Pontifax

Biotechnology · Venture Capital
56investments
22exits
$219.1Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
77open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Pontifax is an Israeli venture capital firm focused on life sciences and healthcare innovation. It invests in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical technology companies in Israel, the United States and Europe, and it has also run dedicated agrifood technology funds. The firm was founded in 2004 by Tomer Kariv and Ran Nussbaum and is headquartered in Herzliya.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
56
15 of them startups
Hiring now
8
77 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
4
$219.1M raised
Exits
22
Focusshare of its companies
Health Care 83%Biotechnology 22%Sales & Marketing 9%Artificial Intelligence 4%Science & Engineering 4%Cybersecurity 4%Robotics 4%Consumer Electronics 4%
Where its companies are
United States 21%Israel 5%Belgium 2%Germany 2%
Stage of its companies
Series B 38%Series C and later 31%Series A 15%Pre-seed & seed 15%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 56 investments
AbcuroVenture round $39.4M · 3 mo ago Fore BiotherapeuticsSeries D $67.4M · 4 mo ago Climb BioVenture round $110.1M · 6 mo ago · 5 roles MbodyVenture round $2.2M · 10 mo ago ADCytherixSeries A $113.4M · 12 mo ago OCON TherapeuticsVenture round $10M · 2 yr ago Vanqua BioVenture round $45M · 2 yr ago Lb PharmaceuticalsVenture round $110.7M · 3 yr ago · 1 role Kite PharmaVenture round $100M · 3 yr ago · 47 roles Antios TherapeuticsSeries B $75M · 5 yr ago SoligenixVenture round $2M · 9 yr ago Keros Therapeutics10 roles
77 open roles at 8 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Kite Pharma23 new roles in 30 days Agomab Therapeutics4 new roles in 30 days Keros Therapeutics3 new roles in 30 days UroGen3 new roles in 30 days Climb Bio3 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Crystalys Therapeutics - Passionate. Dedicated. We improve lives.added Nov 3 Climb Bioadded Nov 3 · 5 roles
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
OrbiMed 5 shared Kurma Partners 4 shared RA Capital Management 4 shared aMoon 3 shared Aisling Capital 3 shared V-Bio Ventures 3 shared Omega Funds 3 shared HealthCap 2 shared EcoR1 Capital 2 shared Novartis Venture Fund 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
RA Capital Management EcoR1 Capital Atlas Venture Sofinnova Investments venBio Partners Foresite Capital OrbiMed Omega Funds
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Herzliya Israel
HQ
50-200 est. staff