Pontifax AgTech
2450 Colorado Ave, Suite 100E, Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States
Overview
Aliment Capital is a pioneering growth capital investor in food and agriculture technology. It makes global investments in growing businesses that boost agricultural productivity, nutrition, health, sustainability, and supply chain efficiency. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
- Total investments
- 18
- Lead investments
- 8
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Agriculture
- AgTech
- Business Development
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Tropic Biosciences
Participated · Series C · Mar 2026
Tropic Biosciences develops gene-edited tropical crops via its proprietary GEiGS® platform, concentrating on banana and rice varieties designed for higher yields, increased disease resistance, and improved sustainability. In 2025 the company launched the first new banana varieties in more than 75 years, including a non-browning banana named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025 and an extended shelf-life variety that increases green life by 12 days and can reduce waste by up to 50 percent. Tropic has made progress toward resistance to Panama Disease TR4 and shipped plants in 2025 to establish a mother plantation intended to support commercial deployment beginning in 2027. Demand for its new banana varieties has already surpassed supply, and the company has cited significant revenue growth as it scales. Tropic plans to expand its research across its rice portfolio and pursue additional high-impact, climate-resilient crops to address global food security and sustainability challenges.
- OneRail
Led · Series C · Dec 2024
OneRail provides last-mile omnichannel fulfillment via its OmniPoint SaaS platform paired with logistics-as-a-service, automating fulfillment orchestration, carrier selection and delivery mode. The company recently acquired Orderbot to add distributed order management and inventory visibility, enabling dynamic selection of inventory across fulfillment locations. OneRail plans to deepen decision logic upstream and invest in data science, machine learning and AI to enhance multimodal, multi-carrier capabilities and lower fulfillment costs. It operates a real-time connected network of 12 million drivers and maintains a 98% on-time delivery rate via a 24/7 U.S.-based exceptions team. Since its prior financing in November 2022, OneRail has grown revenue by 254% and reports year-over-year revenue growth of 102%, and has expanded service to more than 400 cities across the U.S. and Canada. OneRail offers a delivery operating system and fulfillment platform that automates last-mile logistics, intelligently selecting the right shipping mode and courier to optimize each order. Its platform is directly connected to a real-time network of nearly 10 million drivers and is supported by a USA-based Exceptions Assist operations layer available 24/7. OneRail reports an on-time delivery rate above 98% (98.6% in company materials) and says its system is transacting over 12 million data calls per minute. The company has expanded service to over 330 U.S. cities and deployed from more than 10,000 unique shipper locations, with a Logistics Partner Network that grew by four million (up 66% year over year). Since its Series A in 2021 the company has grown revenue year-over-year by 312% and employs nearly 100 team members in Orlando. OneRail plans to use the new funding to build new data-driven platform capabilities and to expand its sales, marketing, and solution engineering teams to meet increased shipper demand. OneRail provides a 3-in-1 final mile delivery fulfillment platform combining a national courier network, an API-driven smart-matching delivery operating system and a 24/7 Exceptions Assist™ team. The company reports an on-time delivery rate of 98.6 percent and an exceptions rate described as virtually zero. OneRail says its network spans 7.5 million drivers across 200 major U.S. cities and its Logistics Partner Network grew by 4 million year-over-year. Over the past 18 months the Orlando-based startup closed $21.5 million in financing, grew headcount from nine to 80, and delivered over 10x year-over-year revenue growth with major Fortune 500 customers. OneRail offers standalone or TMS-integrated deployments and has an integration with SAP Commerce Cloud available in the SAP Store. The company plans to use new capital to expand its customer success team, enhance its delivery operating system and Logistics Partner Network, activate key partnerships, and accelerate customers' digital supply chain transformation. OneRail provides a delivery orchestration and fulfillment platform that connects a shipper’s demand signal (POS, eCommerce, OMS, ERP) to an aggregated network of final-mile couriers and carriers, automating rate shopping, dispatch, tracking and proof of delivery. The platform supports forward and reverse logistics and claims real-time visibility, event-driven notifications, and data-driven delivery optimization. OneRail aggregates over 120 delivery companies, 65 parcel and LTL carriers, and a network it describes as 6 million delivery drivers. The company reported growth of 5,200% since January 2020 and cites accelerated e-commerce demand during the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver of commercial adoption. OneRail has begun national rollouts with customers such as American Tire Distributors for expedited delivery programs. Management says the financing will be used to scale business development and marketing efforts to expand the company’s final-mile footprint and customer base. OneRail provides a final-mile orchestration and fulfillment platform that matches shippers' real-time demand signals (Point of Sale, ERP, eCommerce) to a contracted network of aggregated couriers. The platform identifies exceptions and manages each delivery through proof of delivery. OneRail serves multiple verticals including retail, industrial supply, health care and product manufacturers. The company has agreements with over 50 courier entities and a footprint of more than 75,000 individual couriers, with fleet assets ranging from sedans to large box trucks and services including white-glove installation and assembly. Its network operates in all 50 states. OneRail plans to use the new funding to expand platform capabilities and grow its logistics operations team.
