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The Lone Star State\u2019s two biggest universities \u2014 the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University \u2014 rank among the world\u2019s best schools for entrepreneurs, according to private market database PitchBook.<\/p>\n

PitchBook\u2019s annual list<\/a> of the world\u2019s top 100 universities for entrepreneurs takes into account both undergraduate and graduate programs. PitchBook analyzed more than 222,000 startup founders whose startups are VC-backed.<\/p>\n

UT\u2019s \u201cunique\u201d advantage
UT Austin landed at No. 10 on the list, down from No. 8 last year. PitchBook identified 1,002 UT-alumni founders at 948 startups. Collectively, those startups have raised $34.7 billion, according to PitchBook.<\/p>\n

Among the 948 UT Austin-affiliated startups, these five have raised the most capital:<\/p>\n

No. 1 Tucson, Arizona-based World View, $2.8 billionNo. 2 Austin-based Apptronik, $966 millionNo. 3 Mountain View, California-based Lightmatter, $821 millionNo. 4 Austin-based Function Health, $807 millionNo. 5. San Francisco-based Niantic, $779 million<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unique UT Austin advantage is the alignment between the university and the city<\/a>,\u201d Foundra.ai says. \u201cUnlike schools where the campus ecosystem and the local startup scene are disconnected, Austin\u2019s startup community actively recruits UT students and alumni, and UT programs actively send students into the local ecosystem.\u201d <\/p>\n

Texas A&M\u2019s \u201cliving laboratory\u201d
UT Austin\u2019s biggest in-state rival, Texas A&M, appeared at No. 79 on the list, down from No. 76 last year. PitchBook tallied 317 A&M-alumni founders at 295 startups. Collectively, those startups have raised $9.8 billion, according to PitchBook.<\/p>\n

Among the 317 A&M-affiliated startups, these five have raised the most capital:<\/p>\n

No. 1 Austin-based RigUp, $817 millionNo. 2 Austin-based ICON, $543 millionNo. 3 Scottsdale, Arizona-based HomeLight, $413 millionNo. 4 Everett, Washington-based Zap Energy, $326 millionNo. 5 San Diego-based Splice Therapeutics, $320 million<\/p>\n

A cornerstone of Texas A&M\u2019s entrepreneurship offerings is the Center for Applied Entrepreneurship and Innovation<\/a> at the Mays School of Business. The business school says the center \u201chelps students explore, test, build, buy, and transform businesses in real markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrounded in Texas as a living laboratory and guided by the Aggie core values, the center advances applied learning through industry engagement, AI-enabled experimentation, and collaboration across Mays and Texas A&M,\u201d the business school says.<\/p>\n

The most \u201cexceptional\u201d schools on PitchBook\u2019s list
In announcing its rankings, PitchBook said: \u201cGreat entrepreneurs can come from anywhere, but some universities have a truly exceptional track record of attracting and producing future founders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most exceptional universities, based on PitchBook\u2019s criteria, are: <\/p>\n

No. 1 University of California, BerkeleyNo. 2 Stanford UniversityNo. 3 Harvard UniversityNo. 4 Cornell UniversityNo. 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published on our sister site, InnovationMap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lone Star State\u2019s two biggest universities \u2014 the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,670,4844,151341,426,542,17506],"class_list":["post-436739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-children","tag-hospitals","tag-pediatric-hospitals","tag-rankings","tag-reports","tag-us-news-world-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}