Mark Bardsley

Mark Bardsley is a Toronto-based investment professional associated with UIT Growth Equity (the entity behind the `uitfunds.com` email domain and UIT Fund Corporation). His verifiable public footprint places him in the Greater Toronto Area, active in the venture-capital, ETF, and private-secondaries community — his LinkedIn engagement centers on companies and platforms such as Hiive (a private-securities marketplace) and Horizons ETFs, consistent with a pre-IPO/secondaries investing focus.

UIT Growth Equity was founded in 2018 as a joint vehicle of Faircourt Asset Management Inc. and the Robinson Sauder Family Office (RSFO) to let their partners and accredited investors buy into high-growth private companies before an IPO. Faircourt itself was founded in 2002 by Charles Taerk and Douglas Waterson and is known in Canada for innovative fund structures (including Canada's first split trust). The publicly listed leadership of UIT Growth Equity includes Charles Taerk (President), Douglas Waterson (CFO), Patrick Robinson (Chairman), and Caroline Frain (Co-Founder/Managing Partner); the firm reports roughly 125 collective years of industry experience, ~$500M in partner AUM, and about 7 investments to date.

A candid note on verification: while the stub data and Mark Bardsley's `[hidden]` address tie him to this firm with the title "Co-Founder & Managing Director," his name does not currently appear on UIT Growth Equity's public team/about pages (which name Frain, Robinson, Waterson, Taerk, and associates Jessica Lake and Rick Landry). His specific title and tenure could not be independently corroborated from a primary source beyond the contact record provided, so it is reported here as given rather than confirmed.

• What they do (stated): "We invest in high-growth, middle-to-late stage private companies by offering liquidity solutions to existing shareholders, employees and early investors." (UIT Growth Equity)
• Dual model: gives accredited investors, family offices, and institutions access to marquee pre-IPO names, while giving founders/employees/early backers a way to sell shares before a public exit.
• Stage: Late-stage, VC-backed private companies nearing a liquidity event — not seed or early angel deals.
• Target quality bar: "widely recognized businesses with at least a $600M valuation," typically co-investing alongside top-tier VC and PE funds.
• Return targets (stated): roughly "20% annualized returns or IRR of 30–50%."
• Structure: deals are frequently done as single-company special-purpose vehicles (e.g., the SEC-filed "UIT Growth Equity Series SpaceX Deimos US Limited Partnership").