The Startup Ecosystem of Palmerston North
Palmerston North has 7 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of New Zealand’s startups. Palmerston North is the 5th best startup ecosystem in New Zealand.
CITY RANKING
While Palmerston North decreased by 100 spots in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2024, its ranking in New Zealand increased by 1 spot.
National Ranking
In New Zealand
Regional Ranking
In Australia and Oceania
Global Ranking
Worldwide
Ecosystem
Startup Ecosystem Overview
Startups
Palmerston North Top Startup Industries
Ecosystem HealthCheck
Palmerston North Ecosystem Health Check
The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Palmerston North 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 Palmerston North2017 - 2024
Startup Funding in Palmerston North 2017 - 2024
From 2022 to 2023, startup funding in Palmerston North has decreased by 100%. During this period, the number of deals in Palmerston North has decreased by 100%. Since 2017, total startup funding in Palmerston North exceeded US$ $92.26M.
Average Funding in 2023
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Ecosystem
The Startup Ecosystem in Palmerston North
Global Rank
Palmerston North is ranked within the top 1000 startup ecosystems globally.
Top Industries
Palmerston North’s startups excel particularly in Foodtech and in Software & Data, and Healthtech. Find out more
Top Cities for Startups in New Zealand - Ranked by StartupBlink
2024 National Rank  | City | Global Rank |  | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st 0 | 116th + 6 | 6.478 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd + 1 | 254th - 5 | 1.666 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd - 1 | 286th - 50 | 1.444 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th 0 | 518th - 25 | 0.458 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th + 1 | 808th - 100 | 0.184 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th + 1 | 931st - 107 | 0.136 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th - 2 | 971st - 280 | 0.125 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th 0 | 1006th - 95 | 0.112 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th new | 1264th new | 0.053 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
Startups
Notable Startups in Palmerston North
ECOSYSTEM
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