Daryl Yurek Bolder Venture Partners

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Daryl Yurek Bolder Venture Partners Daryl Yurek
Born in Toronto, Canada, Daryl studied computer
science and business at York University and
Western University in Canada. Additionally, Daryl
went to Stanford University to study digital
marketing (SEO). After living in Toronto and
Montreal, in 1985, he relocated to England with
his wife, now of 40 years, and his 3 boys. He
then moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1987 and
stayed till 2022. Today he has returned to Canada
and lives in London, Ontario. He has 40 years of
experience with early-stage growth companies from
both advising and doing perspectives. He was the
founding member of Destron Technologies (1984),
the Opus Capital Fund (1992), Bolder Venture
Partners (1997), Connect Communications (1998),
ID Watchdog Corp. (2005), Veracity Credit 2010,
and VetWerx (2011). Daryl Yurek has supported
senior management and strategic development
teams at a dozen successful companies, where he
spearheaded fundraising, mergers acquisitions,
market research, and strategic licensing
agreements. Daryl is a pioneer in Canadian
capital markets and cross-border transactions for
non-resource companies and is credited with
developing the NASDAQ Two-Step, a process for
raising Canadian public venture capital for
early-stage companies in Canada and then
migrating the listing to the NASDAQ market for
follow on Capital. He has raised more than 400M
in debt, convertible debt, and equity for
start-ups during this time.