Where does Darian Hirst work?

Darian Hirst is Analyst, Venture Capital at BDC Venture Capital.

Where did Darian Hirst go to school?

Darian Hirst studied at Lang School of Business and Economics - University of Guelph (Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Leadership and Organizational Management).

Darian Hirst

Investor

Analyst, Venture Capital at BDC Venture Capital · Senior Analyst at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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292 people in our graph share verified history with Darian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Taku MurahwiunlockedDarian: together at RBCx (2022)

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Darian: together at University of Guelph

About

Darian Hirst is an investor with the Indigenous Fund at BDC Capital. His background includes experience in UX, product, and strategy, spanning work with design and product management teams, portfolio company leadership, and investment thesis development. His stated professional interests include climate change and reaching net-zero emissions.

Experience

BDCInvestor, Indigenous Fundcurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
BDCInvestor, Climate Tech Fund2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RBCAssociate, Enterprise Strategy and Transformation2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RBCVentures Associate, Indigenous Peoples Development Program2022 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RBCxAssociate, Ventures Strategy2023 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RBCxAssociate, Strategy and Social Innovation2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RBCxResearcher, CX Strategic Research Team2022 — 2023
University of GuelphIndigenous Student Centre Recruitment Assistant2020 — 2022Guelph, Ontario, Canada
ScotiabankAML Intern, Financial Intelligence Unit2021

Skills & more

User Research1Corporate Strategy1Corporate DevelopmentManagement Consulting1Stakeholder Engagement1Project Management1User TestingProduct IdeationWorkshop FacilitationMarket Research1Qualitative AnalysisUX Research1

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Product StrategyUsability TestingQualitative ResearchUser InterviewsTime ManagementForecastingTeachingStrategic InitiativesClimate StrategyProblem SolvingInvestment ThesesMotivational Speaking

From Darian's professional profile.

Colleagues at BDC Venture Capital

Aadit Parikh

Associate Director at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Aashna Kumar

Associate Principal at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Aditya Aggarwal

Senior Managing Partner at BDC Venture Capital

Alexa Goldhar

Senior Analyst at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Alexander Fried

Principal at BDC Venture Capital

Alexandra Hastings

Associate at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Alexandre Préfontaine

Principal at BDC Venture Capital

Alroy Almeida

Associate Principal at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Darian Hirst?: Darian Hirst is an investor with the Indigenous Fund at BDC Capital. His background includes experience in UX, product, and strategy, spanning work with design and product management teams, portfolio company leadership, and investment thesis development. His stated professional interests include climate change and reaching net-zero emissions.
Where does Darian Hirst work?: Darian Hirst is Analyst, Venture Capital at BDC Venture Capital.
Where did Darian Hirst go to school?: Darian Hirst studied at Lang School of Business and Economics - University of Guelph (Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Leadership and Organizational Management).

Same school

Also attended Lang School of Business and Economics - University of Guelph1

Dylan CancillaBusiness Development Managers (BC region) at Purpose Investments

Shared employers

Also worked at BDC125

Inshaal QadirAnalyst at Panache Ventures Paige MartinManager, Portfolio Monitoring and Valuation at White Star Capital Alex McIsaacGeneral Partner at Inovia Capital Mark TrevittFounder & Managing Partner at Inovia Capital Robert SimonVenture Partner at Ridge Ventures Sabreen SidhuSenior Analyst at Vistara Growth

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Also worked at RBC128

Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital David BorcsokPartner at Mucker Capital Andrew McGuirkVenture Fellow at Moneta Ventures Andy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32 Sara TateExecutive Assistant at Questa Capital Yaseen AbdulridhaVice President at PeakSpan Capital Partners

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Also worked at RBCx13

Taku MurahwiInvestor at OMERS Ventures Gaurav KapoorGeneral Partner at Diagram Jude SacramenthasVP, Ecosystems at Graphite Ventures Jeanette JacksonFormer CEO at Foresight Sid PaquetteHead, RBCx at RBCx Tony BarkettHead, Banking at RBCx

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Also worked at University of Guelph16

Brendan HusseyInvestor at JLS Hugo HiltonPrincipal at Third Rock Ventures Ammar AbuleilTechnical Lead at Forum Ventures Colin GarriochVice President, Pan-Canadian Operations at Natural Products Canada Darren BoldingRegional Director, NPC-Prairies at Natural Products Canada Deb StarkDirector at GTAN | Angel to Series A Investments

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