Beat the Q Pty Ltd is an Australian startup formed by merging three innovative café startups - Posse, Hey You (formerly Beat the Q), and E-Coffee Card. Led by experienced founders Rebekah Campbell and Adam Theobald, the company aims to create the ultimate dining app for Australians and enhance the payment process for customers. The Hey You app addresses the inconvenience of waiting for daily purchases and provides merchants with the ability to manage peak loads, fostering customer loyalty.
The Group has received early-stage funding from notable Angel investors such as Silicon Valley angel Bill Tai, Yahoo Global CFO Ken Goldman, and Google Maps Founder Lars Rasmussen, alongside local investors including Alex Harvey from Macquarie Bank, Greg Wilkinson from Reckon, and James Spenceley from Vocus Communications. The first institutional firms to back the Group are Reinventure and Exto Partners.
Founded in 2011, Beat the Q Pty Ltd operates in the Information Technology, Mobile, and Payments industries, with its headquarters in Australia. The latest Series A funding round on 04 August 2015 received a $5.00M investment from Reinventure.