Loughborough University

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in PitchBook University Rankings: European Universities: #40; 2026
alumni founders, 87 companies: 89; 2026
raised by those companies: $945M; 2026
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Ranking	Edition	Position	Since last edition	Trust	What it measures
PitchBook University Rankings: European Universities	2026	=40	No prior edition	B	Activity, Talent, Ecosystem

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Loughborough University compared with universities ranked near it
#	University	Founders	Companies	Raised	Raised per company
35	Cardiff University	94	88	$1.4B	$15.9M
36	Aarhus University	93	88	$697M	$7.9M
36	Dublin City University	93	88	$829M	$9.4M
38	University of Copenhagen	91	88	$1.9B	$21.6M
38	University of Limerick	91	88	$1B	$11.4M
40	ESADE	89	84	$3.8B	$45.2M
40	Loughborough UniversityThis page	89	87	$945M	$10.9M
42	Aalto University	87	74	$1.5B	$20.3M
42	Technical University of Denmark	87	80	$1B	$12.5M
44	University of Sussex	86	83	$768M	$9.3M
45	Politecnico di Milano	85	76	$575M	$7.6M

PitchBook University Rankings: European Universities, 2026. Raised per company is total raised divided by companies.

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