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CORTEX GROUP LAUNCH CORTEX VENTURES CLICK-2-PITCH CHALLENGE Africa’s First Artificial Intelligence (AI) Only Focused Venture Capital Company
2ND QUARTER 2019
The Cortex Group is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused holding company building value in the IR4.0 Economy on a local, regional and global scale.
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ALREADY HOME to the successful Cortex Logic, an African Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software and Solutions company that helps businesses thrive in the Smart Technology Era, Cortex Ventures will be Africa’s one-stop-shop for AI focused start-ups and scale-ups looking for early or growth stage funding coupled to the opportunity to uniquely tap into the Cortex Group’s technical advisory, AI application development capabilities and co-working space.
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Dr Jacques Ludik, recipient of the AI Leader of the Year 2019 award and Cortex Group CEO & Founder said, “The AI play is so large that we decided to create a Venture Capital company that would only focus on companies, innovators and entrepreneurs working with AI based technologies that leverage data science, machine learning or deep learning in their stack. The world of artificial intelligence is seeing an explosion of new companies requiring investment and we intend
The AI play is so large that we decided to create a Venture Capital company that would only focus on companies, innovators and entrepreneurs working with AI based technologies - Dr Jacques Ludik - Founder & CEO Cortex Group
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ABOUT CORTEX GROUP The Cortex Group works across multiple business and industry domains to develop cutting edge intelligent systems and AI driven companies / platforms that leverage our unique mix of IP, access to funding, technology, people, partners and extensive community. The Cortex Group is made up of six brands each focusing on a different part of the AI Ecosystem namely; Asset Management, FinTech, Health, AI Products, AI focused VC Investments and a Portfolio of AI powered platform businesses that we have partnered with or invested in. The Cortex Ventures Click-2-Pitch Challenge is now open to any African based startup or scale-up focusing on AI who is seeking seed or growth stage funding. Learn more at www. cortexgroup.ai
