PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders 2025
PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders 2025 by PitchBook: 100 universities ranked, led by Stanford University. Full list with movement since the last...
Stanford led with 4,287 graduate founders, ahead of Harvard (3,842) and MIT (2,859). Cambridge (7th) and Oxford (8th) were the top non-US schools.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford UniversityFounders: 4,287 · Companies: 3,286 · Capital raised usd bn: 242.6 | No change |
| 2 | Harvard UniversityFounders: 3,842 · Companies: 3,242 · Capital raised usd bn: 222.8 | No change |
| 3 | MITFounders: 2,859 · Companies: 2,233 · Capital raised usd bn: 137.3 | New |
| 4 | Columbia UniversityFounders: 1,920 · Companies: 1,701 · Capital raised usd bn: 61.2 | No change |
| 5 | UC BerkeleyFounders: 1,893 · Companies: 1,577 · Capital raised usd bn: 129.4 | New |
| 6 | University of PennsylvaniaFounders: 1,776 · Companies: 1,551 · Capital raised usd bn: 62.1 | No change |
| 7 | University of CambridgeFounders: 1,488 · Companies: 1,243 · Capital raised usd bn: 44 | No change |
| 8 | University of OxfordFounders: 1,410 · Companies: 1,171 · Capital raised usd bn: 45.1 | No change |
| 9 | Northwestern UniversityFounders: 1,299 · Companies: 1,153 · Capital raised usd bn: 34.9 | No change |
| 10 | New York UniversityFounders: 1,088 · Companies: 1,016 · Capital raised usd bn: 87.6 | No change |
| 11 | University of ChicagoFounders: 1,033 · Companies: 905 · Capital raised usd bn: 32.3 | No change |
| 12 | UCLAFounders: 1,022 · Companies: 881 · Capital raised usd bn: 29.9 | New |
| 13 | INSEADFounders: 953 · Companies: 882 · Capital raised usd bn: 21.9 | No change |
| 14 | Tel Aviv UniversityFounders: 929 · Companies: 741 · Capital raised usd bn: 19.7 | No change |
| 15 | Imperial College LondonFounders: 897 · Companies: 748 · Capital raised usd bn: 14.4 | Up 2 |
| =16 | Cornell UniversityFounders: 891 · Companies: 767 · Capital raised usd bn: 32.6 | No change |
| =16 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityFounders: 891 · Companies: 741 · Capital raised usd bn: 29.5 | Down 1 |
| 18 | HEC ParisFounders: 826 · Companies: 736 · Capital raised usd bn: 13.9 | Up 6 |
| 19 | USCFounders: 820 · Companies: 722 · Capital raised usd bn: 32.2 | New |
| 20 | University of Texas, AustinFounders: 818 · Companies: 716 · Capital raised usd bn: 25.3 | New |
| 21 | University of Michigan, Ann ArborFounders: 813 · Companies: 687 · Capital raised usd bn: 28.6 | New |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins UniversityFounders: 711 · Companies: 610 · Capital raised usd bn: 28.2 | Down 1 |
| 23 | Tsinghua UniversityFounders: 697 · Companies: 639 · Capital raised usd bn: 39.8 | No change |
| 24 | Yale UniversityFounders: 680 · Companies: 575 · Capital raised usd bn: 30.2 | Down 2 |
| 25 | University of TorontoFounders: 649 · Companies: 514 · Capital raised usd bn: 80.4 | Up 3 |
| 26 | London Business SchoolFounders: 619 · Companies: 569 · Capital raised usd bn: 14 | Up 1 |
| 27 | University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignFounders: 618 · Companies: 499 · Capital raised usd bn: 19.6 | New |
| 28 | London School of EconomicsFounders: 599 · Companies: 573 · Capital raised usd bn: 13.3 | Down 2 |
| 29 | Duke UniversityFounders: 573 · Companies: 494 · Capital raised usd bn: 18 | No change |
| 30 | Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyFounders: 558 · Companies: 418 · Capital raised usd bn: 16.6 | Up 7 |
| 31 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyFounders: 542 · Companies: 462 · Capital raised usd bn: 33.3 | Down 1 |
| 32 | ETH ZurichFounders: 537 · Companies: 379 · Capital raised usd bn: 7.5 | No change |
| =33 | Boston UniversityFounders: 478 · Companies: 429 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.1 | Down 1 |
