Learn how to explore universities on Dealroom, track spinout startups, sort alumni metrics, and export data to benchmark institutions or scout for partnerships.
How to use the Universities Page
The Universities page helps you explore academic institutions and their impact across startup ecosystems. You can see how universities contribute in terms of entrepreneurship, innovation, and connections to startups and founders.
What you can do on the Universities page
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Browse university profiles: See summary data for each university, including the number of affiliated startups, spinouts, alumni activity, and patents.
- Drill down into details: Click into a university profile to view affiliated companies, founders, spinouts, and other relevant academic-to-startup signals.
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Filter & rank universities: Use filters like country, alumni, alumni output (Number of alumni-founded companies, alumni-founded unicorns), or number of spinouts to find universities that best match your interest.
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Spinouts startup data: Access detailed data on spinout startups — companies created directly out of universities. You can see how many spinouts each university has produced, their funding activity, industries, and growth signals.
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Sort university tables: Each university table includes sortable columns (ascending or descending), such as:
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Alumni-founded startups
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Alumni founders
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Alumni who became founders (e.g. raised >$10M)
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Alumni-founded unicorns
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Alumni-founded future unicorns
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Number of spinouts
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Alumni-founded startups (Europe)
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Alumni founders (Europe)
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Alumni-founded unicorns (Europe)
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Alumni-founded future unicorns (Europe)
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Compare institutions: Benchmark performance metrics across multiple universities—for example, which schools in Europe have produced the most unicorn founders.
How to use the feature
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Go to the Universities page in the app.
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Use the filters to narrow down by country, alumni output, or other metrics.
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Sort or rank universities by the metric of interest (e.g. Number of spinouts, Alumni-founded unicorns
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Click on a specific university to see deeper details: affiliated companies, founders, spinouts, etc.
How to save & export university data
- Save your searches by clicking on "Save to Alerts" so you can revisit them quickly or monitor changes over time.
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After applying filters or selecting universities of interest, use the Export option from the filter bar to download the data in CSV or Excel format.
Example Use Cases
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Identify top universities for tech spinouts: Find universities producing the highest number of startups in AI or biotech in your region.
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Partnership scouting: If you’re an investor or startup interested in collaborating with universities, use the page to find institutions with strong innovation output and spinout activity.
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Benchmarking academic impact: Compare universities across countries on metrics like patents, startup creation, and spinouts to understand where strengths and gaps are.