Yuval Ariav — profile dossier

Identity and role

Yuval Ariav is a co-founder of Fundbox (2013), with Eyal Shinar (CEO) and Tomer Michaeli.

Biography / career arc

Israeli fintech founder and investor; co-founded Fundbox (see the Fundbox profile) and served as its founding CTO. Before Fundbox he was part of the founding team at Onavo. After Fundbox he founded Symbol, a venture fund (Business Wire and Calcalist), and teaches at Columbia Business School (Columbia profile).

Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role

Fundbox was a PPP lender of record (13,505 loans / about $329.4 million), with the program led by CEO Eyal Shinar. Ariav's specific PPP-period role is not detailed in the public record.

No separate personal or company-side PPP/EIDL loan, SVOG grant, Provider Relief Fund payment, or other own-relief receipt is identified for Yuval Ariav.

Legal status / controversies

No charges or personal enforcement actions identified.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Founder and Managing Partner at Symbol, with current academic affiliation at Columbia Business School.

Sources held in this archive

Original source documents and archived captures

Sources

Columbia Business School, Yuval Ariav profile: Columbia Business School, Yuval Ariav profile (original: business.columbia.edu · stored capture)
Calcalist, Symbol $50 million debut fund: Calcalist, Symbol $50 million debut fund (original: calcalistech.com · stored capture)
Business Wire, Symbol $50 million debut fund announcement: Business Wire, Symbol $50 million debut fund announcement (original: businesswire.com)
LinkedIn, Yuval Ariav profile: LinkedIn, Yuval Ariav profile (original: il.linkedin.com · stored capture) (self-reported profile; LinkedIn pages cannot be mirrored into the archive)
Cross-reference: Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli