20 best places in the world to launch a businessWhile Silicon Valley remains widely regarded as the world's top startup environment, new research from Startup Genome and Telefonica shows that other areas are gaining ground. Here are the 20 top startup breeding grounds in the world. Kurt WagnerNovember 27, 2012Silicon Valley, Calif. Tel Aviv, Israel Los Angeles, Calif. Seattle, Wash. New York City Boston, Mass. London, U.K. Toronto, Canada Vancouver, Canada Chicago, Ill. Paris, France Sydney, Australia Sao Paulo, Brazil Moscow, Russia Berlin, Germany Waterloo, Canada Singapore Melbourne, Australia Bangalore, India Santiago, Chile
