ALGEMEINER
by Eliezer Sherman
July 31, 2015

The seaside city of Tel Aviv is the best place to launch a tech start-up outside the United States, according to a global ranking of high-tech hubs compiled by San Francisco-based business intelligence firm Compass. Above Tel Aviv were four U.S. zones: Silicon Valley, New York City, Los Angeles and Boston. Tel Aviv was also ranked among the top five hyper-growth environments including Berlin, India’s Bangalore, Amsterdam and London. The list was composed based on a metric for determining a “healthy start-up ecosystem,” including the available funding, talent and ability to penetrate the market. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tel Aviv’s strongest attribute was its available talent, where it ranked third among the 20 tech environments. READ MORE