INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Joanna Glasner
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Global unicorn exits hit multi-year high in
2018
Boston-area startups are on pace to overtake NYC venture totals
Whatever criteria we look at, whether it schools with the
highest number of well-capitalized founders, highest funding totals or even where startup investorswent to college, the same names top the
The only surprise factor, it seems, is whether Harvard or Stanford will be in first place.
It possible we&ll do a data-driven university-
and startup-related ranking that doesn''t feature the same two schools in the top two positions
But that not happening today, as we look at universities with founder alumni who have raised the most venture funding.1
OK, so who else is
on the list
Luckily, there are more than two names on the list
In this survey, we looked at the top 15 schools ranked by alumni who have raised the most venture funding for their startups in roughly the
past year.
This is a follow-up to ourearlier piece, which ranked United States universities according to the number of funded startup
founders who raised $1 million or more in the survey period
The results, however, feature most of the same names, and an only slightly altered order.
Take a look for yourself below
The chart includes the name of the school, the total known venture capital funding raised by alumni founders since August 1, 2017, and the
most heavily funded companies.
Methodology
In the survey results, we included universities and affiliated business schools together
This significantly bumped up the totals for universities with well-known business schools, like Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania
(home of the Wharton School of Business).
Additionally, a number of funded founders have degrees from more than one university in the
These entrepreneurs are counted once for each university.
The survey data is for seed through late-stage venture funding rounds announced on
