Andrew Batey

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Beatdapp

Andrew Batey is an accomplished entertainment & technology entrepreneur whose 15+ year career has contributed to major industry transformations across music, social media, and web3. The Peak’s 2023 Emerging Leader raised $150M+ for his own startups and filed 40+ patents across seven countries around artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and data infrastructure. Now, as Founder and Co-CEO of Beatdapp, he’s leading the charge in combating artificial streaming fraud, aiding artists and music labels in bringing back billions in lost royalty revenue. Since inception, the Canada-based company has been recognized as a Top 20 Music Company Globally by Crunchbase and selected for "Emerging Rockets List" (2020 & 2021). The startup team has also graduated from accelerators such as Creative Destruction Labs, 500 Startups, Project Music Portfolio,  and the highly selective C100 “48Hrs in the Valley. 

In the early years, Batey spent time supporting the launch of multiple top 10 artists, lifestyle brands, and growth hacking web properties such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube before they were the marketing tools we know today. Staying close to the music business, he harnessed his creative side to release a song under the artist name Urban Outlaws, which wound up charting #4 on US Country Music Singles and playlisted on Spotify’s Wild Country (April 2022). Aside from work, he taught fourth-year Advertising and Marketing courses at multiple universities over eight years. When he’s not at his desk, you can find him on a snowboard or enjoying beach time with his family.