The search for the next birthplace of a burgeoning innovation and the cradle of future visionary personalities is fascinating, but also extremely confusing. History shows that significant innovations and their achievements have often emerged from unexpected places. Nevertheless, there are some regions that are considered promising and have a variety of factors that favor a thriving innovation culture.

An overview

Tel Aviv, Israel: The metropolis in the Middle East is often referred to as “Silicon Wadi”, which is the Hebrew translation of Silicon Valley. It has developed into an important global technology center. The city is characterized by close collaboration between start-ups, companies and the academic world. It has a strong support system for entrepreneurs, a high level of venture capital investment and a culture that encourages risk-taking, promotes innovation and sees failure as a valuable learning process.

Singapore: The smallest state in Southeast Asia has developed into a leading financial and innovation center. The government is investing heavily in research and development and in key areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology and smart cities. The city-state has created a favorable business environment that attracts international talent, offers quality of life and promotes a thriving start-up culture.

Berlin, Germany: Berlin has developed into a vibrant center for creativity, technology and start-ups. The city offers a diverse and cosmopolitan atmosphere where innovation and entrepreneurship can flourish. It attracts talented professionals from all over the world and offers a high quality of life as well as a strong network of incubators, accelerators and support structures. This development was driven by the long unregulated space, which provided the freedom but also the necessity for inventiveness.

Austin, Texas, USA: Austin has developed into a major technology center in recent years and is often referred to as “Silicon Hills”. The city offers a dynamic start-up scene, a high quality of life and a culture of creativity and innovation. Austin also attracts the renowned technology and cultural event “South by Southwest” every year, which serves as a platform for ideas and innovations.

Collaborative continents

However, it is important to note that innovation is not limited to specific geographical regions. In a globally connected world, breakthrough ideas and talent can come from different parts of the world. Creating a fertile breeding ground for innovation requires a combination of factors such as support for entrepreneurs, investment in research and development, a strong education system, a culture of creativity and risk-taking, and the availability of capital and talent.

Prenaissance

The cradle of future Da Vincis, Gates, Jobs, Musks and other influential personalities could emerge in a place that offers an optimal mix of these factors and encourages people to realize their ideas and drive innovation. There is also a time before the rebirth – the prenaissance. Like Early Stage Investors, I want to find out why and where mysterious, powerful ecologies brew, what makes interesting places, how to create them, build them, stimulate them, design them wisely and nurture them carefully.

With whom does it begin? Which markers lead to these places that cannot yet be found on any map? Can you read the tracks to Eldorado? Are there similarities? What distinguishes and connects them? Are there suitable tools, detectors, seismographs, sextants, apps, clues, signs, words, rituals or identifying features? Can you “smell land where there is no land yet?”, to paraphrase the prophecy of the mad Elijah from the whaling epic Moby Dick?

Beta Valley

The answer is yes. CMb.industries GmbH has developed methods and tools to identify hubs and incubators, places of education, new work, research and enlightenment at a nascent stage. We can find, promote, implement and operate these “Beta Valleys” with partners such as the DELTA Group. Places of innovation and production that will decide the weal and woe of generations to come.