PitchBook’s Top Universities For Startup Founders

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PITCHBOOK’S BEST SCHOOLS FOR FEMALE FOUNDERS

Harvard University had the most graduate female founders in its alumni base over the last decade with 579 at 517 companies. Its biggest companies by capital raised were Didi Global with $37.3 billion, Everly Health with $619 million, and Honeybook with $486 million.

At the undergraduate level, Stanford University came in first with 219 founders at 209 companies. Guild raised $643 million, Divvy Homes raised $399 million, while Vanta raised $306 million.


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