INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Global academic science and tech startup accelerator program Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is adding a dedicated stream to its existing
areas of focus, which include AI, health sciences, space, quantum computing, blockchain, energy and oceans
The new addition is a timely one: CDL Recovery, which is designed to help turn science and research work into scalable products and services
startups move from concept to product is fairly unique, and potentially uniquely well-suited to addressing new needs that emerge as a result
of how the world is changing in response to the novel coronavirus
Many of the efforts to address needs both in terms of therapeutics and in medical hardware to help shore up shortages are originating at
to the market.The program will be aimed at helping usher innovations from innovation to product in key areas, including around diagnostic
testing, vaccine development, remote care and telemedicine, as well as in areas of economic support like virtual work, talent re-training,
remote equipment operation, automation and food production and supply
the one we face currently have a way of decreasing the turnaround time from research to development and deployment
institutions around the world, including the University of Oxford, HEC Paris, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of
British Columbia, HEC Montreal, the University of Calgary and Dalhousie University, as well as the University of Toronto
Teams that are approved to join take part in a series of sessions that set objectives, and then measure their progress, guided by mentors,
including the founders and executives of world-leading companies and institutions.The CDL Recovery program will follow the same structure as
its standard streams, but will be done at twice the pace in order to expedite the results
Applications are open now, and the program is available at no cost, and without any equity taken by any of the program operators.
