Toronto-based Creative Destruction Lab announced recently it is partnering with the University of Wisconsin and American Family Ventures for its objectives-based entrepreneurship program for students and faculty.

According to its website, the CDL-Wisconsin program will work with startups focused on risk management through the UW-Madison School of Business. American Family Ventures will help to identify and select startups, and it will provide mentors and other resources during the nine-month program.

“CDL has developed a proven process for helping companies cut through distractions and focus on what’s most important, with a global network working toward our mission to accelerate the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind,” Creative Destruction Lab Executive Director Sonia Sennik said in a statement. “We are thrilled to both welcome UW-Madison to the CDL family as our newest site, CDL-Wisconsin, and to announce the launch of CDL Risk in partnership with American Family Insurance.”

An info session on the program takes place on Aug. 6.