But will Berlin ever be able to compete in the same league as the San Francisco Bay Area’s tech scene? Internet services are €23 monthly in the German capital, compared to twice that at €47 in San Francisco. The average age of founders is 32 in Berlin and 31 in San Francisco. Both cities also have relatively few female entrepreneurs: 13 percent of Berlin founders are women while 16 percent of San Francisco founders are women. But Berlin also has a much more international focus: 42 percent of startup customers there are foreign, versus 30 percent in San Francisco.

Source: The Local August 10, 2017 15:11 UTC