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Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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University programs by countryUnited States92United Kingdom12Canada8Japan7India6France4China3South Korea3Switzerland3Germany2
Figure 1. University programs by country, ten largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 180.

Most active university programs

By recorded investments
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Plug and Play Sunnyvale, United States 2,592 352 230 104
2 Creative Destruction Lab Toronto, Canada 788 215 87 0
3 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New York, United States 251 224 1 0
4 OUP (Osage University Partners) Bala Cynwyd, United States 232 13 66 0
5 Centech Montréal, Canada 181 173 6 0
6 Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship St Louis, United States 150 149 16 0
7 Berkeley SkyDeck Fund Berkeley, United States 144 18 12 0
8 IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator Boston, United States 131 51 9 0
9 ASU Venture Devils Tempe, United States 131 0 2 0
10 MIT delta v Cambridge, United States 129 67 21 0
11 ATDC Atlanta, United States 120 19 12 0
12 Harvard Innovation Labs Boston, United States 111 91 3 0
13 KAUST Innovation Fund Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 107 15 1 0
14 entrepreneurship@UBC Vancouver, Canada 106 2 9 0
15 Holekamp Seed Fund St Louis, United States 105 105 0 0
16 University of Cambridge Enterprise Cambridge, United Kingdom 104 38 7 0
17 Kyoto University Innovation Capital Kyoto, Japan 104 25 4 0
18 CITRIS Foundry Berkeley, United States 95 0 0 0
19 Old College Capital Edinburgh, United Kingdom 85 3 2 0
20 Texas A&M Innovation College Station, United States 76 20 5 0
21 Lifetime Ventures Yokohama, Japan 68 44 0 0
22 Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Chicago, United States 65 37 4 0
23 Oxford University Innovation Oxford, United Kingdom 65 11 6 0
24 EXIST Berlin, Germany 61 18 6 0
25 IU Ventures Bloomington, United States 44 12 6 8
26 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Madison, United States 42 5 6 0
27 CREATE-X Atlanta, United States 41 4 0 0
28 Purdue Foundry West Lafayette, United States 35 19 0 0
29 Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund Buffalo, United States 33 0 1 0
30 GUSEC Ahmedabad, India 29 5 0 0
31 3IE Valparaiso, Chile 27 1 1 0
32 University Growth Fund Salt Lake City, United States 24 4 13 0
33 Fusion IP Sheffield, United Kingdom 23 2 4 0
34 Zhejiang University Youchuang Hangzhou, China 21 6 0 0
35 FGV Ventures São Paulo, Brazil 21 1 1 0
36 UBC Seed Fund Vancouver, Canada 20 4 3 0
37 TUSIC Tokyo, Japan 18 6 4 0
38 Tokyo University of Science Investment Management Tokyo, Japan 18 3 0 0
39 UC Investments Oakland, United States 18 3 3 0
40 Polsky Center at the University of Chicago Chicago, United States 17 11 2 0
41 European Network of AI Excellence Centres Espoo, Finland 16 16 0 0
42 Queen's University Kingston, Canada 16 4 2 0
43 KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium 15 2 3 0
44 HYU Holdings Seoul, South Korea 14 8 0 0
45 Boyan fund Chaoyang, China 14 1 1 0
46 CatalyzeCU Boulder, United States 14 1 0 0
47 Seoul National University SNU R&DB Foundation Seoul, South Korea 12 10 0 0
48 University of Chicago New Venture Challenge Chicago, United States 12 9 1 0
49 Seoul National University of Science and Technology Technology Holding Company Seoul, South Korea 12 5 0 0
50 UvA Ventures Holding Amsterdam, The Netherlands 12 2 4 0
51 YEI Innovation Fund New Haven, United States 12 1 4 0
52 University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund Tokyo, Japan 12 0 0 0
53 Fort Knox Umeå, Sweden 11 3 0 0
54 MSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach Mississippi State, United States 10 8 0 0
55 LEH Leiden, The Netherlands 10 3 0 0
