Pitango
Pitango is an Israeli venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management.
Celebrating the genocide
Pitango First managing general partner Eyal Niv celebrated Israel's genocide on Gaza as a driver of the Israeli tech economy, declaring that October 7 has only made Israeli entrepreneurs more motivated.
Anytime we're threatened, we become more Israeli — meaning we become stronger, more dedicated, and more resilient. The collective determination, sparked by last year's challenges, has ignited an even deeper passion among Israeli entrepreneurs,
Defending war crimes
On October 13, 2023, the CEO of Web Summit, Europe's largest technology conference, posted on social media criticizing Western leaders for failing to condemn Israel's war crimes in Gaza and the genocide carried out by Israeli Occupation Forces. In response, Pitango joined a coalition of Israeli venture capital firms issuing a joint statement announcing their boycott of the conference.
We, members of the Israeli high tech community, have made the decision to cancel sponsorship and will not attend the upcoming Web Summit. We cannot, in good conscience, participate in a conference whose leadership blames Israel for war crimes while Hamas terrorists committed one of the worst terror attacks in modern history,
Despite the CEO of Web Summit's statement presenting factual observations within the context of the atrocities (later confirmed by the UN) Israeli venture capitalists demanded unwavering support for their state, which was already engaged in the mass killing of civilians at the time.
Sources:
- Pitango Portfolio
- CTech "Anytime we're threatened, we become more Israeli"
- Calcalist Google Withdraws from Web Summit; Israeli VCs Unite in Joint Conference Boycott
- UN OHCHR UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks
- X Paddy Cosgrave
Portfolio Companies & Investments
135
Total Investments
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IPO
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3DV Systems
AAI technologies
Aeroscout
AI21 Labs
Altesa Biosciences
Anobit
Applicaster
Appsflyer
Aquant
ARMO
AudioCodes
Avantis Team
BackWeb
Borderfree
Browsi
Cadent
CarboFix Spine Inc.
Card Guard
CareFam
Celeno Communications
Cellular Intelligence
Check
ClearForest
ColBar LifeScience
Connie Health
Convergin
ConvertMedia
CyberMDX
D-ID
dbMotion
Disc-O-Tech
DriveNets
Duda
Dune Networks
Finout
ForeScout
Formlabs
Foursquare
Frontegg
Gammatime
Go Networks
Graphcore
Gteko
Guardoc Health
HomeThrive
Iguazio
ImVision
Incredo
Ivy
Jinko Solar
Knostic
Komodor
Laguna Health
Leaba Semiconductors
LeaFix Medical
LiveU
Logz.io
Lumen
Lumigo
Magenta Medical
Masterschool
Medinol
Medisafe
Mend
Mobile Access
Nas.io
Neebula Systems
Neura
Nexite
OpenEyes
Optibase
Optibus
Optimal+ (now NI)
Optonol
Origami Logic
Oshi
ParallelM
Payem
Perception Point
Protai
Provigent
PsiQuantum
QuantHealth
Quantum Source
RadCom
Radlan
Radware
RedBend
Restore Medical
Retalix
Riskified
Rocket Pharmaceuticals (Inotek)
SalesPredict
Salvador Technologies
Sansa Security (ex-Discretix)
Scopus
Scorpio
Signals Analytics
Silk
Skycure
Speedata
Stream Elements
SuperDerivatives
SuperDimension
Surge Therapeutics
Swimm
Tabit
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Tailor Brands
Teza
Timeful
Tomorrow.io
Totango
Traiana
TScan Therapeutics
Tulip Interfaces
Tylko
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Vascular Biogenics
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Ventor Technologies
Vertos Medical
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VideoSurf
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VocalTec
Voltaire
Volumez
WorkLight
Zapata Computing
Zerto
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