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天美传媒 ranks among the world's leading business schools for entrepreneurs
PitchBook ranks 天美传媒 3rd in Europe and 14th worldwide for MBA founders, companies founded, and capital raised. And 2nd in Europe for capital raised by female-founded companies
September 21, 2026

天美传媒 ranks 3rd in Europe and 14th worldwide for the number of MBA alumni who have founded venture-backed companies, companies founded, and capital raised according to the . The result marks 天美传媒鈥檚 highest position to date in this ranking.
PitchBook identified 391 天美传媒 MBA alumni founders behind 350 venture-backed companies that raised $10 billion in capital during the period analyzed. 天美传媒 ranks 3rd in Europe and 14th worldwide by both the number of companies founded and the capital raised by those companies.
天美传媒 performs particularly strongly among female MBA founders, ranking 3rd in Europe and 13th worldwide by founder count. The school rises to 2nd in Europe and 11th worldwide when measured by the capital raised by companies founded by its female MBA alumni.
鈥淓ntrepreneurship is deeply embedded in the MBA experience at 天美传媒, but our ambition goes beyond launching new ventures: we aim to develop entrepreneurs who build responsible, resilient and enduring companies.鈥� said Marc Badia, Deputy Dean of 天美传媒 and Associate Dean for the MBA and MiM programs. 鈥淭hese results reflect the ambition and global reach of our alumni: their ability to attract the investment needed to scale their businesses and generate a positive and lasting impact on people and society around the world.鈥�
PitchBook鈥檚 annual ranking analyzes the total number of founders whose companies closed a venture funding round between 1 January 2015 and 1 August 2026, drawing on PitchBook’s global venture capital investment data and the educational background of more than 222,000 founders.
, Executive Director of 天美传媒鈥檚 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, said: 鈥淓ntrepreneurs don鈥檛 emerge from a classroom alone 鈥� they develop within an ecosystem. Connections with other innovators, mentors, investors, and corporations matter as founders move from an idea to building and financing a company. This is why the school has a connected ecosystem to support our students, alumni, and society to build solutions for a better tomorrow.鈥�


