The Top 100 Universities That Produce the Most Founders and Startups
According to PitchBook, Alumni Ventures has more than 30 funds for communities at the top colleges for venture-backed startups
PitchBook’s annual University Rankings measure the number of alumni from top colleges and universities who’ve launched venture-backed startups. Alumni Ventures has dedicated funds for more than 30 of the schools on this year’s rankings, including nine of the top 10 on the undergraduate list.
Among these 30+ schools, 20,075 undergrad alumni raised over $704 billion in VC funding for 18,479 startups. Our ~50 full-time investing professionals regularly leverage their alumni and professional networks to access promising investment opportunities. See below for the full rankings across all of our Alumni Funds and learn how you can invest alongside your classmates.*
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- Boston University
- Brown University
- Brigham Young University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northwestern University
- New York University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Stanford University
- Texas A&M University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin
- Yale University
- Undergraduate: #37 ($16.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #26 ($6.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #44 ($690 million raised)
- Undergraduate: #20 ($851 million raised)
- Graduate: #21 ($863 million raised)
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Click below to learn about Comm Ave Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Boston University community.
- Undergraduate: #20 ($31.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #65 ($5.3 billion raised)
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- Undergraduate: #14 ($1.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #49 ($162 million raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Waterman Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Brown University community.
- Undergraduate: #26 ($8 billion raised)
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Click below to learn about Provo Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the BYU community.
- Undergraduate: #23 ($16.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #8 ($24.1 billion raised)
- MBA: #29 ($4 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #30 ($2.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #11 ($824 million raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about The Fence Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Carnegie Mellon community.
- Undergraduate: #5 ($24.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #7 ($27.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #5 ($24.8 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #8 ($2.2 billion raised)
- Graduate: #5 ($4.1 billion raised)
- MBA: #4 ($3.1 billion raised)
Click below to learn about 116 Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Columbia community.
- Undergraduate: #6 ($30 billion raised)
- Graduate: #10 ($17.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #19 ($6.4 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #5 ($3.6 billion raised)
- Graduate: #13 ($2.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #17 ($521 million raised)
Click below to learn about Triphammer Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Cornell community.
- Undergraduate: #35 ($15.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: N/A
- MBA: #28 ($5.2 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #19 ($1.8 billion raised)
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Click below to learn about Green D Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Dartmouth community.
- Undergraduate: #19 ($17.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #34 ($11 billion raised)
- MBA: #14 ($4.3 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #15 ($1.2 billion raised)
- Graduate: #32 ($1.3 billion raised)
- MBA: #19 ($194 million raised)
Click below to learn about Towerview Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Duke community.
- Undergraduate: #42 ($9.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #44 ($3.1 billion raised)
- MBA: #41 ($3.9 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #22 ($800 million raised)
- Graduate: #23 ($344 million raised)
- MBA: #24 ($267 million raised)
Click below to learn about Potomac Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Georgetown community.
- Undergraduate: #34 ($11.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #21 ($8.6 billion raised)
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- Graduate: #42 ($1.1 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Fowler Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Georgia Tech community.
- Undergraduate: #3 ($51.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #3 ($75.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #1 ($75.6 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #3 ($6.1 billion raised)
- Graduate: #2 ($7.4 billion raised)
- MBA: #1 ($7 billion raised)
Click below to learn about The Yard Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Harvard community.
- Undergraduate: #5 ($46 billion raised)
- Graduate: #2 ($75.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #8 ($20.1 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #7 ($3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #3 ($5.4 billion raised)
- MBA: #6 ($2.5 billion raised)
Click below to learn about Castor Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the MIT community.
- Undergraduate: #25 ($18 billion raised)
- Graduate: #25 ($13.4 billion raised)
- MBA: #6 ($19 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #16 ($1.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #16 ($3.6 billion raised)
- MBA: #5 ($4 billion raised)
Click below to learn about Purple Arch Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Northwestern community.
- Undergraduate: #18 ($16.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #11 ($16.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #11 ($7.5 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #6 ($1.6 billion raised)
- Graduate: #8 ($1.4 billion raised)
- MBA: #10 ($321 million raised)
Click below to learn about Bleecker Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the NYU community.
- Undergraduate: #57 ($4.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #50 ($5.9 billion raised)
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Click below to learn about Mirror Lake Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Ohio State community.
- Undergraduate: #36 ($10.7 billion raised)
- Graduate: #74 ($4.9 billion raised)
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- Undergraduate: #34 ($285 million raised)
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Click below to learn about Allen Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Penn State community.
