Start ups

700+

in the ecosystem

VC Investments

222mn €

raised in 2022, an absolute record for Antwerp and an increase of +197% vs. 2021

Port City

2nd

largest port in Europe

DISCOVER Antwerp

Funding data and any possible statistic on Antwerp and the local ecosystem. See how the local ecosystem scores against the European competition of startup hubs in the statistics below. If you have your own startup company find funding calls and accelerator programs to apply to, see statistics on previous participants of these programs. You can see the statistics on total investment raised, female founders or foreign-born and migrant founders in this tech hub.

All of the data is curated by the DEEP research team and comes from 1st party sources like the Annual Startup Heatmap Survey or our monitor for job creation, news mentions and female founders. Other data comes from 3rd party sources like Dealroom, Crunchbase or Stackoverflow.

To get a list of the best startup cities you can find Europe's top ecosystems in our search or get a ranking of the best accelerators in Europe.