Despite the war and international challenges, Tel Aviv University once again achieves a major global recognition.

Tel Aviv University continues to lead the global entrepreneurship arena: 865 alumni of Tel Aviv University’s undergraduate programs, who founded 736 companies over the past decade and raised a total of $30 billion, place TAU in 7th place worldwide and 1st outside the U.S. in PitchBook’s prestigious 2025 ranking.

The PitchBook index ranks the world’s top 50 universities by the number of alumni entrepreneurs who have founded venture capital–backed startups in the U.S. It is published annually by PitchBook, a global business information company that tracks startup activity and venture capital investments.

Tel Aviv University retains its outstanding position among the world’s elite, ranked just after Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard. TAU ranks ahead of leading universities such as Yale (12), University of California (13), and Princeton (15).

According to PitchBook, four additional Israeli universities were included in this year’s ranking: the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (10), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (30), Reichman University (47), Ben-Gurion University (52), and Bar-Ilan University (90).

Among the five largest companies founded by Tel Aviv University alumni, PitchBook highlights: Generate ($4.3B), Lendbuzz ($1.2B), and Next Insurance ($1.1B).

Prof. Moshe Zviran, Head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Division at Tel Aviv University:
“Tel Aviv University is proud to remain Israel’s leading entrepreneurial university. The fact that year after year PitchBook ranks TAU 7th worldwide and 1st outside the U.S. is the strongest evidence of the University’s academic excellence and its pivotal role in fostering entrepreneurs who establish companies, raise venture capital, and drive forward Israel’s economy.”