# Donald Carty

> Donald Carty is a seed investor in Dallas backing SaaS and Internet. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-carty-b424916
- Website: https://x.com/carty_donald
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/don.carty.737?fref=ts

Donald Carty is a seed investor in Dallas focused on SaaS and Internet. Donald Carty has served as our Chairman of the Board since 2006. Carty is currently a private investor. Carty served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dell from 2007 until 2008.Carty previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and held a variety of other executive positions, for AMR Corporation and American Airlines.Carty also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Air Lines, known in Canada as CP Air. Carty is a director of Talisman Energy Inc. and Canadian National Railway Company. Carty was a member of the boards of directors of Hawaiian Holdings Inc., the sole owner of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., from July 2004 until February 2007 and again from April 2008 until May 2011, Barrick Gold Corporation, a gold mining company, from February 2006 until December 2013, Dell Inc., a computer technology company, from December 1992 until November 2013 and Gluskin Sheff and Associates, a wealth management firm, from June 2006 until December 2006 and again from April 2008 until May 2011. Carty brings to our board of directors significant expertise in the airline industry from previous executive leadership positions. In addition, Carty’s experience as a director of public companies provides the board of directors with valuable insights to assist in achieving our goals.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Ticketing | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Betterez | Betterez offers flexible, scalable cloud based enterprise software solutions in the Reservations and Ticketing Management (RTM) space. We understand that for our customers, reservations and ticketing systems are mission critical. As such the Betterez platform is built with the latest technologies, enterprise grade level security, and proprietaryautomation. Betterez provides an always on, always current service trusted by our customers around the globe.Customers choose Betterez because we reinvent the way travel and admissions operators manage their reservations and ticketing needs. Our cost effective solutions enable businesses of all sizes to leverage an omni-channel sales and marketing environment. We offer a range of services, support and customer success resources to help our customers get the most from their Betterez deployments, including education, training, and partner integration certification programs.By launching the world’s most flexible single integrated RTM platform, we are leveraging reusable technical components to enable innovation for global enterprises. If your operation is in the airline, car rental, bus, rail, ferry, shuttle, event, box office, or admissions space, we offer solutions to enhance and grow your business. |  | Seed | Mar 10, 2017 | http://www.betterez.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Donald Carty invest in?

Donald Carty invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Donald Carty last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Donald Carty closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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