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Yuval Ariav
Managing Partner at Symbol · First
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Yuval Ariav
Managing Partner at Symbol · First
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
Overview
Yuval Ariav is the Founder and Managing Partner at Symbol, a first-check investor, and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. He has made significant investments in companies like Nilus and CardinalOps, focusing on sectors such as Consumer Health and FinTech, and has served on the boards of NextSilicon and FundGuard.
Ariav's career highlights include founding Fundbox, being an advisor and CTO, as well as investing in and serving on the boards of various successful startups like Jiga and Breeze, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and strategic leadership in the tech industry.
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Symbol invests $500k to $3.5M in the first funding round (first SAFE / priced round) of exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, building pre-consensus companies. We are a generalist, sector-agnostic fund, investing in B2B, consumer, and enterprise tech startups. We are fortunate to partner early with companies like Sightful, Nilus, Breeze, Jiga, Squire, CardinalOps and WisePal. We’re excited about meeting founders as early as possible and accompanying them throughout ideation, validation, and team building. Post-investment, we strive to provide personalized support to help them get from zero to one.
Adjunct Professor
2017
I teach Data Driven Dollars, a top-3 course about how data-rich companies transform their data assets into new product lines and revenue streams, and how that impacts modern liberal societies. The course provides an overview of the data revolution that's been taking place in the last two decades, discusses how tech progress is intertwined with data monetization, teaches the basics of modern data operations, and explores the different data monetization models that exist, and how they're shaped and driven by the underlying data sets.
Founder, advisor
2016
I founded Fundbox, which raised over $100M from top tier funds such as Khosla Ventures, Spark Capital, General Catalyst, and more, and headed its operations center in Tel Aviv, running the company's Product, Engineering, Risk, and Customer Service departments.
Founder, CTO
2012 - 2015
I founded Fundbox and headed its operations center in Tel Aviv, running the company's Product, Engineering, Risk, and Customer Service departments.
Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
Raised $553,500,000.00 from Waterfall Asset Management and Cross River Bank.
Board Member
2017
I'm a first check investor and a member of NextSilicon's Board of Directors, I support the company's founders and management team with strategic advice and direction. The company raised $100M from funds such as Playground Global, Third Point, and Aleph.
Board Member
2018
As the lead first-check investor and a member of FundGuard's Board of Directors, I support the company's founders and management team with strategic advice and direction.
FundGuard is an artificial intelligence-powered and cloud native investment accounting operating system.
Raised $156,000,000.00 from Hamilton Lane, Blumberg Capital, Team8, Euclidean Capital and Key 1 Capital.
Board Member
2018
As the lead first check investor and a member of AssuredAllies's Board of Directors, I support the company's founders and management team with strategic advice and direction.
Assured Allies is on a mission to make successful aging accessible.
Raised $65,000,000.00 from Harel Insurance and Financial, Hamilton Lane, Samsung NEXT, FinTLV Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Lumir Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Poalim Equity, New Era Capital Partners and Akilia Partners.
First-check investor
2020
Board Member
2021
As the lead seed investor and a member of Jiga's Board of Directors, I support the company's founders and management team with strategic advice and direction.
Board Member
2021
As the lead seed investor and a member of Breeze's Board of Directors, I support the company's founders and management team with strategic advice and direction.
Seed Investor
2022
I led Squire's pre-lead seed investor on a mission to help older adult lead healthier, more connected, and more independent lives.
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