The news: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs nine startup accelerators across the world, is coming to Seattle. It will host a 9-month program this November for 20-to-25 companies in partnership with Microsoft and the University of Washington’s business, engineering, and computer science schools. The initial focus for the accelerator will be the burgeoning sector of computational health, or the intersection of healthcare and software, two strengths of Seattle’s tech ecosystem.
Why it matters: There are a flurry of accelerators and incubators in the Seattle region, but CDL-Seattle is unique in a few ways. It does not take…