Polish startups most numerous in CEE, Warsaw home for nealry half of them

Poland ranks the highest in the CEE region regarding to the total number of founded startups and startup centers, according to a survey carried out by the Central and Eastern Europe Development Institute. Basing on the statistics published in CrunchBase database, the report showed that there have been 94 start ups founded in Poland, which make our country the leader among other 11 CEE countries. However,  in terms of per capita rate, it stands at only 2.46, while Estonia may enjoy the number of 34.27 startups per one million citizens. Warsaw is home for 41 startups, the author of the report indicated that, "Warsaw is the only CEE city to be listed in the Startup Ecosystem Report as one of the next runner-ups after 20 main start-up hubs." What is more, Poland may be proud when it comes to the number of startup centers, which amounts to 14 and is the highest in the region. The report also showed that, since 2009 the number of start ups founded in Poland rose significantly, from the level of just 20. "Startup" is a very popular phrase among Polish internet users, monthly searched by 8,000 times (around 200 per capita). Hungary ranked second with around 3,000 searches.