A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) shows that people who make an effort to improve their appearance — whether this effort is real or imagined, in the physical world or on social media — act more kindly towards others and are twice as likely to donate to charity. The surprising study was led… Read More
Tel Aviv University (TAU) continues to lead in global entrepreneurship, ranking #7 worldwide and #1 outside the USA in the 2024 Pitchbook Ranking. The achievement is driven by 893 TAU alumni with bachelor’s degrees, who have founded 755 companies over the past decade, raising an impressive $29.8 billion in total capital. The annual Pitchbook Ranking,… Read More
The prestigious PitchBook entrepreneurship ranking for 2023 places Tel Aviv University (TAU) in seventh place globally and first place outside the US for the second year in a row. TAU graduates are at the top of the global entrepreneurship list thanks to 825 undergraduate entrepreneurs at TAU, who have founded 692 companies that have raised… Read More
A new study from Stanford University ranks Tel Aviv University (TAU) first in Israel and first in the world outside the USA in the number of unicorns (privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion) established by its alumni. According to the study, led by entrepreneurship researcher Professor Ilya Strebulaev of the Stanford Graduate… Read More
814 entrepreneurs with bachelor’s degrees from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have established 677 companies and raised a total of $26.5 billion, bringing TAU to the seventh-ranked place in the world and first-ranked place outside the USA in the 2022 PitchBook ranking. Every year PitchBook, a business data research firm, publishes an annual ranking of the… Read More
If you wish to signal power to your colleagues, your boss, or your subordinates, you should consider reducing your use of pictures and emojis and increasing your use of words, concludes a new study from the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The study examined the response of American participants to verbal… Read More
TAU Ventures, the investment fund of Tel Aviv University (TAU), has announced raising a second fund of $50 million for investments in startups, with the opportunity to grow the fund to $70 million. The fund invests in early financing stages, often investing the first money in the company or after angel investment, a stage where… Read More
912 TAU undergraduate alumni, who have founded 761 companies and raised $26.8 billion in venture capital, make Tel Aviv University (TAU) eighth in the world and first outside the US among universities that produce successful entrepreneurs, according to the financial data company PitchBook. Topping the 2021 PitchBook list are four leading American universities: Stanford University… Read More