Founder DNA.
A first look at how founder origin, education, mobility and alumni networks shape the next generation of breakout companies.
Origin, education and alumni pathways
A first cut of the data modules behind Founder DNA: where unicorn founders come from, where they studied, and which organisations seed the next generation of startup founders.
University countries
Mobility signals
Immigrant founder share by startup location
Default view counts immigrant founders as a share of known-origin founder-startup records. Switch to startup level to see the share of startups with at least one immigrant founder.
Built from matched founder-origin and alumni-startup rows. A founder is counted as immigrant when their recorded origin differs from the startup country; Silicon Valley / Bay Area uses startup metro and city signals inside the US. Regional and world bars aggregate country rows shown and exclude the Bay Area metro to avoid double-counting the US.
Top universities
Alumni source companies
Founder startup destinations
Where alumni founders build
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