Hey - how are you? My name is Michael Cayley and I am the Founder of Cdling (pronounced “seedling”). I was the Director of Startup Grind in Toronto and KW and almost two years ago I moved to Ottawa with my family.

Cdling has worked with hundreds of Startups (including 4 from Ottawa!) from Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, New York City, Silicon Valley and Montreal over the last few years. In fact we have orchestrated more than 50 one-on-one meetings between promising startups from more than 6 countries and seed/early stage investors like 500Startups, First Round Capital, Softbank Capital, Sequoia (more than 40 investors from all over the world).

In our next set of LABs, we want to be sure to include some Ottawa startups. We have reached out to the ecosystem through some friends, old (Franco) and new (Shawna). But please feel free to @michaelcayley to start a conversation if you are interested.

For more background on Cdling, you are welcome to visit our About page. Or check out our FAQs.

Depending on the pitch materials that your startup already has, setting up your Cdling profile should take less than 15 mins.

During the one week LAB period, Founders will want to begin by recruiting credible experts to share opinions about their startup and then engage with the feedback that they are receiving on an ad hoc basis as the conversation evolves.

Here is a good example of how a startup was able to break through the noise with Cdling. 

Any startup’s objective for a LAB is to qualify for a Cdling Rated Referral but it is never too early to begin identifying the right people to connect with and determine if you are on the right track.