The start-up boom in recent years has piqued the interest of large companies, private investors, and government institutions who for different reasons need to follow start-up trends to identify and evaluate new ventures. Swarmed with information all over the internet, these stakeholders need to categorise all information into digestible data. With the help of ecosystem mapping, they are able to build a network of start-ups interacting with other ecosystem actors to easily identify hot spots or zoom into specific sectors to understand the market structure and trends.