David Brain
Chair of Advisory Board @ Parkable
Auckland, New Zealand
David Brain is a Series A investor at Parkable in Auckland focused on Parking. David Brain is the Chair of Advisory Board at Parkable. He attended the University of Redlands and the University of East Anglia. David Brain is president and CEO of Edelman’s Asia Pacific business. Previously he ran the firm’s London-based EMEA business, leading its transformation from traditional PR agency to the region’s social digitalcommunication leader, more than doubling its size. He has worked in the region for nearly a decade with Edelman, Visa International and advertising firm Batey Ads. David studied at Redlands University in California and graduated from the University of East Anglia in the UK. After leaving university, David trained as a journalist and has since worked at PR agencies Burson-Marsteller and Weber Shandwick. David has directed award-winning campaigns for Unilever, Heineken and Jim Beam.
- Total investments:
- 2
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- Lead investor:
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Investment Focus
Stage
- Series A 1 (50%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (50%)
Investments
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Parkable is a sharing economy platform for car parking that allows companies and individuals to rent out their empty parking bays and provides staff parking management solutions for enterprises and small businesses. | $3.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 06, 2021 | |
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Parkable is a sharing economy platform for car parking that allows companies and individuals to rent out their empty parking bays and provides staff parking management solutions for enterprises and small businesses. | $2.9M / Series A / Aug 30, 2019 |
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About Parkable
Parkable is a sharing economy platform for car parking that allows companies and individuals to rent out their empty parking bays and provides staff parking management solutions for enterprises and small businesses.
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David Brain
Chair of Advisory Board
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Brody Nelson
Co-Founder and Technology Director
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Toby Littin
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Warwick Beauchamp
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What does David Brain invest in?
David Brain invests primarily in Parking startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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