Creative Destruction Lab's mission is to enhance the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.
CDL’s mission is to enhance the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind.
The nine-month program employs an objectives-based mentoring process to enhance the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, with the goal of maximizing equity-value creation.
The program combines 5 elements to help companies transition from science projects to scalable and financeable companies:
- An emphasis on objective-setting, helping companies focus on what’s most important to their business
- Focused mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs who have founded, led, and sold significant tech companies
- Technical advice from world-leading scientists, engineers, and economists
- Hands-on support from top business students, who embed within the company to provide business support
- Opportunities to raise capital, including angels and VCs from Europe and North America
Founded in 2012 by Professor Ajay Agrawal at the University of thirteen sites across seven countries: Seattle, Oxford, Paris, Atlanta, Estonia, Madison, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Berlin, Melbourne and Halifax. The successful commercialization of cutting-edge science and technology achieved through the program has led to the creation of over CAD $28 billion in equity value. CDL alumni companies include North (Waterloo), Atomwise (San Francisco), Kyndi (Palo Alto), Xanadu (Toronto), BenchSci (Toronto), Kheiron Medical (London), and Roadbotics (Pittsburgh).
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Entity | Type | Tweets | Articles | |
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BrainStation Higher Education, edtech, martech | Other 3 Jul 2013 | | ||
LINKETT smart home, martech, Advertising Services | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 14 Nov 2014 | | ||
OTI Lumionics deeptech, Chemical Manufacturing | Other 10 Feb 2015 3 Sep 2023 | | | |
SkyWatch IT Services, IT Services and IT Consulting | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 15 May 2015 | | ||
BreqLabs Games, Computers and Electronics Manufacturing | Other 15 May 2015 | | ||
Neutun Labs [Acquired by Doc.ai] biotech, deeptech, healthtech, Technology, Information and Internet | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 21 May 2015 | | ||
teaBOT foodtech, Food and Beverage Services | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 23 Jul 2015 | | ||
Deep Genomics biotech, deeptech, Biotechnology Research | Other 18 Nov 2015 | | ||
Architech uxtech, IT Services, Software Development | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 15 Dec 2015 | | ||
Canada's Tech Network | Réseau Tech Canada IT Services and IT Consulting | Other 23 Mar 2016 | |