The top 25: Cameron Teitelman, chairman of the board and head of admissions, Stanford-StartX Fund 

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): James Flynn, Susan Wente, Ancora Innovation

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Gunilla Lundmark, managing director, UU Holding

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Gabriele Campi, Edoardo Negroni, Gian Paolo Rizzardi, co-founders, Aurora-TT

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jason Pariso, director, University of Chicago Innovation Fund

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Richard Butt, CEO, Apollo Therapeutics

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Ingo Potthof, Helmut Schönenberger, Johannes von Borries, managing partners, UVC Partners

The top 25: Koenraad Debackere, managing director, KU Leuven Research and Development, chairman, Gemma Frisius Fund

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Nancy Saucier, director of new venture development at University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, River Hawk New Venture Fund

The top 25: James Wilkie, chief executive, University of Birmingham Enterprise