Look AI Ventures
Martin Dostál is an accomplished expert in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with extensive experience across various roles. Currently, Martin serves as an Investment Committee Member at Look AI Ventures since November 2022, focusing on investment strategy and technology portfolio management. Martin has been a Partner and Chief Science Officer at AI Startup Incubator since December 2017, where responsibilities include driving technology strategy and overseeing R&D. At Honeywell, Martin has held multiple positions, including Lead AI Engineer, contributing to R&D technical leadership in AI and Human-AI systems. Additionally, Martin is involved in standard development for AI through participation in EUROCAE's AI Working Group and has provided consultancy in IT R&D and private investments. Martin's educational background includes a Ph.D. in System Engineering from the University of Hradec Králové.
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Look AI Ventures
Look AI Ventures (LAIV) is the first investment fund in the Czech Republic focusing exclusively on early-stage AI startups. Our goal is to nurture the AI startup ecosystem by investing in a new portfolio of promising early-stage AI startups. LAIV is built on the foundation of Look AI Investments (formerly AI Startup Incubator) since 2017, integrating AISI's diverse portfolio, network, AI expertise, resources, and proven unique methodology into its structure. We invest in pre-seed and seed startups addressing major markets with core AI-driven solutions. We are industry and geography-agnostic (but primarily focused on EU-based startups). We invest tickets of up to €250K with a possibility of follow-up investment of up to €1M. We do convertibles and priced rounds upon company fair market valuations. Our team of seasoned managers, entrepreneurs, and technology and AI experts tailors cooperation to the unique needs of every AI startup. We provide technical support & governance, assigning a tech and business resource to the founding team. Founded in 2022 in Prague, the LAIV fund is backed by the team's demonstrated capabilities and network of AI & ML experts. Everything from the evaluation process to the partner ecosystem is built to identify and grow the most disruptive AI solutions and maximize the chances of generating superior, long-term investment returns.