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Darcy Tuer

Darcy Tuer

Co-founder & CEO, ZayZoon

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Darcy Tuer is a co-founder and the chief executive of ZayZoon, the Calgary company that lets hourly workers draw wages they have already earned before payday, sold through payroll and HR platforms. He started it in 2014 with Tate Hackert and Jamie Ha. Before that he founded Halo Networks in 2000 and co-founded Spira Data Corp.

Darcy hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Darcy co-founded ZayZoon, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Interview
Swinging for a home run: The future of startups with ZayZoon's Darcy TuerBLG
2023

Quick answers

Did Darcy Tuer co-found ZayZoon?

Yes. TechCrunch reported on September 19, 2023 that "Tuer co-founded Calgary-based ZayZoon with Tate Hackert and Jamie Ha in 2014," and that Tuer, a serial entrepreneur, came on to scale Hackert's initial proof of concept.

What is his role today?

ZayZoon's team page for him, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as Co-Founder & CEO. TechCrunch described him as CEO when ZayZoon raised its US$34.5M Series B on September 19, 2023.

What did he do before ZayZoon?

ZayZoon's team page for him, checked September 24, 2026, says he founded his first software company, Halo Networks, in 2000 while studying electrical engineering at the University of Alberta, then co-founded Spira Data Corp and led it for 11 years.

Why build ZayZoon in Calgary?

In a December 14, 2023 interview published by law firm BLG, he said his entrepreneurial career started in Calgary and described building ZayZoon as a way to build enterprise value there and support future entrepreneurs.

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