Alex Behar

Alex Behar serves as Principal at Buoyant Ventures, focusing on investments in digital and hardware solutions for climate change since April 2024. Previously, Alex held the role of Principal at eighty2i from November 2023 to March 2024, and Vice President at Sandbox Industries' Cultivian Sandbox from July 2019 to June 2023. At Sandbox, Alex was instrumental in sourcing startups across the food and agriculture value chain, leading due diligence, executing deals, and supporting portfolio companies while fostering industry relationships. Prior experience includes a managerial role at Monitor Deloitte, where Alex established a corporate innovation unit and developed agricultural investment strategies, and consultancy work at RBB Economics. Alex holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD and advanced degrees in Economics from the University of Cape Town.