Board Members

 

Santo Politi - General Partner, Spark Capital

 

Spark Capital is a venture fund based in Boston, Massachusetts. Sparks’ investment focus is on the conflux of the media, entertainment and technology industries.

 

Santo Politi is a founder and General Partner of Spark Capital. An engineer by training, Santo follows a force in his work that will never be found in any engineering texts: passion. He is passionate about the areas he invests in and he looks for entrepreneurs who burn with the same intensity. His success has been built on combining this intensity with an equally strong drive to eliminate, as much as possible, risk from the picture. His unique approach has taken him around the world pursuing opportunities.

 

Santo has led Spark’s investments in Adapt.tv, Admeld, Inform, CT-100/CNET (acquired by NYSE:CBS), eToro, Genie, IPWireless, KickApps (acquired by Kit Digital which he is a board member of), OneRiot, Tashtego, Triggit and Vurve. He has also participated in Spark’s investments in thePlatform (acquired by NASDAQ:CMCSA) as a board member.

 

Rami Beracha - Managing General Partner, Pitango Venture Capital

 

With over $1.3 billion under management and a growing portfolio of innovative start-ups, Pitango is Israel’s leading Venture Capital fund.

 

Since 1993, Pitango has invested in more than 120 technological ventures, helping them turn their ideas into viable companies and market leaders. Companies like AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC); CardGuard; Convergin, acquired by Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL); Disc-o-Tech; Dune Networks, acquired by Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM); Gteko, acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT); Jinko Solar (NYSE:JKS); Optonol, acquired by Alcon (NYSE:ACL); RADLAN, acquired by Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL); RADWARE (NASDAQ:RDWR); Retalix (NASDAQ:RTLX); Scopus; Traiana, acquired by ICAP (LON:IAP); Ventor, acquired by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT); VocalTec, (NASDAQ:VOCL) and many more have realized success with the backing of Pitango’s team.