# Rene "Butch" Meily

> Rene "Butch" Meily is a seed investor at IdeaSpace Foundation backing Fitness. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IdeaSpace Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideaspace-foundation-inc)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rene-butch-meily-7a87224/

Rene "Butch" Meily is a seed investor at IdeaSpace Foundation focused on Fitness and Software. Rene "Butch" Meily is the President of IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. Rene "Butch" Meily attended the University of Florida.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |
| Consulting | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philippines | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flying Tigers Express | Flying Tigers Express is a logistics company that provides air express courier services. It offers unmatched same-day and next-day door-to-door deliveries and provides customized solutions that significantly enhance supply chain efficiency. |  | Seed | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| SwiftClaims | AI SaaS, Apps, Claims, Healthcare | $10K | Pre-Seed | Oct 04, 2024 |  |
| Fitscovery | Fitscovery offers a platform where fitness vendors can build their businesses and find, connect, and transact with fitness consumers. They engaged to help gym owners and trainers grow their businesses. Their platform is designed for workout trainers and fitness studios. | $17.8K | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About IdeaSpace Foundation

VC Fund · Makati, Philippines

IdeaSpace Foundation is a non-profit foundation, providing startups the support needed at critical phases. Its aim is to develop and nurture innovation and entrepreneurship by delivering a support program to local technopreneurs who bear ideas that exhibit potential as an investment and the foundation for nation-building.IdeaSpace Foundationruns an incubator and accelerator program to support technology entrepreneurs in the Philippines and for the global market through partnerships between the MVP group of companies and global technology companies. It is supported by companies such as First Pacific, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, MPIC hospital group, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Meralco, Smart Communications, Digitel, Sun Cellular, SPI Global, ePLDT, Indofood, Philex Mining, Maynilad, MediaQuest, and TV5.IdeaSpace Foundation was founded in 2012 by

3 contacts available at IdeaSpace Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rene "Butch" Meily | President | — |
| Dustin Masancay | Associate Director | — |
| Katrina Rausa Chan | Associate Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Rene "Butch" Meily invest in?

Rene "Butch" Meily invests primarily in Fitness, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Rene "Butch" Meily?

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### When did Rene "Butch" Meily last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rene "Butch" Meily closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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