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Israeli Universities Rank Among Top Globally for Founders of US Unicorns with Advanced Degrees

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First reported by Maariv · 2 hours ago

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Three Israeli universities rank among the top five globally for producing non-American research master’s graduates who founded US unicorn startups, with Tel Aviv University third worldwide. Despite this academic success, many Israeli entrepreneurs establish their unicorns abroad, highlighting a challenge for Israel’s economy.

01Three Israeli universities rank in the global top five for non-American research master’s graduates founding US unicorns.
02Tel Aviv University is third globally, after Cambridge and Oxford, with 12 deep tech unicorn founders.
03Hebrew University ranks fourth with eight founders; Technion shares fifth with seven founders.
04Study covers 347 graduates from 206 universities founding 270 unicorns, focusing on research master’s degrees.
05Israeli universities lead in bachelor’s degree unicorn founders, while UK universities lead in research master’s.
06In 2024, Tel Aviv University led all degree types with 42 US unicorn founders, followed by Technion and Reichman University.

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