UC Berkeley tops PitchBook startup rankings for fourth straight year with 2,155 founder companies
YiMaTweets · x · 2026-09-03
PitchBook's 2026 university rankings place UC Berkeley at No. 1 for the fourth consecutive year: undergraduate alumni founded 2,155 venture-backed companies with 2,380 founders, also leading globally with 345 female founders. Chancellor Rich Lyons credits the campus's startup culture, world-class research, and public-service ethos.
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