CDL Nurture: Spinout Series
For Canadian innovators with entrepreneurial aspirations
Stay tuned for upcoming events
Module 2: How to Think About Financing a Spinout in Canada (Registrations Closed)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 // 1:00PM – 2:15PM ET
Please join us for the second event in CDL Nurture’s Spinout Series, to learn from some of Canada’s best on how they think about raising money to scale a spinout.
In Partnership With
Catalyst Legal Partner
Panelist Speakers
Michael Helander
Founder & CEO of OTI Lumionics
Former Postdoc, UofT
Patrick Lor
Managing Partner, Panache Ventures
Shreya Shukla
Co-Founder of Notch Therapeutics
Former Postdoc, UofT
Chad Bayne
Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies at Osler
Past Events
Module 1: How to Think About Spinning Out in Canada (Registrations Closed)
The first event in CDL Nurture’s Spinout Series, attendees learned from some of Canada’s best on how to transition between an academic and a commercial mindset.
Brendan Frey
Founder of Deep Genomics
Co-Founder of Vector Institute; Tenured UofT Professor
Christian Weedbrook
Founder & CEO of Xanadu
Former Postdoc, MIT & UofT
John Wilson
President & CEO of Innovate Calgary; 15 years experience spinning out companies
Jean-Nicolas Delage
Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies at Osler
Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. Its nine-month program allows founders to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, increasing their likelihood of success. Founded in 2012 by Professor Ajay Agrawal at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded to 13 sites across seven countries: Oxford, Seattle, Paris, Atlanta, Madison, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, Berlin, Estonia, and Melbourne.