David Beard

David Beard

Director/Board Member at Movac Ltd.

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DAVID BEARD PARTNER David joined Movac as a partner in 2006 and has primary responsibility for deal evaluation and contributing to investee company boards.
Over the last 16 years, he has reviewed over a thousand businesses and taken more than a dozen through to investment.
David is currently on the board of Mint Innovation and NanoLayr (both NZ Hi-Tech winners in the Most Innovative Deep Tech Solution category).
Previously, David was the Investor Director on PowerbyProxi (acquired by Apple in 2017), Timely (acquired by Evercommerce in 2021) and Coretex (acquired by ERoad in 2021).
David began his professional life as an IT developer/program manager for large scale enterprise solutions in e-commerce, finance/banking, ERP and internet applications.
He then became a management consultant for Deloitte, performing IT and strategic business planning.
From 2000 to 2006, David moved to entrepreneurship and co-founded three companies: Level 3 Ltd, a UK based e-procurement / e-invoicing consultancy firm; Purchase3.com, an expense management SaaS solution for e-invoicing and credit card expenses; and DataWorks, an early cloud-based backup solution for SMEs.
David is a passionate supporter and advocate for New Zealand deeptech/hardtech sector and is in his happy space when he’s working closely with founders to commercialise world-leading, break-through technology.
Outside of Movac, David has several advisory roles and participates as a judge/mentor on start-up initiatives.
Current board appointments: Nanolayr, Mint Innovation

David Beard active positions

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Director/Board Member 20/05/2009
Director/Board Member 24/05/2009
Director/Board Member 01/06/2011
Director/Board Member 22/10/2013
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Director/Board Member 30/11/2016
Director/Board Member 14/03/2020
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