Fueling the pace of innovation
Creative Destruction Lab - Rockies
More than $6.7 billion in equity value generated
In seven years, Creative Destruction Lab-Rockies’ alumni companies have created more than $6.7 billion in equity value. The CDL program works. Ventures that participate in the program receive mentorship, guidance and advice from the people who have been where they've been - and succeeded. This program is making a significant impact to Alberta's economy by helping innovators commercialize massively scalable science and technology-based breakthroughs.
Impact
Housed at the Haskayne School of Business, CDL-Rockies has worked with 383 ventures, over 100 mentors and almost 300 MBA and EMBA students from the Haskayne School of Business and the Alberta School of Business. With three program streams: Prime, Energy and AgriFood, CDL-Rockies alumni companies have created more than 2,100 jobs, raised $2.3 billion in capital; $977 million of which were raised by Alberta-based companies.
Hear from CDL-Rockies alumni companies
Fluid Biomed
As neurosurgeons turned into first-time entrepreneurs, Dr. Alim Mitha and Dr. John Wong wanted to provide a better outcome for their patients suffering from consequences related to brain aneurisms, including stroke and paralysis. Their company, Fluid Biomed has developed the world’s first bio-absorbable hybrid polymer-metal flow-diverting stent to cure brain aneurisms.
Index Biosystems
Let your product tell the story. Co-founders Michael Borg and David Singer of Index Biosystems, are doing this by developing a unique BioTag, using yeast as a microscopic carrier with biological ID markers, and applying it to any product that could benefit from end-to-end supply chain transparency. Index Biosystems is tackling big problems related to food safety, traceability and supply chain management.
Eavor
Meet John Redfern, CEO of Eavor Technologies Inc., a geothermal energy technology company developing the world’s first scalable form of clean dispatchable power. The Eavor-Loop™ repurposes suspended oil wells to form a closed-loop system capable of producing scalable and reliable, baseload power without GHG emissions, fracking, or earthquake risks. Companies like Eavor represent the Energy evolution.
Hear from Haskayne MBA students who participated in CDL-Rockies
Haskayne MBA and Executive MBA students have been raving about Creative Destruction Lab – Rockies (CDL-Rockies). Students work directly with the CDL-Rockies’ ventures and mentors to deepen their understanding of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, interact with capital providers and connect with a global network comprised of some of the most powerful minds in business, science and technology.
