Title Managing General Partner & Co-Founder Company Pitango Venture Capital Bio Mr. Peres is a Managing General Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango Venture Capital, Israel leading Venture Capital Group with $1.6B under management. Mr. Peres is also Chairman of Al-Bawader Investment Fund, Israel’s first investment fund focused on the Israeli Minorities’ Sector. The fund is a private-public partnership between the Israeli Government and Pitango. In 1992 he founded the Mofet Israel Technology Fund; one of Israel’s pioneering VC funds. Mr. Peres is Founder and Chairman of Amelia, a Middle East regional focused private equity fund. Chemi gained extensive experience as an investor and a board member of several publicly traded companies on NASDAQ and NYSE. He serves on the boards of numerous companies such as Focal Energy, Radwin and Taboola among others. Prior to his Venture Capital activities Mr. Peres was an executive at DSI, a leading real-time systems & software enterprise, and a senior consultant to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). He holds an MBA and BSc (Industrial Engineering & Management) degrees from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Peres serves as the Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace. He also serves as Chairman of other not-for profit organizations such as Pearls of Wisdom. Mr. Peres co-founded Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) and served as its Chairman (2003-2004). He also chaired the Israel America Chamber of Commerce (2008-2011).