Daniel Mattes

Who is Daniel Mattes?

Daniel Mattes who is called the “Bill Gates of the Alps” in some parts, is a serial Internet entrepreneur and business angel living in Silicon Valley, USA and Austria, Europe. He is the founder and CEO of the online payment company Jumio 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. In May 2012 his company donated $5 million to a start-up developer fund and Citi Ventures, a unit of global financial services company Citi, announced its strategic investment in Jumio. At this time, Jumio has gotten traction with a $100 million run rate in revenues since its start in 2010. Prior to Citi's investment, Jumio had raised a $25.5 million Series B round with Andreessen Horowitz as the lead venture capitalist. In March 2011 Jumio announced closing of its $6.5m A-round of financing, led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Prior to Jumio 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