# Momi Karako

> Momi Karako is a debt financing investor at Pontifax backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pontifax](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pontifax)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/momi-karako-69ab043b/?originalSubdomain=il

Momi Karako is a psrtner at Pontifax Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Opiant Pharmaceuticals | Opiant Pharmaceuticals, with its team of addiction experts, is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The Company, formerly known as Lightlake Therapeutics, was founded in 2009 by the late Dr. David Sinclair based on his pioneering research demonstrating that opioid antagonists could be used as a symptom-driven treatment for alcoholism | $50M | Debt Financing | Oct 12, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Pontifax

VC Fund · Herzliya, Israel

Pontifax is a healthcare-dedicated venture capital firm.The fund focuses on innovative bio-pharma opportunities.

4 contacts available at Pontifax.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ohad Hammer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ohad-hammer |
| Ran Nussbaum | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ran-nussbaum |
| Tomer Kariv | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomer-kariv |
| Momi Karako | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/momi-karako |

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## FAQ

### What does Momi Karako invest in?

Momi Karako invests primarily in Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Momi Karako last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Momi Karako closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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