7. Moscow
Market reach: 19%
One of the interesting facts about startups in Moscow is that they have the lowest acceptance rate of visas for foreign candidates in the world! However, their early-stage funding growth index is 4.2 and global connections rate 8.8. Russian startups usually focus on gathering talents on the local level or neighboring countries, mainly because of the language.
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