The Creative Destruction Lab Mafia
69 people came through Creative Destruction Lab and went on to found or lead other companies.
Christoph LengauerAssociateFounded Celsius Therapeutics +3Adrien CohenStartup Mentor - AI / Neuro / Climate Stream (Oxford / Toronto / Paris)Founded Lazada +1Stephen LakeMentor - Climate StreamFounded Jetson Home +1Myra ArshadVenture - Matter StreamFounded Fluidic +1Kevin HeyriesMentor AssociateFounded AbCellera +1Jason AramburuMentorFounded Applied Carbon +1Trevor Smith 🚀Mentor, Space StreamFounded Atomic-6 Funding +1Eduardo NeeterFounderFounded Atdc +1Dennis PilarinosMentorFounded Buddybuild +1Christophe JurczakAssociateFounded PasqalAlice ReimerSite Lead, CDL-RockiesFounded the51Judy FairburnFellow - Energy TransitionFounded the51William Tunstall-PedoeFellowFounded UnlikelyAIIvan YuenAssociateFounded WattpadSteve LemonMentorFounded Currency CloudFarooq AbbasiAssociate / FellowFounded #DiversityVCJane WalerudAssociate, Oxford Said, Climate and AI streamsFounded PaebblRay MuzykaStrategic Advisory Board memberFounded BiowareAlok KulkarniMentorFounded CyaraHassan BhattiAssociate FellowFounded Futureproof LabAllen LauMentorFounded WattpadStuart LombardMentorFounded EcobeeMatthew AndersonGraduated Founder in the 2017 Machine Learning StreamFounded A&K Robotics IncMilad AlucozaiMentor - Recipient of Mentor of the Year AwardFounded Revalia Bio, Inc.Barney PellFounding FellowFounded Moon ExpressMichael HyattFounding PartnerFounded DataStealthJim Robeson2014 CohortFounded PiinPointLing Ka YiMentorFounded Shiok MeatsTamas GorbeEntrepreneurFounded Menten AIAlex GordonCDL Alumni, 2019-2020 Health StreamFounded Revolve SurgicalAvneet GhotraVenture - Matter StreamFounded ALT TEXMartin BittnerCDL-Oxford, AI, 2019/20 CohortFounded Redouble AILuca BolondiCDL Oxford HealthFounded Crane BiosciencesRama NanjundaiahCDL- Seattle, Advanced Manufacturing Stream 2024/2025 CohortFounded Phantasma LabsBjarne JohannsenFounder in ResidenceFounded SensmoreJen FlexmanStrategic Advisor in HealthFounded Moneta HealthPhilip PoulidisAI Stream AlumniFounded OdaiaCalvin ChuAlumnusFounded MonogramMallorie BrodieAdvisory Board MemberFounded BridgitJoost OuwerkerkFellowFounded Deep SkyLaura ZizzoMentorFounded Manifest ClimateEric J.CDL-Vancouver, Minerals, 2024/25 CohortFounded BaniqlFazal MahmoodEntrepreneurFounded PhaseshiftManuel Del VermeTech Assessments/ReviewerFounded SilverstreamDanish DhamaniFinalistFounded OraiEric MartinMBA CandidateFounded PulseMedicaMichael FlorosAlumniFounded Cohesys Inc. WebsiteBogdan KnezevicArtificial Intelligence LeadFounded Kaleidoscope BioLisa ShieldsFellowFounded FISPANAndre BertramInagural Cohort CDL WestFounded HelpWearDavid Van SickleStartup MentorFounded PropellerMason Dykstra, PhDCDL Vancouver Minerals Stream 2024/2025 CohortFounded MinersAIAntonio Forenza, PhDCEO AWEAR | Spring ‘26Founded AWEAR TechnologiesRemi SchmaltzAssociate (mentor) - AgriFood StreamFounded Brilliant HarvestJoanne RodriguezCDL/University of Wisconsin+Risk StreamFounded MycocycleAlicia McKoyCDL-Wisconsin, Risk, 2023 CohortFounded Peak MindStacy BlainCancer cohortFounded ConcarloShane V. HegartyCDL-Toronto, Neuro, 2021/2022 CohortFounded Axonis TherapeuticsTomas BabejEnterpreneur in trainingFounded ProteinQureLiran BelenzonCDL AssociateFounded BenchsciAndrew E. PellingMentor, Health StreamFounded SpiderwortHamed HanafiCDL-Atlantic, Prime, 2021/22 CohortFounded NovarespChris DeMayAssociate Mentor (CDL Space Stream)Founded TrustpointgpsYan SimardMentorFounded Kognitiv SparkStephen QuickAccelerator Programme ParticipantFounded FinCrime DynamicsJean-Simon FortinCDL-Montreal, AI, 2022-2023 CohortFounded Paperplane TherapeuticsChris TamCDL-Vancouver Advanced Therapies 2022/2023Founded Integrated Nanotherapeutics Inc.Neal D ModyAssociate: CDL-SeattleFounded Zoic Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the Creative Destruction Lab mafia?
- The Creative Destruction Lab mafia is the network of 69 people who came through Creative Destruction Lab and went on to found or lead other companies, including Celsius Therapeutics, Lazada, Jetson Home, Fluidic, AbCellera.
- Who is in the Creative Destruction Lab mafia?
- Notable members include Christoph Lengauer (Celsius Therapeutics), Adrien Cohen (Lazada), Stephen Lake (Jetson Home), Myra Arshad (Fluidic), Kevin Heyries (AbCellera), Jason Aramburu (Applied Carbon), Trevor Smith 🚀 (Atomic-6 Funding), Eduardo Neeter (Atdc), among 69 tracked members.
- What companies did Creative Destruction Lab alumni found?
- Companies founded by Creative Destruction Lab alumni include Celsius Therapeutics, Lazada, Jetson Home, Fluidic, AbCellera, Applied Carbon, Atomic-6 Funding, Atdc, Buddybuild, Pasqal.