Thursday 8 November 2012

In Which Industries are Startups Blossoming?


Gardening allegory: What industries are better for startups blossoming?
High-tech industries are not equally friendly for establishing startups. Red Herrings Top 100 Lists provide good evidence for such notion. Rough analysis of the lists compiled for 2012 shows that 9 out of 27 featured industries were accountable for 80% of mentioned startups. Computers, software, internet, SaaS, and mobile are at the top.

Below see the table with the detailed results.

Americas
Asia
Europe
TOTAL
Share
Computers/Software
32
1
23
56
18%
Internet & Services / Online
10
23
13
46
15%
Software
16
12
12
40
13%
Cloud Computing/SaaS
10
12
7
29
9%
Mobile
6
14
9
29
9%
Entertainment & Media
3
9
3
15
5%
Clean Tech
4
9
13
4%
Social Media
3
5
3
11
4%
Telecommunications
1
6
3
10
3%
Biosciences/Biomedical/HealthCare/Pharmaceuticals
3
6
9
3%
Marketing/Advertising/PR
3
4
7
2%
Semiconductor
3
3
6
2%
Finance/Banking/Brokerage
1
4
5
2%
Hardware
1
1
3
5
2%
Life Sciences
1
4
5
2%
Other
3
2
5
2%
Communications
2
1
1
4
1%
Security
2
2
4
1%
Big Data/Storage
2
2
1%
Consumer Electronics
2
2
1%
Energy
2
2
1%
IT Consulting & Services
1
1
2
1%
Consulting & services
1
1
0%
Manufacturing
1
1
0%
Medical Devices
1
1
0%
Optoelectronics
1
1
0%
Professional Services
1
1
0%






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