16.加拿大滑鐵盧

????代表公司：TribeHR、Top Hat Monocle

????創業者平均年齡：33.4歲

????每日平均工作時間： 9.8小時

????在Startup Genome的城市排行榜中，滑鐵盧與硅谷的聯系（非官方）之密切居于前列--35%的滑鐵盧創業者曾在硅谷工作過。與加拿大其他創業熱點地區一樣，滑鐵盧也面臨著融資困擾。但是一個積極的因素是：28%的滑鐵盧創業者都專注于移動領域，預計這一市場將繼續在全世界范圍內迅速擴張。

16. Waterloo, Canada

????Who launched here?: TribeHR, Top Hat Monocle

????Average entrepreneur age: 33.4

????Average work hours per day: 9.8

????Waterloo has one of the strongest (unofficial) connections to Silicon Valley out of all the cities on Startup Genome's list -- 35% of Waterloo entrepreneurs once worked in the Valley. As with other Canadian startup hotspots, Waterloo also suffers from funding challenges. One positive: 28% of Waterloo startups focus on mobile, a market that continues to expand rapidly all over the world.