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Founders & startup ecosystem · Core

Startup ecosystem

Also called: entrepreneurial ecosystem

ELI5

The people and organisations around startups.

Used in conversation

“The ecosystem is strong in talent but weak in later-stage capital.”

Definition

The network of founders, investors, talent, institutions, customers and service providers supporting startups in a place or sector.

Here “Startup ecosystem” means: The network of founders, investors, talent, institutions, customers and service providers supporting startups in a place or sector.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.