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Campuses are the best places to build startups.

Many of the world's most successful companies began as an idea, a project, or a small group of students on a campus. The next generation of groundbreaking companies will come from educational institutions too — built by students, on campuses in every corner of the world. Some of the companies that started that way are featured here.

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Google
Day 1 Google Stanford University
Facebook / Meta
Day 2 Facebook / Meta Harvard University
Ather Energy
Day 3 Ather Energy IIT Madras
Dell
Day 4 Dell University of Texas at Austin
Practo
Day 5 Practo NITK Surathkal
Microsoft
Day 6 Microsoft Harvard University
Zepto
Day 7 Zepto Stanford University (Indian founders)
Snapchat
Day 8 Snapchat Stanford University
Ola
Day 9 Ola IIT Bombay (alumnus)
Yahoo!
Day 10 Yahoo! Stanford University
Flipkart
Day 11 Flipkart IIT Delhi (alumni)
FedEx
Day 12 FedEx Yale University
Razorpay
Day 13 Razorpay IIT Roorkee
Sun Microsystems
Day 14 Sun Microsystems Stanford University
Unacademy
Day 15 Unacademy NMIMS / campus YouTube channel
Reddit
Day 16 Reddit University of Virginia
ideaForge
Day 17 ideaForge IIT Bombay
Duolingo
Day 18 Duolingo Carnegie Mellon University
Meesho
Day 19 Meesho IIT Delhi
Atlassian
Day 20 Atlassian University of New South Wales
HackerRank
Day 21 HackerRank NIT Trichy
Figma
Day 22 Figma Brown University
BrowserStack
Day 23 BrowserStack IIT Bombay (alumni)
Canva
Day 24 Canva University of Western Australia
GalaxEye Space
Day 25 GalaxEye Space IIT Madras
DoorDash
Day 26 DoorDash Stanford University
Innovaccer
Day 27 Innovaccer IIT Kharagpur
Klarna
Day 28 Klarna Stockholm School of Economics
Log 9 Materials
Day 29 Log 9 Materials IIT Roorkee
Time Magazine
Day 30 Time Magazine Yale University
Zomato
Day 31 Zomato IIT Delhi (alumni)
Dropbox
Day 32 Dropbox MIT
Agnikul Cosmos
Day 33 Agnikul Cosmos IIT Madras
Grab
Day 34 Grab Harvard Business School
Uniphore
Day 35 Uniphore IIT Madras
Under Armour
Day 36 Under Armour University of Maryland
Databricks
Day 37 Databricks UC Berkeley
Detect Technologies
Day 38 Detect Technologies IIT Madras
Lyft (Zimride)
Day 39 Lyft (Zimride) Cornell University
Mad Street Den
Day 40 Mad Street Den IIT Madras Research Park
Napster
Day 41 Napster Northeastern University
Wow! Momo
Day 42 Wow! Momo St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Formlabs
Day 43 Formlabs MIT Media Lab
Wingify / VWO
Day 44 Wingify / VWO Delhi College of Engineering (alumnus)
Coursera
Day 45 Coursera Stanford University
Zetwerk
Day 46 Zetwerk IIT Madras (alumni)
Bolt
Day 47 Bolt Secondary school / University of Tartu
Bellatrix Aerospace
Day 48 Bellatrix Aerospace IISc Bengaluru
Celonis
Day 49 Celonis Technical University of Munich
Chegg
Day 50 Chegg Iowa State University
GUVI
Day 51 GUVI IIT Madras Research Park
Genentech
Day 52 Genentech UCSF
Sea6 Energy
Day 53 Sea6 Energy IIT Madras
Warby Parker
Day 54 Warby Parker Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Postman
Day 55 Postman Bengaluru engineers / side project
Twitch (Justin.tv)
Day 56 Twitch (Justin.tv) Yale University
Zoho
Day 57 Zoho IIT Madras (alumnus)
Robinhood
Day 58 Robinhood Stanford University
Ultraviolette
Day 59 Ultraviolette Bengaluru / campus engineering
Skydio
Day 60 Skydio MIT
Niki.ai
Day 61 Niki.ai IIT Kharagpur
Insomnia Cookies
Day 62 Insomnia Cookies University of Pennsylvania
Wayve
Day 63 Wayve University of Cambridge
Nykaa
Day 64 Nykaa Not campus-born (contrast story)
Oxford Nanopore
Day 65 Oxford Nanopore University of Oxford
Chalo / Zophop
Day 66 Chalo / Zophop IIT Bombay (alumni)
Coupang
Day 67 Coupang Harvard University
Aerostrovilos Energy
Day 68 Aerostrovilos Energy IIT Madras
Palantir
Day 69 Palantir Stanford University
Bombinate / Modulus Housing
Day 70 Bombinate / Modulus Housing IIT Madras
Akamai
Day 71 Akamai MIT
Mercado Libre
Day 72 Mercado Libre Stanford GSB
Aerem / Pi Beam
Day 73 Aerem / Pi Beam IIT Madras
Darktrace
Day 74 Darktrace University of Cambridge
Cure.fit
Day 75 Cure.fit IIT & IIM alumni
Instagram (Burbn)
Day 76 Instagram (Burbn) Stanford University (alumni)
Bugworks
Day 77 Bugworks Bengaluru research ecosystem
Yik Yak
Day 78 Yik Yak Furman University
String Bio
Day 79 String Bio Bengaluru / research spinout
Stripe
Day 80 Stripe MIT & Harvard
Wobot / Vahan
Day 81 Wobot / Vahan Indian campuses
Moderna
Day 82 Moderna Harvard / MIT research
BioNTech
Day 83 BioNTech University of Mainz
Brex
Day 84 Brex Stanford University
Scale AI
Day 85 Scale AI MIT
Ginkgo Bioworks
Day 86 Ginkgo Bioworks MIT
Blablacar
Day 87 Blablacar INSEAD
Gojek
Day 88 Gojek Harvard Business School
iRobot
Day 89 iRobot MIT
Anyscale / Ray
Day 90 Anyscale / Ray UC Berkeley
PhysicsWallah
Day 91 PhysicsWallah Self-taught teacher, YouTube
Sarvam AI / Krutrim class
Day 92 Sarvam AI / Krutrim class IISc & IIT ecosystem
Zerodha
Day 93 Zerodha Not campus-born (contrast story)
Day 94
16 Nov
Day 94 VMware Stanford University
Day 95
17 Nov
Day 95 Improbable University of Cambridge
Day 96
18 Nov
Day 96 Exscientia University of Dundee
Day 97
19 Nov
Day 97 Aadyah / Indian defence startups Indian engineering campuses
Day 98
20 Nov
Day 98 Paystack Babcock University
Day 99
21 Nov
Day 99 Tinder University of Southern California
Day 100
22 Nov
Day 100 Your Campus Your Institution

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