Last updated 2026-07-20
- Raised $50M Undisclosed Round, Aug 2023
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Stages
Seed, Pre-Seed, A Round
About
Symbol is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Yuval Ariav. It focuses on early-stage investments, typically between $500,000 and $3.5 million, in Israeli entrepreneurs who are developing groundbreaking startups in unconventional or 'pre-consensus' niches. Symbol is sector-agnostic, investing in B2B, consumer, and enterprise tech startups. The firm aims to support founders who might be overlooked by traditional early-stage VCs due to their ideas being considered too risky, complex, or niche. Symbol closed its debut fund at $50 million in August 2023.
Portfolio
No portfolio companies in this dataset yet.
Investment activity
1 portfolio exit on record.
Portfolio by sector
Fintech & Insurtech3
Industrial Technologies2
Media & Entertainment Technologies2
Cyber Security1
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
| Legal name | Symbol Fund Management Ltd. |
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| Founded | 2021 |
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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