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Here's one I wrote earlier for British YC companies with a few updates: Cambridge: Immad Ahkund (Heyzap), Jude Gomila (Heyzap), Rahul Vohra (Rapportive), Marti
by ig1 16y ago
Here's one I wrote earlier for British YC companies with a few updates:
Cambridge: Immad Ahkund (Heyzap), Jude Gomila (Heyzap), Rahul Vohra (Rapportive), Martin Kleppman (Rapportive), Sam Stokes (Rapportive), Ian Hogarth (SongKick), Pete Smith (SongKick), Michelle You (SongKick)
Imperial: Tim Davey (SnapTalent), Sumon Sadhu (SnapTalent), Niall Smart (Echodio), Nathan Chong (NewsLabs), Jof Arnold (FitFu)
Oxford: Peter Nixey (Clickpass), Harjeet Tagger (Auctomatic), Kulveer Taggar (Auctomatic)
Bristol: Tom Riley (Fabricly)
LSE: Ari Helgason (Fabricly)
Southampton: Benjie Gillam (FitFu)
Kent: Mike Laming (Propable)
Anglia Ruskin University: Peter Clark (Still in stealth?)
Newcastle-upon-tyne: Einar Vollset (ReMail)
No university: Michael Ossareh (HeySan)
It's not comprehensive and I wrote it from memory, but it's indicative that there is some level of correlation (Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Bristol and LSE are all generally ranked as "top-tier" universities).
For personal experience I'd say Cambridge graduates are far more likely to found startups than those from other universities. I was at Cambridge StartupWeekend a week or so ago and there were probably 20-30 students from Cambridge university there.