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The 13 best schools to find the next $1 billion 'Unicorn' startup

13) University of Madras (India)

The 13 best schools to find the next $1 billion 'Unicorn' startup

12) University of Southern California

12) University of Southern California

Number of unicorns founded: 3

Top 3 companies: Box, Lookout, Instacart

VC capital raised: $1.11 billion

11) Princeton University

11) Princeton University

Number of unicorns founded: 3

Top 3 companies: AppNexus, Docker, Akamai Technologies

VC capital raised: $581 million

10) Dartmouth College

10) Dartmouth College

Number of unicorns founded: 4

Top 3 companies: Funding Circle, OnDeck, New Relic

VC capital raised: $831 million

9) Brown University

9) Brown University

Number of unicorns founded: 4

Top 3 companies: MongoDB, Funding Circle, JAND

VC capital raised: $1.01 billion

8) University of Waterloo

8) University of Waterloo

Number of unicorns founded: 4

Top 3 companies: Hangzhou Kuaidi Technology, ContextLogic, Instacart

VC capital raised: $1.62 billion

7) Brigham Young University

7) Brigham Young University

Number of unicorns founded: 4

Top 3 companies: Qualtrics, Pluralsight, Insidesales.com

VC capital raised: $783 million

6) University of Michigan

6) University of Michigan

Number of unicorns founded: 4

Top 3 companies: Groupon, Medallia, Twilio

VC capital raised: $1.82 billion

5) MIT

5) MIT

Number of unicorns founded: 5

Top 3 companies: Dropbox, A123 Systems, Oscar Health Insurance

VC capital raised: $1.66 billion

4) Cornell University

4) Cornell University

Number of unicorns founded: 5

Top 3 companies: Lyft, Moderna, Wayfair

VC capital raised: $2.47 billion

3) UC Berkeley

3) UC Berkeley

Number of unicorns founded: 6

Top 3 companies: Cloudera, Calient Technologies, Machine Zone

VC capital raised: $2.50 billion

2) Harvard University

2) Harvard University

Number of unicorns founded: 9

Top 3 companies: Facebook, Cloudera, Zenefits

VC capital raised: $5.2 billion

1) Stanford University

1) Stanford University

Number of unicorns founded: 10

Top 3 companies: Palantir Technologies, Snapchat, AliphCom

VC capital raised: $4.92 billion

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