David Beatty
Managing Members @ Gaingels
David Beatty is a angel investor at Gaingels focused on Transportation and Fleet Management. David is an entrepreneur and Angel investor. He is very active in promoting angel investing around the world as managing director of Golden Seeds and founder and managing partner of two other angel groups: MAIN, the Mekong angel investor network, leading delegations to invest in Southeast Asia, and Digital Irish Angels, a group of Irish Americansinvesting on the island of Ireland.David is Chairman of Empire Messaging, Inc., a company he started in 1993 and ran until 2004, which provides Enterprise Messaging solutions to corporate clients. David has co-founded 3 other tech enabled companies with successful exits. David is a very active supporter of, and mentor to the early stage ecosystem in NY and is a frequent speaker and panelist on the topics of early stage fundraising and seed investing.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries David Beatty invests in
Stages David Beatty invests in
Countries David Beatty invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Transportation 1 (100%)
- Fleet Management 1 (100%)
- Information Technology 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BookMeBus
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BookMeBus become the No.1 transportation tickets booking platform in Cambodia, and has gone strength to strength as the local startup and is expanding to the Mekong region with a vision of building a strong ecosystem around transportation.BookMeBus grew from local initiatives to offer hassle-free travel experiences by turning our own pain pointsinto solutions. We offer both web-based platforms and mobile applications with a guarantee of offering a user-friendly and reliable booking service for Bus, Taxi, and Ferry tickets. Not only an advanced digital practitioner ourselves but we also empower our operators to amend their digital practices and to scale their business beyond limits. After 4 years of our establishment, We have earned a good recognition from our circles, organizations, and been playing a role in driving Cambodia’s Digital Economy with our ministry’s endorsement. In 2016, we were awarded as the winner for the Cambodia ICT award, ASEAN ICT, e27 top finalist, Creative Business Cup, just to name a few. BookMeBus also create momentum in Technology and Business coverage from local to international media like CNN, Travel daily, Forbes. | $15K / Angel / Jun 10, 2016 |
About Gaingels
Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.
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David Beatty
Managing Members
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David Beatty invests primarily in Transportation, Fleet Management and Information Technology startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cambodia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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