Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab Open worldwide
Objectives-based mentorship program for science- and technology-based ventures run across 17 locations, where experienced founders and investors set milestones with startups over a program year.
Free to start · no account needed
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: mentorship from successful founders and investors; stream-specific programs (AI, quantum, climate, health, etc.).
Who can apply: Ventures from anywhere may apply to any of CDL's 17 locations across 10 countries.
Free to apply. Equity: none.
Annual program year; the 2026/27 application window closed July 24, 2026, next opens for 2027/28.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, deck.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “CDL charges no fees and takes no equity.”
Who can apply
- Open to founders, researchers
- Ventures from anywhere may apply to any of CDL's 17 locations across 10 countries.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Creative Destruction Lab without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.