Every year, approximately 5,300 colleges and universities in the U.S. busily churn out thousands of graduates. And American higher education remains a sought-after commodity worldwide, as evidenced by the million-plus (according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) international students flocking to the U.S. to study. Given the apparent abundance of available talent, why do many industry [...]

Which investors have the most billion-dollar companies in their portfolios? And who got into those startups early? There are 74 private US companies valued at a billion dollars or more, according to our real-time unicorn tracker. We used CB Insights data to analyze which investors have backed the most unicorns and are in the best position to [...]