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University Startup Index: Europe’s Trillion Euro Opportunity (Redstone)

ReportRedstoneAugust 2024151 pages227 min readOriginal source
Key number
€3 Trillion
Potential Additional Equity Value in 10 Years p.24
Largest segment
57%
Share of EU Potential Value from Germany, France, Spain and Netherlands p.27

Summary

  • If European universities reached benchmark efficiency, Europe could generate almost 16,000 additional startups in 1 year and 150K+ additional startups over 10 years.p.14
  • Operating at full potential could create 6.1 million additional jobs across the European market over a 10-year period.p.17
  • The cumulative potential equity value created by university startups over 10 years exceeds €3 trillion.p.24
  • Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands represent 57% of the total potential value creation for the European Union.p.27
  • The top 100 universities generated 2,366 startups from a combined budget of €14.7 billion, proving to be 456% more efficient than all analyzed universities combined.p.41

Key insights

  1. 1. European universities display significant discrepancies in startup creation efficiency relative to their allocated annual budgets.p.4
  2. 2. Top 10 business schools produce 37.8 startups per €100 million spent, outperforming non-business schools.p.44
  3. 3. Top 10 non-business schools are 50% less efficient at startup creation than top 10 business schools.p.46
  4. 6. Among large European universities with budgets exceeding €1 billion, 5 of the top 10 most efficient institutions are located in England.p.48
  5. 7. Technical University Munich (TUM) is the only non-UK university in the top 10 for institutions with budgets over €500 million.p.51
  6. 8. European startups create an average of approximately 17 jobs, while European unicorns generate an average of approximately 1,000 jobs.p.82

Topics and entities

EuropeDeep tech investmentPublic funding and grantsStartup ecosystemsStartup fundingVenture capitalETH ZürichHEC ParisImperial College LondonLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceTechnical University Munich (TUM)University of CambridgeUniversity of OxfordWHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

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