Mathew Platt
Global Head of Venture Recruitment
Mathew Platt
Creative Destruction Lab
Global Head of Venture Recruitment
Mathew spent 10 years as an academic in the health sciences, which culminated with a PhD in Human Physiology from the University of Guelph. In the Winter of 2019, Mathew pivoted towards entrepreneurship by launching the Guelph Chapter of the Science to Business Network, a non-profit event-based networking group that connects academics with non-academic career paths and mentors. In the Winter of 2020, Mathew formally launched his post-academic career with the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) as a Venture Manager, where he reviewed over 600 applications from deep tech seed-stage startups from around the world and worked with 30+ health tech startups as they participated in the CDL mentorship program. Over his 4+ years at CDL he’s managed and trained a diverse team both as the Associate Director of Health at CDL-Toronto, and now as the Head of Venture Recruitment for CDL’s international network of 13 sites, 33 cohorts and 675+ yearly admitted seed-stage startups.