Creative Destruction Lab 2025/26 Graduate Companies
CDL is proud to present the complete list of the 240+ CDL Graduating Ventures from the 2025/26 program year. Congratulations to all!
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Creative Destruction Lab Launches CDL-Cleveland in Partnership with University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University
CDL-Cleveland is the first site in the CDL network to be anchored to a health system. Founders in the program will have access to UH as a living laboratory, giving them an opportunity to test their technologies with actual clinicians and caregivers, not in simulation.
CDL-London and Imperial launch Healthcare Robotics stream to scale intelligent hardware for clinical and in-home care
CDL Healthcare Robotics will support founders commercializing medical robotics, active sensing, and AI embodied hardware to address global healthcare capacity gaps.
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.
Alberta’s top universities join forces to develop the next generation of science and tech leaders with CDL-Rockies
MBA capstone program pairs students with startup founders to “transform bold ideas into companies that can thrive anywhere in the world.”
Hatch Joins CDL Minerals as Corporate Partner to Advance Mining Innovation
Hatch joins CDL Minerals as a corporate partner, bringing its engineering expertise across 150+ countries to accelerate science-based mining technologies from pilot to commercial scale.
Canada Advances National Digital Core Library to Unlock Critical Minerals Discovery
Government of Canada, Creative Destruction Lab, Laurentian University, and industry participants sign a Declaration of Intent to explore collaboration on digitization of Canada’s geological drill core and exploring an AI-ready national geoscience platform.
Government of Canada invests in CDL Defence to accelerate dual-use technologies from research to deployment
Creative Destruction Lab is receiving a Government of Canada investment, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to support its newly launched CDL Defence program.
Creative Destruction Lab Connects Entrepreneurs to Global Network with CDL-Doha
With funding from the Qatar Investment Authority and the Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council, CDL-Doha will advance research-driven entrepreneurship and strengthen Qatar’s role in the global innovation economy.
ProteinQure: from CDL to the clinic – AI-designed peptide enters Phase I trials for cancer
Creative Destruction Lab announces CDL Defence, a global initiative for dual-use technologies
The nine-month program will accelerate dual-use ventures, while educating founders on how to navigate procurement and deployment.
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.”
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