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Lyons: UC Berkeley undergraduates produce more funded startups than any university

Rich Lyons · The College Crisis: Heads of Dartmouth & Berkeley Debate the Decline of US Universities · Sep 16, 2025 · at 10:56

Dr. Rich Lyons is the Chancellor of UC Berkeley speaking about student entrepreneurship and university outcomes.

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“Berkeley undergraduates produce more funded new businesses than the undergraduates at any other universities.”

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UC Berkeley undergraduate students produce more funded new startup companies than undergraduate students at any other university.

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PitchBook's annual University Rankings confirm that UC Berkeley undergraduate alumni ranked #1 globally in venture-backed startup company production for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, and 2025), leading all other universities including Stanford and Harvard in total funded companies founded by undergraduates.

PitchBook's 2025 University Rankings (published September 15, 2025) ranked UC Berkeley #1 globally for undergraduate alumni with 1,650 venture-backed companies and 1,804 founders, ahead of Stanford (1,380 companies) and Harvard (1,237 companies).

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[1] ingeniusprep.com [2] universityofcalifornia.edu [3] poetsandquantsforundergrads.com [4] poetsandquantsforundergrads.com [5] berkeley.edu [6] poetsandquants.com [7] innovosource.com

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