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Creative Destruction Lab

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 427 cheques on record.

Deploying nowAccelerator

Pre-seedSeedSeries AGenaiData ScienceBig Data

Deploying now
79%of best year65cheques in 12 months, 427 on record
Since the last cheque32days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.0MRounds led0 of 427Sole investor48 roundsMostly inCanada, 56%
Pitch Creative Destruction Lab

Creative Destruction Lab highlights

  1. 01

    65 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Seed: 62% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 48 rounds, median $999K

What they do

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.From their own website
Type
Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
GenaiData ScienceBig Data
Based in
Toronto, Canada
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first427 appearances

  1. 2026

    53 rounds

  2. Sept
    AxyaSeries A · CA · BetaKit$12MWith 7 others
  3. Sept
    Altis LabsSeries A · CA · BetaKit$25MWith 7 others
  4. Sept
    Lucent BioSciencesGrant · CA$1.4MWith 3 others
  5. Sept
    Summit NanotechCA$3.0MWith 1 other
  6. Sept
    QurCan Therapeutics Inc.Venture · CA$3.0MWith 2 others
  7. Aug
    Nth CycleGrant · US$100MWith 3 others
  8. Jul
    Antora EnergySeries C · US · Crunchbase News$550MWith 14 others
  9. Jul
    GreyparrotSeries B · GB · TechStartups$27MWith 4 others
  10. Jul
    Multiverse ComputingSeries C · ES · Firms' own news pages$570MWith 19 others
  11. Jul
    Exin TherapeuticsGrant · US$500KWith 2 others
  12. Jul
    3D BioFibRSeed · CA$100KWith 2 others
  13. Jul
    3D SparkGrant · DE$2.3MWith 1 other
  14. Jul
    CubtaleGrant · US$100KWith 1 other
  15. Jul
    AILOS RoboticsGrant · BE$4.1MWith 1 other
  16. Jul
    Vocxi HealthVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  17. Jun
    NewOrbitSeries A · GB · Ventureburn$19MWith 9 others
  18. Jun
    HydromeaGrant · CH$1.0MWith 3 others
  19. Jun
    H2nanOGrant · CA$323KWith 1 other
  20. Jun
    SensorUpVenture · CAUndisclosedWith 1 other
  21. Jun
    Syzygy PlasmonicsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  22. May
    ECOncreteVenture · US$14MWith 1 other
  23. May
    Human in Motion RoboticsGrant · CA$2.2MWith 2 others
  24. May
    ProteinQureGrant · CA$1.8MWith 4 others
  25. Apr
    A&K RoboticsSeries A · CA · TechStartups$5.9MWith 8 others
  26. Apr
    Carbon Upcycling TechnologiesDebt · CA · Ventureburn$10MWith 3 others
  27. Apr
    DeepSpinGrant · DE$2.6MWith 4 others
  28. Apr
    SB QuantumSeed · CA$4.0MWith 2 others
  29. Apr
    Ideon TechnologiesGrant · CA$1.7MWith 3 others
  30. Apr
    PlurilockVenture · CAUndisclosedWith 1 other
  31. Mar
    CoLab SoftwareDebt · CA$1.0MWith 4 others
  32. Mar
    CisLunar IndustriesSeed · US$2.6MWith 3 others
  33. Mar
    Smart AccessSeries A · CA$12MWith 1 other
  34. Mar
    Specific BiologicsGrant · CA$1.3MSole investor
  35. Mar
    H2nanOGrant · CA$1.3MWith 1 other
  36. Mar
    MoonVenture · US$8.7MWith 1 other
  37. Mar
    Reaction DynamicsGrant · CA$6.1MWith 3 others
  38. Mar
    PhenoTipsVenture · CAUndisclosedWith 2 others
  39. Feb
    Dhruva SpaceGrant$552KWith 1 other
  40. Feb
    BEIT Inc.Venture · PL$3.5MWith 4 others
  41. Feb
    MIMOSA DiagnosticsVenture · CA$100KWith 3 others

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The team

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Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Creative Destruction Lab. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Creative Destruction Lab put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Creative Destruction Lab in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Creative Destruction Lab

What does Creative Destruction Lab invest in?

Creative Destruction Lab invests most often at Venture and Seed (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Genai, Data Science and Big Data.

How active is Creative Destruction Lab?

427 investments on record, 65 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Creative Destruction Lab invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Axya (Series A, Sept 2026), Altis Labs (Series A, Sept 2026) and Lucent BioSciences (Grant, Sept 2026).

How big are Creative Destruction Lab's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M.

Does Creative Destruction Lab lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 427 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Creative Destruction Lab invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (56%), the United States (23%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

Is Creative Destruction Lab investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 65 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Creative Destruction Lab invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (33 rounds together), BDC Capital (32 rounds together) and Techstars (30 rounds together).

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