Table 5 Startup ecosystem comparison table

Factor

Tel Aviv

São Paulo

New York

 Exit strategies*

L3

L2

L3

 Global market*

L3

L2

L3

 Entrepreneurship in universities*

L3

L2

L3

 Mentoring quality

L3

L2

L3

 Bureaucracy

L2

L1

L3

 Tax burden

L2

L1

L3

 Accelerators quality

L3

L1

L3

 Access to funding

L3

L2

L3

 Human capital quality

L3

L2

L3

 Culture values for entrepreneurship*

L3

L2

L3

 Technology transfer processes

L3

L1

L3

 Methodologies knowledge

L2

L2

L2

 Specialized media

L2

L2

L3

 Startup events*

L3

L2

L3

 Ecosystem data and researches*

L3

L2

L3

 Ecosystem generations*

L3

L2

L3

 Number of startups*

L3

L2

L3

 Access to funding number of deals

L3

L1

L3

 Angel funding number of deals*

L3

L2

L3

 Incubators/tech parks

L3

L2

L3

 High-tech companies presence*

L3

L2

L3

 Established companies influence

L3

L2

L3

Essential factors*

L3(10)

L2(10)

L3(10)

Complementary factors

L2(4), L3(8)

L1(5), L2(7)

L2(1), L2(11)

Maturity level

Self-sustainable (M4)

Evolving (M2)

Self-sustainable (M4)