- Undergraduate: #13 ($30.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #43 ($7.2 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
- Undergraduate: #10 ($2.3 billion raised)
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Click below to learn about Nassau Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Princeton community.
- Undergraduate: #40 ($8.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #36 ($7.5 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
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- Graduate: #42 (#1.2 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Stadium Avenue Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Purdue community.
- Undergraduate: #1 ($73.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #1 ($127.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #2 ($52.2 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #1 ($5.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #1 ($9.5 billion raised)
- MBA: #2 ($10.4 billion raised)
Click below to learn about Spike Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Stanford community.
- Undergraduate: #67 ($6.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #66 ($3.3 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
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Click below to learn about Ring Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Texas A&M community.
- Undergraduate: #2 ($47.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #5 ($37.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #9 ($14.8 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #2 ($4.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #6 ($4.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #11 ($2.7 billion raised)
Click below to learn about Strawberry Creek Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the UC Berkeley community.
- Undergraduate: #10 ($17.2 billion raised)
- Graduate: #19 ($21.4 billion raised)
- MBA: #12 ($8.7 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #9 ($2.2 billion raised)
- Graduate: #14 ($2 billion raised)
- MBA: #12 ($636 million raised)
Click below to learn about Westwood Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the UCLA community.
- Undergraduate: #68 ($12.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #33 ($13.5 billion raised)
- MBA: #7 ($19.3 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #49 ($659 million raised)
- Graduate: #32 ($1.1 billion raised)
- MBA: #8 ($2 million raised)
Click below to learn about Lakeshore Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the UChicago community.
- Undergraduate: #8 ($25.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #12 ($20.5 billion raised)
- MBA: #21 ($2.9 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #12 ($1.4 billion raised)
- Graduate: #20 ($1.6 billion raised)
- MBA: #17 ($410 million raised)
Click below to learn about Arbor Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Michigan community.
- Undergraduate: #49 ($4.1 billion raised)
- Graduate: #81 ($4.8 billion raised)
- MBA: #37 ($1.6 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #32 ($574 million raised)
- Graduate: N/A
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Franklin Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the UNC community.
- Undergraduate: #64 ($5.1 billion raised)
- Graduate: N/A
- MBA: N/A
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Click below to learn about Two Lakes Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Notre Dame community.
- Undergraduate: #4 ($34 billion raised)
- Graduate: #15 ($15 billion raised)
- MBA: #3 (#37.7 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #4 ($3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #11 ($3 billion raised)
- MBA: #3 ($2.5 billion raised)
Click below to learn about Chestnut Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Penn community.
- Undergraduate: #12 ($28.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #16 ($19.3 billion raised)
- MBA: #16 ($6.1 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #18 ($1.5 billion raised)
- Graduate: #15 ($1 billion raised)
- MBA: #16 ($422 million raised)
Click below to learn about Expo Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the USC community.
- Undergraduate: #9 ($15.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #14 ($15 billion raised)
- MBA: #18 ($2.2 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #12 ($1.3 billion raised)
- Graduate: #17 ($814 million raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Congress Avenue Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the University of Texas community.
- Undergraduate: #31 ($12.1 billion raised)
- Graduate: #58 ($6.8 billion raised)
- MBA: #25 ($3.6 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #29 ($669 million raised)
- Graduate: N/A
- MBA: #21 ($116 million raised)
Click below to learn about Emmet Street Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the University of Virginia community.
- Undergraduate: #32 ($13.1 billion raised)
- Graduate: #28 ($7.7 billion raised)
- MBA: #35 ($1.4 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #24 ($2.2 billion raised)
- Graduate: #30 ($413 million raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Yoshino Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the University of Washington community.
- Undergraduate: #22 ($13.8 billion raised)
- Graduate: #30 ($8.6 billion raised)
- MBA: N/A
- Undergraduate: #25 ($684 million raised)
- Graduate: #30 ($464 million raised)
- MBA: N/A
Click below to learn about Bascom Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the University of Wisconsin community.
- Undergraduate: #11 ($24 billion raised)
- Graduate: #23 ($25.2 billion raised)
- MBA: #22 ($4 billion raised)
- Undergraduate: #11 ($3.6 billion raised)
- Graduate: #19 ($1.9 billion raised)
- MBA: #15 ($388 million raised)
Click below to learn about Blue Ivy Ventures, our venture capital fund for accredited investors in the Yale community.
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