Startups founded by graduates from the world’s top 25 business schools have collectively raised $62.8bn in venture backing, according to new data from venture capital research firm PitchBook.
Harvard Business School tops the MBA rankings with $6.7bn raised, with firms such as GrabTaxi, Oscar Health Insurance, Jet, Jumia Nigeria, and Blue Apron pulling it up. The top ten universities for capital raised by MBAs have a distinctly US feel:
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Pennsylvania
- MIT
- Northwestern
- Columbia
- INSEAD
- Chicago
- UC Berkeley
- NYU
The US dominance continues for the top 50 universities for venture capital fundraising by undergraduates, with Stanford leading the way on $5.9bn. The top ten are:
- Stanford
- UC Berkeley
- MIT
- Harvard
- Pennsylvania
- Cornell
- Michigan
- Texas
- Tel Aviv
- Illinois
In Europe, the top ten VC raising undergrads are:
- Trinity College
- Oxford
- Manchester
- University College Dublin
- Cambridge
- London School of Economics
- Copenhagen Business School
- Imperial College London
- Nottingham
- Warwick
The full report can be found here.