| =33 | University of Washington, SeattleFounders: 478 · Companies: 393 · Capital raised usd bn: 12.6 | New |
| 35 | Hebrew UniversityFounders: 435 · Companies: 331 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.5 | Down 1 |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin, MadisonFounders: 419 · Companies: 346 · Capital raised usd bn: 14.4 | New |
| 37 | UC San DiegoFounders: 404 · Companies: 327 · Capital raised usd bn: 13.9 | New |
| 38 | University of Maryland, College ParkFounders: 364 · Companies: 318 · Capital raised usd bn: 11 | New |
| 39 | Georgetown UniversityFounders: 356 · Companies: 333 · Capital raised usd bn: 6.7 | Up 2 |
| 40 | Technical University of MunichFounders: 346 · Companies: 278 · Capital raised usd bn: 7.3 | Up 9 |
| 41 | University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesFounders: 344 · Companies: 281 · Capital raised usd bn: 14.8 | New |
| 42 | University of VirginiaFounders: 343 · Companies: 308 · Capital raised usd bn: 12.1 | Down 2 |
| 43 | University College LondonFounders: 337 · Companies: 293 · Capital raised usd bn: 7.4 | Up 13 |
| 44 | IE UniversityFounders: 336 · Companies: 300 · Capital raised usd bn: 7 | Down 2 |
| 45 | ESADEFounders: 330 · Companies: 307 · Capital raised usd bn: 8.2 | Down 1 |
| 46 | University of Colorado, BoulderFounders: 327 · Companies: 281 · Capital raised usd bn: 11.8 | New |
| 47 | Peking UniversityFounders: 326 · Companies: 315 · Capital raised usd bn: 17.2 | Up 1 |
| 48 | McGill UniversityFounders: 318 · Companies: 270 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.2 | Up 4 |
| 49 | Arizona State University, TempeFounders: 317 · Companies: 286 · Capital raised usd bn: 7.6 | New |
| =50 | Delft University of TechnologyFounders: 314 · Companies: 256 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.5 | Up 3 |
| =50 | Purdue UniversityFounders: 314 · Companies: 267 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.8 | Down 4 |
| 52 | National University of SingaporeFounders: 312 · Companies: 289 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.4 | Down 3 |
| =53 | University of British ColumbiaFounders: 308 · Companies: 263 · Capital raised usd bn: 65.6 | No change |
| =53 | University of Florida, GainesvilleFounders: 308 · Companies: 261 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.7 | New |
| 55 | UNC Chapel HillFounders: 297 · Companies: 271 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.5 | New |
| 56 | Lund UniversityFounders: 294 · Companies: 231 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.5 | Down 9 |
| 57 | CaltechFounders: 291 · Companies: 235 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.3 | New |
| 58 | Seoul National UniversityFounders: 283 · Companies: 211 · Capital raised usd bn: 8.2 | Up 9 |
| 59 | Ohio State UniversityFounders: 282 · Companies: 245 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.7 | Down 1 |
| 60 | Washington UniversityFounders: 280 · Companies: 232 · Capital raised usd bn: 13.7 | Down 1 |
| 61 | Copenhagen Business SchoolFounders: 276 · Companies: 252 · Capital raised usd bn: 3 | Down 4 |
| 62 | IIT BombayFounders: 267 · Companies: 237 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.6 | New |
| 63 | University of Edinburgh, ScotlandFounders: 266 · Companies: 240 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.8 | Down 1 |
| 64 | George Washington UniversityFounders: 264 · Companies: 253 · Capital raised usd bn: 6.8 | Down 4 |
| 65 | Princeton UniversityFounders: 261 · Companies: 223 · Capital raised usd bn: 37.4 | Down 1 |
| =66 | Technical University of DenmarkFounders: 255 · Companies: 183 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.9 | No change |
| =66 | University of TokyoFounders: 255 · Companies: 203 · Capital raised usd bn: 7.4 | Up 5 |
