Analytics Ventures Announces Formation of Advisory Board, Naming Juergen Stark as Principal Advisor

SAN DIEGO, July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytics Ventures, a venture studio fund dedicated to creating and building companies that harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the official formation of its Advisory Board, anchored by Turtle Beach CEO, Juergen Stark, as principal advisor. The team of highly qualified, diversified and talented advisors—with specialized backgrounds across industries, academia, and research and development—will advise the fund in forming and fostering game-changing AI startups.

Stark is joined by Stephen Gold, chief technology and digital operations officer for Hudson's Bay Company; Ilkay Altintas, chief data science officer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, and founder and director for the Workflows for Data Science Center of Excellence; Larry Hershfield, chairman of the Board of Hawaiian Airlines and CEO of Ranch Capital; Dr. Olga Kubassova, CEO of Image Analysis Group; Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach, leading author of "The Artificial Intelligence Imperative. A Practical Roadmap for Business," and technology entrepreneur and strategist; Dr. Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos, president and CEO of IRRAS AB, managing general partner at Cerus DMCC, and biotech serial entrepreneur and investor; Stath Karras, executive director at Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego; Dr. Dennis Sarabi MD, PhD, FACC, general and preventive cardiovascular medicine and advanced cardiac imaging, former director of advanced cardiac imaging at Albert Einstein medical center and Hoag Memorial Presbyterian hospitals; and Jean-Pierre Millon, director at CVS Health.

"Through Analytics Ventures' front-to-end venture studio model, we've demonstrated success at building ventures with AI at the core—starting with ideas, and moving all the way through to formation and market validation," said Navid Alipour, managing partner, Analytics Ventures. "Backed by our dynamic leadership team, domain experts and insights derived from our own AI lab, we're already well-positioned for success and longevity. The official formation of our Advisory Board is the last critical piece, as it reinforces our mission to be the leading AI-based venture fund. We're confident that this carefully-chosen team of executives and experts will help us bring our proven execution framework and innovative AI solutions to businesses everywhere."

Analytics Ventures forms companies across industries, all of which use AI as a core technology and differentiator. Most recently, the venture studio launched Dynam.AI, a new brand focused on helping organizations of any size, stage or industry maximize the AI opportunity and transform their data into a valuable business asset. Dynam.AI taps superior AI algorithms using time series data to create AI models tailored to customers' business needs, delivering those models to customers via APIs that integrate seamlessly with standard business processes and tools. Analytics Ventures' newly formed Advisory Board will play a significant role in the continued creation of such unique and pioneering AI companies, regardless of industry or application.

"A technologist through and through, I've always had a deep interest in AI, even before it was cool—reading everything I could find on how the brain works since I was young," commented Juergen Stark, CEO of Turtle Beach and now advisor to Analytics Ventures. "AI is arguably the most exciting area of technology advancement and I believe it will fundamentally impact nearly every business and every aspect of our lives over time. I welcome the opportunity to bring my diverse background—starting, building, and operating technology-based businesses to Analytics Ventures and its portfolio companies."

"In today's digital economy, emerging technologies have the ability to deliver a powerful competitive advantage. AI is a perfect example, providing transformative benefits that allow businesses to perform better, to know their customers better, and to adapt to changing market conditions better," said Stephen Gold, chief technology and digital operations officer for Hudson's Bay Company. "As an appointed member to Analytics Ventures' Advisory Board, I look forward to providing guidance to new ventures to maximize their success in the AI marketplace."

To learn more about Analytics Ventures, including its Advisory Board, please visit https://www.analytics-ventures.com/. Investors or domain experts interested in becoming a part of the Analytics Ventures legacy are encouraged to reach out via our contact page.

About Analytics Ventures
Analytics Ventures is a global venture studio fund providing a front-to-end infrastructure to ideate, plan, form, launch, fund and validate brand new ventures in artificial intelligence (AI). Its proven and repeatable venture formation process delivers higher reliability for launch and eventual venture success and takes ventures from formation to product launch in six-months on average. Analytics Ventures provides a one-stop formation environment complete with funding, technology, back-office, and operations support, all in-house. The firm has its own AI lab, data scientists, and development team consisting of leading AI experts, and a large network of corporate and academic partnerships and later stage venture funds to help inform and enhance the journey of each of the ventures it incepts. To learn more about Analytics Ventures, visit www.analytics-ventures.com.

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