Daniel Drouet
Partner, Black Entrepreneurs Fund at Okila Group
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolDaniel Drouet is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and venture investor with over 25 years of experience building companies, products and funds across North America, Africa and the Middle East. Currently a Partner at BDC’s Black Entrepreneurs Fund and advisor to universities and AI/mining startups, he combines hands-on product and engineering leadership with deep venture and M&A expertise. He co-founded Real Ventures and multiple startups, led technical due diligence on hundreds of deals, and has a rare track record of turning research and services businesses into scaled product companies. Comfortable at the intersection of engineers and executives, he also trains founders and emerging VCs and redesigned entrepreneurship curricula to prioritize real venture-building. An early operator in telecom and manufacturing automation, he brings pragmatic systems thinking honed at both hard-tech R&D and investor-facing roles.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor, Electrical Engineering at McGill University
French, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
drouetd/linkedin
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
drouetd/norbert
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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