Dr. Nissim Darvish joined Pitango in 2002. His venture capital experience includes serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence with Medica Venture Partners.

Prior to that, Dr. Darvish was among the founders of Impulse Dynamics, a highly successful developer of cardiovascular implantable devices, and for 7 years served as its CEO and President. Earlier in his career, Dr. Darvish was a research fellow at the US National Institute of Health in the fields of neurobiology and electrophysiology. He has held numerous academic and research appointments and has an extensive list of awards, prizes, publications and published patents in his field.

Dr. Darvish holds a M.D. (cum laude) and D.Sc. in Medical Sciences from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of MindGuard, QuantomiX and superDimension.