Startup Ecosystems Worldwide

Rainer Seider, Stephanie Arrowsmith, Rey Buckman A startup
ecosystem is formed by entrepreneurs, startups in their various
stages and numerous types of organizations such as universities,
investors, accelerators, co-working spaces, legal and financial
service providers and government agencies. Through the complex
interaction of these players a startup ecosystem has the capacity
to enable entrepreneurs to development new ideas and bring
innovation to the market. Startup ecosystems their composition
and maturity level are an essential component for the success rate
of startups and entrepreneurs on a larger scale. A good
understanding of their respective state, strengths and weaknesses
enables more specifically targeted policies,
enhances investment decisions and improves the impact of
development cooperation. Moderated by Jan Lachenmayer (Director
Startup Meter at enpact), a discussion will start with an interview
about international partnerships and funding structures with: 
Dr. Rainer Seider, Head of the Unit Development Cooperation at
Berlin's Ministry for Economic Affairs and initiator of Startup
AsiaBerlin (SUAB) a platform to connect ecosystems in Asia
with Berlin and Rey Buckmann, manager of the Airbus BizLab Hamburg
and manager of the Africa4Future initative. In the second half of
the session the panel will present findings and discuss research on
startup ecosystems in respective world regions - Bosun Tijan will
present an overview of the startup ecosystem in West Africa and the
work of CCHub, one of Africa's oldest accelerators in shaping and
promoting the scene in Nigeria and beyond. Jan Lachenmayer’s
Startup Meter team have developed a framework measuring the
conditions of startups based on 80 indicators, incorporated in the
Startup-Friendliness-Index (SFI). He will put forward the overall
findings on measuring startup ecosystems, and in particular, the
region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Stephanie
Arrowsmith will share learnings and insights from Australian
Government program Frontier Innovators, that aims to support
ecosystems and entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific. Through this
program, they received over 700 applications from enterprises
across 31 countries. The audience is invited to enter with
questions and remarks.