Halifax-based Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic is looking for applicants for its 2026-2027 general and oceantech programs.

The Atlantic Canadian branch of the Toronto-based organization is currently seeking founders for two programs: the Prime Stream, which is open to companies in any sector; and the Oceans Stream for bluetech ventures.

CDL is a nine-month, milestone-based accelerator that operates in six countries. The program, which does not charge founders a participation fee or take equity, is divided into a series of five meetings over nine months, with an emphasis on entrepreneurs setting and then meeting key growth objectives. Participants are mentored by experienced entrepreneurs, who are encouraged to invest in the companies they’re working with. Mentors who participated in previous CDL Atlantic sessions have included figures like Clearwater Fine Foods billionaire and investor John Risley and Jevon MacDonald, former CEO of Manifold and GoInstant.

Prime is for founders pursuing state of the art technological innovations across diverse industries. Oceans is for founders focused on the digital ocean, where underwater acoustics and imaging, sensors, robotics and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), data, predictive analytics and AI are transforming the sustainable ocean economy.

The group also offers a Defence stream for founders developing dual-use, defence-relevant technologies that improve mission capability, resilience, and national security.

CDL-Atlantic is located at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management and its collaborators include the Ocean Frontier Institute, the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair, and the Canada Research Chair in Organic Agriculture

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