Primary Job Title Managing Partner Primary Organization 
Upstream Ventures
Location Singapore, Central Region, Singapore Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Southeast Asia Gender Male
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Carmelo Pistorio, Founder and Managing Partner of Upstream Ventures, has over 15 years international entrepreneurial experience across multiple high-tech industries including software, semiconductors, and environmental systems and solutions. His operational experience spans all stages of a startup: he has held positions ranging from founder and
investor to senior executive for operations, and has served on the boards of a number of companies across Europe and Asia. The vision of Upstream Ventures is built on Carmelo's extensive experience as an Angel investor.
In addition to his role at Upstream Ventures, Carmelo assumed the role of Executive Chairman of XiD Technologies, a portfolio company which he founded in 2003 and which aims to bring biometric technologies to the mainstream global markets. Carmelo has also served as a panel member of TEC (The Enterprise Challenge) which responded to the Prime Minister's Office, and SPRING Singapore's TECS (Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme). He continues to serve on the board of the Pistorio Foundation, a charitable foundation founded by his father Pasquale Pistorio. Carmelo is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and serves on a number of boards including Upstream Ventures' core portfolio companies such as Comlent Inc.
Carmelo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and History from Tufts University in Boston, MA, USA.
