# Andrew Batey

> Andrew Batey is the co-founder and co-CEO of Beatdapp, which detects fraudulent music streaming activity, and founder and general partner of Side Door Ventures. His career spans digital marketing, entrepreneurship, university teaching, music-making, and co-ownership of Mocama Brewing Company with his wife, Kim.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Beatdapp
- **Organizations:** Beatdapp, Side Door Ventures, Mocama Brewing Company, Urban Outlaws, Slow Burn Records, Trinity Western University, Leadership Music, Spinlister, Cross Coast Group
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Trinity Western University, MBA, Management of a Growing Enterprise, Trinity Western University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Beatdapp and helped develop its music streaming fraud detection business., Beatdapp announced US$17 million in funding in January 2024 alongside a Universal Music Group partnership., Leadership Music alumnus, class of 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Describes becoming involved with early Facebook gaming businesses and subsequently building and selling an agency.
- **2012-2013** — Completed MBA studies at Trinity Western University; became friends with future co-founder Morgan Hayduk during graduate school.
- **2017** — A label’s late-2017 request for independent stream-count verification helped initiate the work that became Beatdapp.
- **2018** — Co-founded Beatdapp with Morgan Hayduk and Pouria Assadipour.
- **2021** — Joined an INSEAD webinar discussing Beatdapp’s business case.
- **2022** — Released music as Urban Outlaws; moved with his family from Vancouver to Florida.
- **2024** — Beatdapp announced US$17 million in financing and a UMG partnership; Batey was part of Leadership Music’s class of 2024.
- **2025** — Won his Karate Combat debut by TKO; described taking over Mocama with his wife; Beatdapp launched its Trust & Safety OS.
- **2026** — Discussed Beatdapp’s broader trust and safety work and Side Door Ventures’ multi-fund approach in public interviews.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Beatdapp and helped develop its music streaming fraud detection business.
- Beatdapp announced US$17 million in funding in January 2024 alongside a Universal Music Group partnership.
- Leadership Music alumnus, class of 2024.
- Company biography reports more than US$150 million raised across his ventures and more than 40 patent filings; these are career-wide self-reported figures.
- Founder and general partner of Side Door Ventures.
- Official Karate Combat record lists a TKO win over Chauncey St John at KC53 in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on What We Need to Grow with Caleb Pedosiuk to discuss Beatdapp and Side Door Ventures’ smaller-fund structure.
- **2026-08** — Florida Beer Podcast featured Mocama and identified Andrew and Kim Batey as its owners and operators.
- **2026-01** — Joined Morgan Hayduk on The Future of What to discuss Beatdapp’s Trust & Safety OS.
- **2025-12** — Beatdapp launched its Trust & Safety Operating System, broadening its focus beyond music streaming.

## Links

- Website: https://andrewbatey.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbatey/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/andrewbatey
- GitHub: https://github.com/AndrewBatey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewbatey/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21