James Bates

General Partner

James Bates is an accomplished CEO, entrepreneur, and board member who has created and led high-growth plans for a number of technology companies. Presently, Bates is CEO and Founder of AdviNow Medical (ANM), the world’s first Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality driven automated medical visit platform.
James conceptualized the idea, wrote the fundamental patents, raised $20 million in capital, recruited the team, and launched the company. Today, ANM leads the world in the medical automation.

Previously, James was an officer at Freescale/ NXP responsible for the $1 billion revenues Analog and Sensor Group the world leader in self driving vehicle technologies. Earlier in his career, James founded the Asia Pacific region for Silicon Labs where he was responsible for driving growth that eclipsed $500M in just 3 short years.

James serves on multiple boards and advisory boards. Among them is View, the leader in automated tinting windows that incorporates a complete AI managed building automation system. Positioning Universal is also of note as a leader in machine vision fleet management systems that uses AI to track and manage delivery providers.
James also serves for Arizona State Universities College of Nursing and Health Innovation.

James earned his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, from Brigham Young University. He is fluent in Japanese, lived in Tokyo for twelve years, holds nine patents, and has written in the Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, and other technical leading conferences and publications. He resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and enjoys family, sports, and particularly hiking.