About
First-check VC, backing pre-consensus founders and helping them build from zero to one.
Symbol invests $500k to $3.5M in the first funding round of exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, building pre-consensus companies. Symbol is a generalist, sector-agnostic fund, investing in B2B, consumer, and enterprise tech startups. The firm is meeting founders as early as possible and accompanying them throughout ideation, validation, and team building. Post-investment, the firm provides personalized support to help them build from zero to one.
Yuval Ariav, Symbol’s founder and Managing Partner, is the first investor in companies like Fundguard, NextSilicon, Assured Allies, Sightful and Approve (acquired by Tipalty). Priorly, he was co-founder and CTO at Fundbox and led Product at Onavo (acquired by Meta).
Symbol launched ideas.rip, a platform for founders ideating, validating and wanting to gain inspiration and/or avoid the mistakes of those who came before them.
Portfolio · 7
Investment activity
1 portfolio exit on record.
Portfolio by sector
Funds · 1
- 1 — $50M May 2023
Q&A
- What is Symbol's primary investment focus and check size?
- Symbol is a first-check VC firm, backing pre-consensus founders in Israel. They invest $500k to $3.5M in the first funding round of exceptional entrepreneurs. Symbol is a generalist, sector-agnostic fund, investing in B2B, consumer, and enterprise tech startups.
- When was Symbol founded and by whom?
- Symbol was founded in 2021 by Yuval Ariav, who serves as its Managing Partner.
- What is a notable recent exit for Symbol?
- Symbol had an exit with Cinch, a logistics intelligence platform, which was acquired by Tonkean in December 2025.
- Can you name some of Symbol's portfolio companies?
- Symbol's portfolio includes companies such as Sightful, which develops an AR laptop without a screen, and CardinalOps, an AI-powered security engineering firm.
- What is Symbol's most recent fundraise?
- Symbol raised Fund 1, totaling $50M, in May 2023.
- Which investment stages does Symbol typically focus on?
- Symbol primarily focuses on Seed, Pre-Seed, and A Round investments.
- What is Symbol's geographic investment focus?
- Symbol focuses on investing in exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs.
- What is the background of Symbol's founder, Yuval Ariav?
- Yuval Ariav, Symbol's founder and Managing Partner, was previously co-founder and CTO at Fundbox and led Product at Onavo (acquired by Meta).
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| Website | symbol.vc/ |
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| linkedin.com/company/30758939 | |
| facebook.com/symbol.vc |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2021 |
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Radar intelligence
Patents
| EPO | 3060 |
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Publications (Crossref)
| Works | 10 |
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GitHub
| Top repos | symbol-sdk-typescript-javascript, desktop-wallet, symbol-docs, symbol, catapult-rest |
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Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | symbol.vc |
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