Daniel Mattes (born 14 November 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.
Prior to Jumio, in 2005, he founded VoIP company Jajah[4] which was acquired 2009 for $207 million by Telefónica.
[6] In 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission confronted Mattes with defrauding investors.
According to the SEC complaint, Mattes grossly overstated Jumio revenue in 2013 and 2014 and then sold his personal shares to investors for $14 million, hiding these sales from the board.