56 INCUBATE Sydney, Australia 10 2 0 0
57 PESU Venture Labs Bangalore, India 10 0 0 0
58 Aim Capital (Earlier Aentor Finances) Faridabad, India 9 2 0 0
59 Simon School Venture Fund Rochester, United States 9 0 4 0
60 Iowa Innovation Challenge Iowa City, United States 8 8 0 0
61 Inovent Istanbul, Turkey 8 0 1 0
62 Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Evanston, United States 7 7 0 0
63 University of Bristol Enterprise Fund London, United Kingdom 7 1 0 11
64 SCADpro Fund Savannah, United States 7 0 0 0
65 RedHawk Launch Accelerator Oxford, United States 6 6 0 0
66 Northeastern University Boston, United States 6 3 0 0
67 UConn Innovation Fund - University of Connecticut Storrs Mansfield, United States 6 1 0 0
68 Princeton Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund Princeton, United States 6 0 1 0
69 Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Pittsburgh, United States 6 0 0 0
70 Flyer Pitch Competition Dayton, United States 5 5 0 0
71 Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Ponte Vedra Beach, United States 5 4 0 0
72 Illini Angels Chicago, United States 5 1 0 0
73 Shuimu Tsinghua TBC Haidian, China 5 1 0 0
74 UM Ventures Baltimore, United States 5 1 0 0
75 Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland, United States 5 0 0 0
76 Vanderbilt University Office of Investments Nashville, United States 5 0 1 0
77 AppCampus Espoo, Finland 4 1 0 0
78 Auckland UniServices Auckland, New Zealand 4 1 0 0
79 Lorain County Community College Innovation Fund Elyria, United States 4 1 1 0
80 LU Holding Lund, Sweden 4 1 0 0
81 NYU Impact Investment Fund New York, United States 4 1 0 0
82 Penn Venture Lab Philadelphia, United States 4 1 1 0
83 Rebel Venture Fund Las Vegas, United States 4 1 0 0
84 Academia Industry Alliance Capital Tokushima-shi, Japan 4 0 0 0
85 Columbia Technology Ventures New York, United States 4 0 0 0
86 CU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Bangkok, Thailand 4 0 0 0
87 RCT BioVentures Tucson, United States 4 0 1 4
88 UChicago Startup Investment Program Chicago, United States 4 0 0 0
89 UCSF Foundation Investment Company San Francisco, United States 4 0 0 0
90 UniTartu Ventures 4 0 0 0
91 Carnegie Mellon University Africa - Industry Innovation Lab Kigali, Rwanda 3 3 0 0
92 Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship St. John's, Canada 3 3 0 0
93 Pitch Dingman Competition College Park, United States 3 3 0 0
94 Foundation for technological innovation Biel, Switzerland 3 1 0 0
95 Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund Ann Arbor, United States 3 1 0 0
96 VIT Technology Business Incubator Vellore, India 3 1 0 0
97 Arrow Capital Berkeley, United States 3 0 0 0
98 IncubaUC Santiago, Chile 3 0 0 0
99 Kobe University Capital Kobe, Japan 3 0 0 0
100 The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, United States 3 0 1 30

Table 1. The 100 university programs with the most recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 180.

By location

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United States92

By country

United States92
United Kingdom12
Canada8
Japan7
India6
France4
China3
South Korea3
Switzerland3
Germany2
Chile2
Finland2
The Netherlands2
Sweden2
Australia2

Table 2. University programs by country, 15 largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 180.

By city

New York5
Chicago5
Berkeley4
Boston3
Cambridge3
Salt Lake City3
Tokyo3
Seoul3
San Francisco3
Toronto2
St Louis2
Atlanta2
Vancouver2
Madison2
Espoo2

Table 3. University programs by city, 15 largest. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 180.

Investment stages

Seed investors102 Early stage investors81 Grant makers59 Venture investors20 Late stage investors19 Non equity assistance14 Private equity investors10 Debt investors7
Cite: FundingWatcher, 180 university programs, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/university-programs/