Daniel Mattes
Daniel Mattes (born November 14, 1972) is an Austrian internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the founder and was CEO of Artificial Intelligence company 42.cx and a judge and business angel on the Austrian television show '2 Minuten 2 Millionen', the Austrian version of Shark Tank, which airs on Puls4.
His 42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence focuses on the commercialization of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"). The company is based in Vienna, Austria and was incorporated in November 2015.
Mattes was dismissed as CEO of 42.cx on 3rd November 2021 by an extraordinary shareholders‘ meeting based on unlawful and harmful actions. Among other issues, Mattes did not publish financial statements as legally required for three years in a row. Further the prosecutor for business crime in Vienna started preliminary investigation for public prosecution based on heavy fraud, forgery of do*ents and others.
Prior to 42.cx, in 2010, he founded Jumio, an online authentication company.
Prior to Jumio, in 2005, he founded VoIP company Jajah which was acquired 2009 for $207 million by Telefónica. In 2007, he was voted 81st most important Austrian citizen by Austrian magazine "News" in the "1000 most important Austrians" list.
On April 2, 2019, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Mattes with defrauding investors of Jumio Inc. Without admitting guilt, Mattes agreed to pay over $17 million to include a fine of $640,000, also Mattes has agreed to be barred from holding any executive position in any company traded publicly in the United States of America.
Professional life
- In 1999, Mattes co-founded "Auftrag.at".
- In 2005, Mattes co-founded Jajah.
- In 2010, Mattes founded Jumio.
- In 2015, Mattes founded 42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence.
- In 2021, Mattes was dismissed from 42.cx as CEO based on unlawful and harmful behaviour.
Publications
- 2000 "Datenbanken mit Delphi" publisher: C&L-Verlag
- 2001 "SQL – Der Einsatz im Intra- und Extranet" publisher: C&L-Verlag
- 2002 "Datenbanken mit Delphi, 2. Auflage" publisher: C&L Verlag
- November 2002: Federal Award of Excellence, Austria
- 2019 "IP *ets: An Awakening in the Market?"