Chemi is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango Venture Capital. Since its inception, Pitango invested some $3 billion in a diversified portfolio of 300 technology driven companies. Pitango manages three parallel funds: Pitango Growth, Pitango First (seed and early stage) and Pitango HealthTech. Chemi actively serves as a board member at several Pitango portfolio companies. Chemi has accumulated years of experience as an investor and a board member in many companies, several of which became publicly traded on NASDAQ and NYSE. He served on the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceuticals. In 2020, he joined the Ethics & Sustainability Committee at GEOX. After serving as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force for 10 years, Chemi started his career at the Israel Aerospace Industries Engineering department. Later, he held managerial positions in the software industry at DSI. He began his career in the VC world in 1992 as founder and CEO of MOFET Israel Technology Fund. He co-founded and chaired Israel Venture Association, today known as the Israeli Advanced Technology Industries association. Chemi also serves as Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by his late father, Israel 8th Prime Minister and 9 th President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres. The Peres Center advances peace-building and co-existence projects, fosters entrepreneurship and innovation to strengthen Israel’s tech economy, and leverages Israeli tech as a platform for regional and international collaboration. Chemi is also an active participant in the areas of nonprofit enterprises. In 2013 he was instrumental in the foundation of Social Finance Israel, serving as board member for 10 years. He co-founded the Israel Solidarity Relief Fund during Covid 19. Chemi holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. In 2023 he published his first book: My Israel – 70 Faces of the Land