When Startup Heatmap Europe began, London and Berlin were unreachable at 60% of the votes — now they sit between 30% and 40%. Thomas Köster, President of Startup Heatmap Europe, joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on Europe's most attractive hubs.
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Why this matters for European startups and scale-ups: How founders rank Europe's hubs shows where talent and ambition want to go — and how the map is diversifying beyond London and Berlin. It's a read on the continent's shifting center of gravity.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why Berlin beats London in the Heatmap ranking
- Thomas Köster on Startup Heatmap Europe
- How the hub rankings shifted over five years
- Why the map is diversifying across Europe
- What it means for where founders go
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