| 68 | Babson CollegeFounders: 252 · Companies: 235 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.3 | Down 7 |
| 69 | KU LeuvenFounders: 247 · Companies: 190 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.6 | New |
| 70 | University of CopenhagenFounders: 236 · Companies: 182 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.8 | Down 2 |
| 71 | Dartmouth CollegeFounders: 231 · Companies: 220 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.1 | Down 3 |
| 72 | Penn State UniversityFounders: 230 · Companies: 210 · Capital raised usd bn: 6.7 | New |
| 73 | University of AmsterdamFounders: 227 · Companies: 205 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.4 | Up 15 |
| 74 | Indiana University, BloomingtonFounders: 224 · Companies: 205 · Capital raised usd bn: 5 | New |
| 75 | University of WaterlooFounders: 220 · Companies: 167 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.3 | Up 21 |
| =76 | Bocconi UniversityFounders: 218 · Companies: 208 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.8 | Up 5 |
| =76 | Erasmus University RotterdamFounders: 218 · Companies: 199 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.8 | Down 4 |
| =76 | ESSEC Business SchoolFounders: 218 · Companies: 210 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.6 | Up 17 |
| 79 | Northeastern UniversityFounders: 217 · Companies: 202 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.8 | Up 1 |
| =80 | Ben Gurion UniversityFounders: 215 · Companies: 173 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.4 | Up 2 |
| =80 | Vanderbilt UniversityFounders: 215 · Companies: 183 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.2 | Down 5 |
| =80 | ESCP EuropeFounders: 215 · Companies: 204 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.8 | Down 3 |
| 83 | Stockholm School of EconomicsFounders: 213 · Companies: 186 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.8 | Up 1 |
| 84 | Chalmers University of TechnologyFounders: 212 · Companies: 158 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.8 | Up 5 |
| 85 | KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyFounders: 211 · Companies: 182 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.7 | Down 13 |
| 86 | Ecole PolytechniqueFounders: 210 · Companies: 191 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.9 | Up 13 |
| =87 | Chinese Academy of SciencesFounders: 209 · Companies: 199 · Capital raised usd bn: 9.3 | New |
| =87 | UC DavisFounders: 209 · Companies: 184 · Capital raised usd bn: 8.7 | New |
| 89 | Bar-Ilan UniversityFounders: 207 · Companies: 183 · Capital raised usd bn: 6.3 | Down 12 |
| 90 | Fudan UniversityFounders: 206 · Companies: 197 · Capital raised usd bn: 10.1 | Up 6 |
| 91 | Indian School of Business (ISB)Founders: 204 · Companies: 184 · Capital raised usd bn: 6.3 | Down 6 |
| 92 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceFounders: 203 · Companies: 162 · Capital raised usd bn: 5.7 | Up 7 |
| 93 | Texas A&M UniversityFounders: 202 · Companies: 186 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.2 | Down 10 |
| 94 | Emory UniversityFounders: 195 · Companies: 172 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.6 | Down 4 |
| 95 | Uppsala UniversityFounders: 192 · Companies: 153 · Capital raised usd bn: 1.9 | Down 9 |
| 96 | Rutgers UniversityFounders: 189 · Companies: 171 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.3 | Down 5 |
| 97 | University of WarwickFounders: 188 · Companies: 182 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.7 | Down 2 |
| =98 | University of MassachusettsFounders: 186 · Companies: 168 · Capital raised usd bn: 4.8 | New |
| =98 | University of PittsburghFounders: 186 · Companies: 158 · Capital raised usd bn: 2.9 | Down 12 |
| =98 | University of Western OntarioFounders: 186 · Companies: 170 · Capital raised usd bn: 3.3 | New |
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