Pontifax Venture Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2004. The firm was founded by Ran Nussbaum and Tomer Kariv. It is based in Herzliya, Israel. As of March 2019, Pontifax Venture Capital has 42 active companies in its portfolio and has sold off its shares in 27 companies. It has most recently invested on Keros Therapeutics in January 2019, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for rare muscle disorders.
Pontifax Venture Capital funds companies at various stages of development, from early stage to growth capital. It specializes in funding companies that are based in Israel. The firm prefers to fund companies operating in the pharmaceutical and life science industry sectors. Since January 2016, the firm has managed to raise $585 million through three funding rounds. Its most recent funding round was held in November 2018, amassing $170 million.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A biopharmaceutical company with a focus on developing and manufacturing vaccines. It was founded in 2001 and has headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Adicet Bio is a biotechnology company creating immune cell therapies for treating cancer and other diseases.
A company focused on delivering cure for cancer using engineered T cell therapy
Silverback Therapeutics is a Seattle-based biopharmaceutical company developing ImmunoTAC therapies targeting previously inaccessible disease pathways.
Prevail Therapeutics is a New York City-based company.
Pi Therapeutics is a discovery-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to develop a novel cancer drug.
LogicBio Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company.
Associated investment funds
People
Ohad Hammer
Partner
Ran Nussbaum
Managing Partner/Partner/Founder
Tomer Kariv
Chief Executive Officer/Founder
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
89bio
ABAC Therapeutics
Dynacure
Horama
Keros Therapeutics
Step Pharma
