72 2011 40 Catalyst United Kingdom 75.594 32 8 31 1999 41 Carbon13 United Kingdom 75.558 58 6 61 2019 42 accent Austria 75.427 24 49 35 2005 43 Sting Sweden 75.385 53 74 38 2002 44 IPN – Instituto Pedro Nunes, Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia Portugal 75.303 21 41 57 1991 45 Entrepreneur First United Kingdom 75.162 102 22 113 2011 46 IncubAlliance France 74.964 60 78 10 2005 47 Fondazione Agire Switzerland 74.941 26 60 15 2011 48 egg – enter grow go Greece 74.932 48 88 74 2013 49 Imperial Enterprise Lab United Kingdom 74.926 42 35 33 2016 50 Hatch Enterprise United Kingdom 74.877 66 52 18 2014 51 Techcelerator Romania 74.763 49 77 62 2018 52 SmiLe Incubator Sweden 74.678 69 32 50 2007 53 Descartes Développement et Innovation France 74.433 14 68 8 2011 54 Minc Sweden 74.381 56 94 59 2002 55 Space3ac Poland 74.36 38 96 55 2016 56 dock3 – The Startup Lab Italy 74.071 59 50 90 2018 57 Business Factory Food (BFFood) Spain 74.069 36 73 69 2019 58 L Marks United Kingdom 74.041 68 56 68 2014 59 StartupYard Czech Republic 74.025 45 86 34 2011 60 Colorintech United Kingdom 73.994 54 48 43 2016 61 The Global Sports Innovation Center Spain 73.957 47 26 101 2015 62 DigitalHealth.London United Kingdom 73.718 107 63 91 2016 63 BFA Business Factory Auto Spain 73.631 31 55 53 2016 64 The Greenhouse United Kingdom 73.628 50 91 14 2014 65 JIC Czech Republic 73.368 99 104 58 2003 66 Impact Hub Amsterdam The Netherlands 73.293 43 33 47 2008 67 LVenture Group Italy 73.237 44 66 76 2013 68 Founders Foundation Germany 73.235 55 30 65 2016 69 ACEin Greece 73.219 40 43 48 2014 70 CEEI Valencia Spain 73.174 46 65 28 1991 71 Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership United Kingdom 73.115 77 16 24 1988 72 RWTH Innovation Germany 72.564 71 103 78 2017 73 BlueCity The Netherlands 72.514 57 40 67 2015 74 Furthr Ireland 72.491 110 123 54 1988 75 Casa do Impacto Portugal 72.162 73 72 85 2018 76 CodeBase United Kingdom 72.111 82 61 6 2014 77 Berlin Innovation Agency Germany 71.993 61 38 77 2019 78 Form 1 Partners United Kingdom 71.83 33 37 81 1984 79 Gamecity Hamburg Germany 71.594 84 69 84 2003 80 Luxinnovation Luxembourg 71.4 70 54 63 1984 81 NovaUCD Ireland 71.329 62 67 73 2003 82 YES!Delft The Netherlands 70.875 86 23 99 2005 83 Laval Mayenne Technopole France 70.804 64 85 44 1996 84 Switzerland Innovation Park Ost Switzerland 70.766 65 81 96 2010 85 Startup Autobahn powered by Plug and Play Germany 70.614 124 99 123 2016 86 Big Idea Ventures France 70.566 63 84 64 2018 87 CARNET Spain 70.563 79 27 92 2015 88 WU Gründungszentrum Austria 70.414 89 114 56 2015 89 EIT Food Belgium 70.349 96 83 89 2016 90 PoliHub Italy 70.33 81 102 87 2014 91 Karolinska Innovations Sweden 70.011 100 117 86 1997 92 ProVeg Incubator Germany 69.976 92 57 41 2018 93 INAM – Innovation Network for Advanced Materials Germany 69.84 76 87 60 2016 94 Rebels Valley Poland 69.284 106 118 70 2010 95 Scientifica Italy 69.248 72 82 100 2017 96 HHL Digital Space Germany 69.181 75 58 71 1998 97 Eatable Adventures Spain 69.087 83 76 94 2015 98 EIT KIC Urban Mobility S.L.U. Spain 68.909 94 71 102 2019 99 Starburst France 68.907 74 79 93 2012 100 CAP Innove Belgium 68.881 78 106 88 1983 101 Luxembourg-City Incubator Luxembourg 68.526 101 89 82 2018 102 Umeå Biotech Incubator Sweden 68.452 98 101 114 2003 103 CzechInvest Czech Republic 68.111 97 116 80 1992 104 Oslo Cancer Cluster Incubator Norway 67.999 109 115 111 2015 105 Somerset House United Kingdom 67.411 95 93 103 1997 106 Toilet Board Coalition Switzerland 66.984 104 75 39 2015 107 VTT LaunchPad Finland 66.811 93 107 108 1942 108 madri+d Foundation Spain 66.582 114 70 112 2002 109 CIC Rotterdam The Netherlands 66.496 103 113 110 1999 110 The University of Warwick Science Park United Kingdom 65.803 115 125 119 1982 111 Insurtech Gateway United Kingdom 65.776 112 97 115 2016 112 EIT Health Germany 65.652 113 109 97 2015 113 Startup Creasphere powered by Plug and Play Germany 64.728 118 98 106 2018 114 xEdu Finland 64.206 90 80 95 2016 115 Hello Tomorrow France 64.066 125 124 120 2011 116 The Swiss EdTech Collider Switzerland 63.745 120 64 125 2017 117 Plug and Play Spain 63.657 122 122 109 2017 118 EIT Digital Belgium 62.655 117 121 117 2010 119 Impact Hub Berlin Germany 62.189 116 120 118 2013 120 Chemovator Germany 60.847 91 105 107 2018 121 MobilityXlab Sweden 60.216 121 112 122 2017 122 INiTS Austria 60.194 111 110 116 2002 123 Fondazione UNIMI Italy 59.216 123 119 124 2008 124 Beta-i Portugal 59.099 119 111 121 2011 125 École polytechnique France 56.576 108 108 105 2015