# David Bettner

> David Bettner is a seed investor in Austin backing Mobile and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bettner-7328888
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/davidbettner
- Website: https://x.com/davidbettner

David Bettner is a seed investor in Austin focused on Mobile and Software. David Bettner - Board Member @ Playful Studios

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $550k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 30% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Gaming | 2 | 20% |
| Education | 2 | 20% |
| Video Games | 2 | 20% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 70% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giga Energy | Giga Energy manufactures critical power and cooling infrastructure for commercial, industrial, utility, data center, and renewables customers across the USA. We offer a wide selection of in-stock and made-to-order equipment, including transformers, switchboards, modular data centers, and thermal management infrastructure. sales@gigaenergy.com | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 | https://www.gigaenergy.com/ |
| Giga Energy | Giga Energy manufactures critical power and cooling infrastructure for commercial, industrial, utility, data center, and renewables customers across the USA. We offer a wide selection of in-stock and made-to-order equipment, including transformers, switchboards, modular data centers, and thermal management infrastructure. sales@gigaenergy.com | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2021 | https://www.gigaenergy.com/ |
| GameCake | GameCake is a game development company that makes games for Connected TV devices that bring people together in person. The company believes the living room is the perfect place to spend time with friends or family. Their games deliver thrilling, top-notch experiences for the screens that live there. |  | Seed | Jun 23, 2017 | http://www.gamecakestudios.com |
| Bigscreen | Founded by Darshan Shankar in 2014, Bigscreen is a venture-backed startup creating an immersive virtual reality platform that aims to revolutionize the way people work, play, hangout, and collaborate.Use cases of Bigscreen include both entertainment and productivity. Users love using Bigscreen as a "VR movie theater" to watch movies andTV shows. It's also used to play videogames, browse the web, and hangout with friends. It's can also be used for productivity as a tool for remote teams to collaborate together in virtual offices.Since the beta launch in March 2016, Bigscreen has become one of the most popular and highest rated VR apps on the Oculus Store and has an incredible 93% positive rating on Steam. Power users spend 20-30 hours per week in Bigscreen, making it one of the most widely used "killer apps" in the industry.Bigscreen is now the most popular non-gaming VR application in the world.Bigscreen is a fully distributed remote company with employees based around the world in the US & UK. | $3M | Seed | Feb 24, 2017 | http://bigscreenvr.com/ |
| Charlie Finance Co. | Charlie Finance is a financial services company that develops a text message application that simplifies personal finance. It was founded in 2016, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 30, 2016 | https://www.hicharlie.com |
| Castle | Castle manages rental homes for landlords using automation and on-demand labor.It finds tenants, collect rent, and coordinate maintenance, allowing owners to kick back, relax, and never worry about their rental properties again. Owners either have to deal with this whole mess themselves, or spend 10% of their rental income on a traditionalproperty management company that requires constant supervision and is often incentivized to act against the owner’s best interest.There are 43 million rental units in the United States, and most of them are currently managed with some combination of faxes, mail, and unreturned voicemails on the landlord’s personal phone. Castle moves all of property management into a seamless online experience, providing owners with transparency, speed, and incredible customer service—plus huge cost savings over traditional management. Renters get great service and instant updates about important issues. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2016 | http://entercastle.com/ |
| Experiment 7 | Experiment 7 is a game studio that is focused on the development of strategy games. Experiment 7 has office in New York and San Diego. It was founded by Geoffrey Zatkin and Demetri Detsaridis in 2015. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2016 | http://www.experiment7.com/ |
| Nepris | Nepris is a cloud-based platform that connects industry professionals with K-16 classrooms, adult job seekers and out of school youth to bring real world relevance and career exposure to all learners. Nepris matches the skills of working professionals to learning objectives and virtually connects them with students to bring abstract lessons tolife, offer project mentoring and evaluation, virtual tours, mock interviews and virtual work place experiences. Nepris makes it easy for educators to leverage industry connections to bring real world knowledge and skills to students, while providing a reliable platform for companies and regional intermediaries (like workforce boards, chamber, STEM hubs) to easily and effectively engage current workforce with the future workforce. | $550K | Seed | Oct 07, 2014 | http://www.nepris.com |
| ProjectPro | DeZyre is an Online Academy that provides job relevant certification courses through the internet. Expert faculty from industry teach through recorded videos and students can access the courses from anywhere, anytime. At DeZyre we see a future where online learning is the default choice for skill development. | $100K | Angel | Mar 09, 2014 | http://www.dezyre.com |
| Retora Games | A mobile game development studio utilizing state of the art production methods. |  | Pre-Seed |  | https://x.com/retoragames |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Magic Internet Money](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magic-internet-money) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Presence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presence-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ATP Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atp-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gree](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LAUNCHub Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchub) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does David Bettner invest in?

David Bettner invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is David Bettner's check size?

David Bettner typically joins rounds of $550k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Bettner participates in.

### How do I contact David Bettner?

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### When did David Bettner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Bettner closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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