Yuval Ariav — Associate in Business Marketing Division (Columbia Business School)

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A Columbia Business School faculty directory profile of Yuval Ariav, listed as Associate in Business in the Marketing Division, with areas of expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Marketing. The profile describes Yuval Ariav as a founder and an investor who specializes in Fintech and AI, with over 20 years of experience operating large, complex, cross-geo operations. It names Yuval Ariav as Founder and Managing Partner of Symbol, a first-check venture capital firm, and as Founder of Fundbox, where the founding role was CTO and head of its operations office in Tel Aviv. It also mentions earlier work at Onavo and lists the course Data Driven Dollars.

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# Yuval Ariav

 Associate in Business  Marketing Division

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Areas of Expertise[Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://business.columbia.edu/taxonomy/term/837), [Marketing](https://business.columbia.edu/taxonomy/term/146)Contact Office: 570 Kravis  E-mail: [ya2392@columbia.edu](mailto:ya2392@columbia.edu)

Yuval Ariav is a founder and an investor who specializes in Fintech and AI with over 20 years of experience operating large, complex, cross-geo operations in both startup and corporate environments. As the Founder and Managing Partner of Symbol, a leading Israeli first-check VC, he is the first investor in several breakout companies in the areas of financial technology, AI, and Deep Tech. Yuval is also the Founder of Fundbox, one of the fastest-growing Fintech startups to emerge in recent years, and was its founding CTO and the head of its operations office in Tel Aviv. Before Fundbox, Yuval was a founding team member and Director of Product at Onavo, a mobile analytics company acquired by Facebook.

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