Start-Ups and Entrepreneurial Activity
Start-Ups and Entrepreneurial Activity
UC Berkeley is ranked #1 for VC-backed entrepreneurs in PitchBook’s University Rankings for 2024. UC Berkeley undergraduate alumni and undergraduates have over 1,811 founders and 1,642 new companies. The resulting companies have raised $59.7B.
Female Entrepreneurs
Berkeley is a powerhouse for female entrepreneurs, topping PitchBook’s university rankings for the number of female graduates who have founded companies, and the total capital raised by women. Over 280 Berkeley alumni have launched 280+ businesses, securing nearly $7 billion in funding.
The Most Patents
For more than two decades, the University of California has been the leading university patent owner and among the top 100 global patent holders — an elite group that includes IBM, Boeing, Siemens, and Qualcomm. UC produces more patents than any other university in the country.
According to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) with a total of 546 utility patents—ranked first in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2023.
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