German universities lag far behind those in the US and UK in the number of founders of venture-capital-funded companies, according to an analysis by the ifo Institute.
Stanford has 14 founders per 1,000 students annually, compared with 3.5 in Cambridge and 0.5 in Munich. Only 13.1 percent of founders with a bachelor’s degree from the EU start companies in the US.
There, however, they receive an average of 5.3 times more venture capital during the first five years than in the EU.
Ifo is calling for stronger top universities and better access to private capital.
