Philip Erlanger
Founder and Managing Partner, Aliment Capital (formerly Pontifax AgTech)
Santa Monica, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Aliment Capital is a leading growth capital investor in technologies supporting the food and agriculture sector. We invest thematically across: life sciences; health and nutrition; hardware, software and data technologies in support of production ag' and food processing, and the supply chain of food and ag. Our mission is to improve the sustainability, efficiency and profitability of food and agriculture.
Founder and Managing Partner
2014 - 2022
Pontifax AgTech is a pioneering growth capital investor in the food and agriculture technology (“AgTech”) sector. The Fund invests globally in businesses that improve agricultural productivity, resource efficiency, sustainability and the industry supply chain. Pontifax AgTech has made seven investments in five industry-leading portfolio companies to date and enjoys proprietary positions in the US and in Israel, two of the world’s leading centers of innovation.
Aliment Capital is a pioneering growth capital investor in food and agriculture technology.
Founder and Managing Partner
2010 - 2014
Managing Director
2008 - 2010
Managing Director
1985 - 2008
Education
MBA
1984 - 1985
Ph.D, M.A.
1979 - 1985