Prytek, a multinational technology group with a focus on building and investing in technologies and delivering managed services, has appointed Noga Knaz as the CEO of Prytek Ventures to provide the firm’s corporate venture capital (CVC) arm with a harper focus on early-stage fintech startups.
As part of her role, Knaz will be responsible for Prytek’s investment activities in early-stage companies that work with or contribute to the technology and services sectors of mature companies in the Group. Prytek’s venture capital assets are currently worth over $100 million, which among other things, are developing technologies for the services divisions of the Group. Its CVC portfolio includes several technology companies that the Group has invested in, such as BlackSwan, Apester, CyberHat, FICX, Orchestra, and Ezbob.
Knaz has over 20 years of financial services experience and a wide variety of positions, from trading in stock exchanges, analysis, marketing and investment management. She was previously a partner in Rosario Capital and also served as their CEO and Vice Chairman. She also currently holds director positions at BIG, Hilan, and Altshuler-Shacham.
