FOUNDERCITIES INDEX

Where should you build?

The ranked list of the world's best cities to start an adventure-packed startup — scored on unicorns per capita, technical talent, access to capital, labor laws, taxes, burn rate, lifestyle and visas.

Drag the weights — the ranking recomputes live. Your priorities, your list.

CityFounder score / 100

How the ranking works

Every city is scored 0–10 on eight criteria. Your final ranking is the weighted average of those scores, scaled to 100 — and the weights are yours to set in the panel above.

founder score = Σ(weight × criterion) ÷ Σ(weights) × 10
Current scores are editorial estimates (v0.1), calibrated against public ecosystem reports. A fully data-sourced version — unicorn counts, OECD employment-protection indices, developer population, VC deal volume — is on the roadmap.