PitchBook University Rankings: Female Founders 2026
PitchBook University Rankings: Female Founders 2026 by PitchBook: 50 universities ranked, led by University of California, Berkeley. Full list with movement...
UC Berkeley led with 345 female undergraduate founders, ahead of Stanford (307) and Harvard (274). Cornell moved ahead of Penn into 4th.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, BerkeleyFounders: 345 · Companies: 342 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.2 | No change |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityFounders: 307 · Companies: 296 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.8 | No change |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityFounders: 274 · Companies: 265 · Capital raised usd bn: 11.6 | No change |
| 4 | Cornell UniversityFounders: 254 · Companies: 244 · Capital raised usd bn: 8.3 | Up 1 |
| 5 | University of PennsylvaniaFounders: 229 · Companies: 222 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.9 | Down 1 |
| 6 | New York UniversityFounders: 180 · Companies: 177 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.2 | Up 1 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Founders: 178 · Companies: 176 · Capital raised usd bn: 6 | Down 1 |
| 8 | Columbia UniversityFounders: 153 · Companies: 150 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.4 | No change |
| 9 | Yale UniversityFounders: 145 · Companies: 144 · Capital raised usd bn: 8.1 | Up 3 |
| 10 | Princeton UniversityFounders: 142 · Companies: 136 · Capital raised usd bn: 7 | Down 1 |
| =11 | University of WaterlooFounders: 135 · Companies: 129 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.2 | Up 22 |
| =11 | University of Texas, AustinFounders: 135 · Companies: 131 · Capital raised usd bn: 3 | New |
| 13 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Founders: 130 · Companies: 129 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.7 | Down 4 |
| 14 | University of Michigan, Ann ArborFounders: 129 · Companies: 124 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.5 | Down 3 |
| 15 | Brown UniversityFounders: 127 · Companies: 127 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.8 | Down 1 |
| 16 | Northwestern UniversityFounders: 120 · Companies: 117 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.8 | Down 3 |
| 17 | University of TorontoFounders: 110 · Companies: 106 · Capital raised usd bn: 1 | Down 2 |
| 18 | Duke UniversityFounders: 109 · Companies: 108 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.1 | Down 2 |
| 19 | University of Southern California (USC)Founders: 107 · Companies: 107 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.4 | No change |
| 20 | McGill UniversityFounders: 103 · Companies: 102 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.6 | Down 3 |
| 21 | University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignFounders: 98 · Companies: 95 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.2 | Down 3 |
| 22 | Boston UniversityFounders: 94 · Companies: 92 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.7 | Down 1 |
| 23 | Western UniversityFounders: 92 · Companies: 83 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.3 | New |
| 24 | Tel Aviv UniversityFounders: 90 · Companies: 87 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.2 | Down 3 |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin, MadisonFounders: 88 · Companies: 87 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.2 | Up 5 |
| 26 | University of North Carolina, Chapel HillFounders: 86 · Companies: 85 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.2 | Down 6 |
| 27 | Georgetown UniversityFounders: 83 · Companies: 82 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.7 | Down 2 |
| 28 | Dartmouth CollegeFounders: 82 · Companies: 81 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.3 | Down 5 |
| 29 | University of Virginia, CharlottesvilleFounders: 81 · Companies: 79 · Capital raised usd bn: 1 | Down 4 |
| 30 | University of Colorado, BoulderFounders: 80 · Companies: 78 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.2 | Down 6 |
| =31 | National University of SingaporeFounders: 79 · Companies: 76 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.3 | Down 3 |
| =31 | Vanderbilt UniversityFounders: 79 · Companies: 79 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.7 | Up 8 |
| 33 | University of Washington, SeattleFounders: 76 · Companies: 75 · Capital raised usd bn: 183.6 | Down 3 |
| 34 | Peking UniversityFounders: 69 · Companies: 68 · Capital raised usd bn: 26.6 | Down 9 |
| 35 | Delhi University, IndiaFounders: 67 · Companies: 67 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.9 | Up 3 |
| =36 | University of California, San DiegoFounders: 66 · Companies: 66 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.7 | Down 4 |
| =36 | University of British ColumbiaFounders: 66 · Companies: 65 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.584 | Up 3 |
| =38 | University of OxfordFounders: 64 · Companies: 63 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.905 | Down 4 |
| =38 | University of ChicagoFounders: 64 · Companies: 60 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.709 | Down 3 |
| =40 | Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyFounders: 61 · Companies: 61 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.957 | Up 3 |
| =40 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityFounders: 61 · Companies: 60 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.4 | Down 5 |
| =42 | Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)Founders: 58 · Companies: 58 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.7 | Down 3 |
| =42 | Indiana University, BloomingtonFounders: 58 · Companies: 57 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.663 | New |
| =44 | Monash UniversityFounders: 56 · Companies: 55 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.897 | Up 5 |
| =44 | University of SydneyFounders: 56 · Companies: 55 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.656 | Up 3 |
| 46 | Wellesley CollegeFounders: 55 · Companies: 54 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.2 | Down 4 |
| 47 | Tsinghua UniversityFounders: 54 · Companies: 52 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.7 | Down 4 |
| =48 | Tufts UniversityFounders: 53 · Companies: 52 · Capital raised usd bn: 2 | Down 11 |
| =48 | Washington UniversityFounders: 53 · Companies: 53 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.654 | New |
| =48 | University of Florida, GainesvilleFounders: 53 · Companies: 53 · Capital raised usd bn: 0.891 | Down 3 |
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