Pitango VC

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Investment-firm

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Secondary Market

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10.12.2015

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About Company
Pitango Venture Capital is a $2B firm that invests in early stage, health-tech, and growth startups globally.

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Pitango First, Pitango Healthcare, Pitango Growth, Pitango Venture Capital

founded date

1993

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For Profit

Last funding type

Secondary Market

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Private

Description

Pitango Venture Capital is a $2B firm that invests in early stage, health-tech, and growth startups worldwide. They have offices in Israel and Silicon Valley and manage over $2.4 billion in venture funds. With investments in over 150 companies, Pitango partners with visionary entrepreneurs to support their growth from stealth mode to shining unicorns. They have three dedicated teams focused on early stage, health-tech, and growth investments, and have a strong presence in the consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors.
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Their latest funding was raised on 10.12.2015. Their latest investor Ion Pacific. Their latest round Secondary Market

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Rami Kalish
Rami Kalish

Rami Kalish

Mr. Rami Kalish has extensive experience in venture capital and international management in the high-tech environment. Mr. Kalish has been active in the field of venture capital since 1992, and has served as General Managing Partner and Co-Founder since that time. Prior to founding Pitango (originally under the name Polaris), Mr. Kalish garnered rich managerial experience at high-technology firms in the U.S., Europe and Israel. He previously held sales and marketing positions at IBM and senior executive roles at Orbotech (NASDAQ:ORBK), a leading manufacturer of capital equipment for the PCB and semiconductor industries. He earned a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Information Science from the Technion Institute of Technology. Some of the Board of Directors on which Mr. Kalish previously served include VocalTec (VOCL), Retalix (RTLX), Optibase (OBAS), RADWARE (RDWR), and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of WeFi, Surf, ForeScout and Gamingo, among others. Mr. Kalish was, for many years, also a member of the Board of the Israel Venture Association (IVA). Mr, Kalish is involved in community work; among his activities he is member of the advisory boards of the Technion’s Yazamut-Bronica Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center and The Merage Foundation for U.S.-Israel Trade and The educational Center for Tolerance and Peace of the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.

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Chemi Peres
Chemi Peres

Chemi Peres

Chemi Peres is Managing General Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango, one of Israel’s leading Venture Capital Groups with over $2 Billion under management, and a portfolio of some 230 high tech companies. He serves on the boards of Pitango portfolio companies such as Taboola, Via Transportation Radwin and more. Chemi Peres is also pioneer in the field of impact investments in Israel. He is Chairman of the Al-Bawader Fund, a private-public partnership between Pitango and the Israeli Government, focused on investment in the Israeli Arab Minorities sector. Chemi Peres is chairing the Advisory Board of Impact1st (Israel’s first impact investment platform in technology) and as a board member at Social Finance Israel, Israel social impact bonds platform. He is Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation. He holds BSc. degree in Industrial Engineering & Management and MBA degree from Tel Aviv University Chemi Peres served as a pilot in IAF (Israeli Air Force).

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Geox S p A

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2

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Habib Hazzan
Habib Hazzan

Habib Hazzan

Mr. Habib Hazzan is the Managing General Partner of Ibtikar. Mr. Hazzan has over 20 years of experience as an attorney, business consultant and venture capitalist in the Middle East and worldwide. Mr. Hazzan was the Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Al-Bawader, of Pitango Group, a USD 50 million venture capital fund investing in some of the leading technology, internet and mobile startups operating in the Middle East and worldwide. Prior to that Habib assumed project leadership roles at McKinsey & Co.; the leading business strategy consulting firm worldwide. Mr. Hazzan focused on growth strategy projects for Israeli and international telecom and financial service clients. Previously, over a 13 year period, Mr. Hazzan held consulting, strategic management and legal positions in Israel, the Palestinian territories and worldwide with IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Adam Smith International and Elias D. Khoury Law offices. Habib has worked in the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Africa and is well- regarded and connected in all these geographies. Mr. Hazzan holds LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA from Emory University in the US where he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.

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Aharon Dovrat
Aharon Dovrat

Aharon Dovrat

Born in Argentina, Aharon Dovrat immigrated to Israel in 1958 and soon became one of the leading figures in the Israeli economy. In 1962 Aharon Dovrat was appointed CEO of the Clal Group, then a passive Israeli holding company with $20 million in capital. Under his stewardship, the company grew rapidly. By the time he stepped down in 1991, the company had a market capitalization of over $800 million, aggregate annual consolidated sales in excess of $2.5 billion, and 32 of its subsidiaries were traded on stock exchanges in Israel and in the United States. In 1991, Aharon Dovrat founded the Dovrat-Shrem Group, a full service investment house the activities of which included investment banking, direct investment fund management, underwriting, securities and brokerage services, and real estate-related activities. The group played a pivotal role in the development of merchant banking and fund management in Israel. He also founded and was a board member and investment committee member of the Pitango Venture Capital Funds (formerly the Polaris Venture Capital Funds), which are among Israel's oldest, largest and most successful venture capital funds.

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Employee Profiles
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Liron Wand

Liron Wand

Venture Partner

Tomer Landesman

Tomer Landesman

Associate

Jonathan Glazer, MD

Jonathan Glazer, MD

Venture Partner

Eden Baniel

Eden Baniel

Marketing & Communications Specialist

Aviv Barzilay

Aviv Barzilay

Value Creation Associate

Merav Shoval-Hinkis

Merav Shoval-Hinkis

Head of People

Maya Hawlasewicz

Maya Hawlasewicz

Senior Associate

Cecile Blilious

Cecile Blilious

Head of Impact & Sustainability

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