- Pairwise
Participated · Series C · Sep 2024
Pairwise is a technology company pioneering gene editing to improve plant breeding in specialty and commodity crops. Its core product is the Fulcrum™ Platform, a proprietary suite of gene-editing tools that includes cutting, base editing, and templated editing to turn traits on/off or "tune" them. Pairwise is developing seedless berries, pitless cherries, a seedless blackberry variety, and has commercialized a CRISPR-edited mustard green; it also delivers edits across crops including corn, soy, wheat, canola, and leafy greens. The company has partnered with major agricultural players—an exclusive licensing agreement with Bayer for 10 varieties and multi-year collaborations that delivered 27 novel traits and a project on short-stature corn. Proceeds from the latest round will be used to scale the product pipeline and advance the Fulcrum Platform, and Pairwise has entered a five-year joint venture with Corteva to accelerate gene-edited technologies. Pairwise is based in Durham, N.C., and was co-founded by CEO Tom Adams and Haven Baker. Pairwise develops new varieties of fruits and vegetables using a gene‑editing platform licensed from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute. The company is focused on traits such as improved taste, increased shelf life, simplified harvesting, enhanced yield, and extended season availability to boost produce consumption and reduce waste. It is developing new types of leafy greens, berries, and cherries, with its first product expected in 2022. Pairwise positions its technology to address inconsistencies in flavor, seeds, shelf life, and year‑round availability in the $66 billion U.S. retail produce market. The firm has about 100 team members across two locations in Durham, North Carolina, and anticipated additional growth in 2021. Pairwise was founded by CEO Tom Adams and CBO Haven Baker with scientific co‑founders including Drs. David Liu, Feng Zhang, and J. Keith Joung.
- Agrovision
Led · Equity · Aug 2024
Agrovision grows and sells premium superfruits — blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and cherries — through its Fruitist and Big Skye brands to major retailers worldwide. The company operates a vertically integrated platform spanning genetics R&D, AI-driven quality scanning, postharvest storage, robotics, and bee pollination to deliver year-round supply. Agrovision partners with RipeLocker to extend berry shelf life three times versus conventional methods and has invested heavily in freshness and shelf-life technologies. It reports owned and controlled land and water assets across Peru, Mexico, Morocco, USA, Egypt, India, and China and supplies retailers including Costco, Publix, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Whole Foods, and others globally. The company has invested over $400 million in global expansion, new genetics, AI, and proprietary technology and employs up to 15,000 field workers in Peru, with over half women. Agrovision emphasizes regenerative farming, sustainability aligned to 11 UN SDGs, and plans to invest in future crops, new superfruit varieties, and to scale operations amid accelerated retailer demand. Agrovision is a vertically integrated, tech-forward superfruit company that produces premium berries using sustainable farming practices, precision agriculture, and complete supply-chain control. The company operates farming, supply chain, and marketing activities across Asia, North America, and Europe and supplies consumers year-round. Agrovision emphasizes sustainability, has received multiple environmental, social, and biodiversity awards, and aligns with several UN Sustainable Development Goals. Proceeds from the latest growth capital round will fund the next phases of its global expansion and support its mission to transform lives and promote sustainability. Recent corporate developments include a North American marketing partnership with Berries Paradise and a prior $210 million long-term, flexible financing led by Credit Suisse and co-led by Rabobank, Santander, ICBC, and others. Agrovision operates farming, supply-chain and marketing activities across Asia, North America and Europe, supplying superfruits and vegetables. The company is vertically integrated and focuses on increasing global availability of its berry products. It describes itself as mission-driven, aiming to transform lives while promoting sustainability. Agrovision has been recognized for its conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and biodiversity. The company recently secured a large financing package to support expansion and strategic opportunities. Proceeds are intended to fund global growth and increase supply into current and new markets.
- Agriconomie
Led · Series B · Nov 2022
Agriconomie operates an e-procurement site specializing in agricultural supplies and offers a suite of online tools including purchasing support, personalized advice, and information sharing for farmers. The company also runs a Supplier Services business that provides data services, advertising, and software for input suppliers. Led by CEO Paolin Pascot, Agriconomie positions itself as a multi-service online platform dedicated to farmers. It closed a €60M Series B to support its growth. The company plans to use the funds to cement its presence in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Belgium.