Yair Goldfinger is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AppCard. He is known as a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor. Previously, he co-founded and was Chief Technology Officer of Dotomi, which was acquired by ValueClick in 2011 for $300M. In 1996, Yair co-founded and served as CTO of ICQ, the world's first Internet-wide instant messaging service, which was acquired by AOL in 2000. Yair was granted the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award in 2005 and was nominated as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009. Today, and throughout his career, Goldfinger has been an active investor in various startups.
| Name | Yair Goldfinger |
|---|---|
| Slug | yair-goldfinger1 |
| Type / kind | angel |
| Crunchbase ID | yair-goldfinger |
| Source _id | agxzfmlsbGlzdHNpdGVyGAsSC05ld19Db21wYW55GICAoLChk4IKDA |
| Status | active |
|---|---|
| Status reason | Active |
| Last update | 2026-05-17 |
| HQ country | Israel |
|---|---|
| HQ country code | IL |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/yairgoldfinger |
| Total raised | — |
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