Report: Pontifax Raising $100M AgTech Fund

September 1, 2015 | According to a “Calcalist” report, the Israeli venture capital firm Pontifax is seeking to raise $100 million for the creation of a new fund, Pontifax AgTech. The new fund will reportedly invest in agricultural technology and food technology startups in Israel and the United States. Reports assert that Pontifax is expected to close financing for the fund in March 2016. Pontifax AgTech will work closely with Pontifax’s other venture capital funds, namely the fund investing in biotechnology startups. Pontifax was founded in 2004 by Ran Nussbaum and Tomer Kariv.