The Startup Ecosystem of Cancun
Cancun has 10 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of Mexico’s startups. Cancun is the 8th best startup ecosystem in Mexico.
CITY RANKING
Since 2024, Cancun lost 104 spots in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index, having now positioned itself as 756th worldwide.
National Ranking
In Mexico
Regional Ranking
In Central America
Global Ranking
Worldwide
Ecosystem
Startup Ecosystem Overview
Startups
Cancun Top Startup Industries
Ecosystem HealthCheck
Cancun Ecosystem Health Check
The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Cancun has in each of the parameters that are part of StartupBlink's ranking algorithm. There are five tables, corresponding to the three subscores, the subscore analysis and industry ana...
- Overperformance
- Performance equal to global ranking
- Underperformance
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Startup Funding in Cancun2017 - 2024
Startup Funding in Cancun 2017 - 2024
From 2022 to 2023, startup funding in Cancun has decreased by 100%. During this period, the number of deals in Cancun has decreased by 100%. Since 2017, total startup funding in Cancun exceeded US$ $3.09M.
Average Funding in 2023
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Ecosystem
The Startup Ecosystem in Cancun
Global Rank
Cancun is ranked within the top 1000 startup ecosystems globally.
Top Industries
Cancun’s startups excel particularly in Social & Leisure and in Software & Data, and Fintech. Find out more
Top Cities for Startups in Mexico - Ranked by StartupBlink
2024 National Rank  | City | Global Rank |  | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st 0 | 53rd - 5 | 14.133 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd 0 | 174th - 12 | 3.525 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd + 1 | 214th + 3 | 2.174 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th - 1 | 264th - 55 | 1.573 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th 0 | 568th + 35 | 0.366 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th + 1 | 588th + 99 | 0.344 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th + 1 | 600th + 180 | 0.324 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th - 2 | 756th - 104 | 0.207 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th new | 786th new | 0.195 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
10th + 2 | 805th + 142 | 0.184 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
Startups
Notable Startups in Cancun
ECOSYSTEM
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