Altis Labs: Using AI to Accelerate Cancer Drug Development
CDL Alumni Altis Labs has raised a US$25M Series A to advance AI endpoints that can predict cancer trial outcomes months earlier.
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Xanadu: the first CDL Alumni company to go public
Almost ten years after going through the program, Xanadu listed on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker XNDU on March 27th, 2026 — the first company in Creative Destruction Lab's 13-year history to reach the public markets.
ProteinQure: from CDL to the clinic – AI-designed peptide enters Phase I trials for cancer
IronSight: How CDL Mentorship Paved the Path to a Strategic Acquisition
Co-founder Shawn Martens attributes much of IronSight’s trajectory and ultimate acquisition to the formative experiences gained at CDL. His advice to potential CDL applicants is clear: “If you’re a founder needing genuine, actionable accountability and support without bias, CDL is one of the best decisions you’ll make.”
After nearly swearing off startup mentorship programs, Flux Marine joined CDL and found a lead investor
The electric boating company focused on business development and finding investment at CDL’s Oceans stream
Graduating Ventures Took to the Main Stage at Super Session, Sharing Their CDL Journeys
Founders and speakers representing four graduating ventures and three CDL alumni companies got onstage in front of a thousand of their peers, mentors and investors to share their inspiring stories of success, and reflect on their takeaways from the CDL program.
AI Took Centre Stage at Creative Destruction Lab This Year
Pioneering entrepreneurs and academics in the field of Artificial Intelligence travelled to Toronto from Stanford University, the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and Vancouver to debate the best path forward.
From Farm to Market: Verifying Agricultural Sustainability with ucrop.it
CDL Alumni ucrop.it is transforming agriculture with verified sustainability and blockchain transparency
CDL helps corporate partners like General Motors ‘think exponentially’
In a highly disrupted industry, GM is future-proofing its business with the help of CDL.
A brief overview of the Market for Intelligence Conference 2016
A quick recap of the CDL's Machine Learning and the Market for Intelligence Conference 2016.
Ecopackers — the CDL startup solving a 400-million tonne problem
Growing from Mississauga to Shenzhen, this female-founded company has created an alternative to plastic that’s even compostable
CDL Super Session 2023 brings together global community of graduating founders, mentors, and thought leaders at grand finale event
Leading innovators, academics, policymakers and thought leaders were present for CDL’s 2022/23 grand finale event held in Toronto this June. More than 1,000 attendees and guests gathered from CDL’s 12 university sites for two days of programming and networking.
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