Investing Profile

Yuval Ariav(241)

VCFounderInvestorAngel
General Partner at LionBird
symbol.vcNew York, New York
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17 Investors

Connected to Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), and 14 other investors on Signal.

Networks Yuval is a member of
Techstars Network
199 CONNECTIONS
Israel Defense Forces Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Israel Defense Forces Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Israel Defense Forces Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Columbia Business School Network
28 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
LionBird General Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $3.5M
Sweet Spot
$1.8M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$85M

Yuval Ariav is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Yuval Ariav's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Jiga
Series ANov 2025$12M
SeedNov 2021$4M
$16M
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Biowear), Eden Shochat (Genesis Partners), Gabriel Jarrosson
Nilus
Series UnknownJan 2025$10M
SeedDec 2022$9M
$19M
Co-investors: Adam R. Fisher (Bessemer Venture Partners), Victoria Treyger (Felicis Ventures), Farooq Abbasi (Preface Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Javier Sanchez Aldana (Carabela), Ameet Patel
CardinalOps
Series AMar 2022$18M
SeedJan 2021$7M
$25M
Co-investors: Itzik Parnafes (Battery Ventures), Arik Kleinstein (Glilot Capital Partners), Assif Stoffman (XT Hi-Tech)
Breeze
Pre SeedSep 2021
$24M
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), David Weiden (Khosla Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Jose Marin (Serendipity Investments), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall Ventures), Andrew J Scott (7percent Ventures), Igal Weinstein (Phenomen Ventures), Thomas Plantenga
Sightful
SeedJun 2021$28M
$61M
Co-investors: Marvin Tien (Corner Ventures), Eden Shochat (Genesis Partners), Yoav Naveh (INT3), Danny Leshem (INT3), Yoav Amit, Yair Weinberger
NextSilicon
Series BOct 2020$51M
SeedDec 2017$5M
$200M
Co-investors: Igal Weinstein (Phenomen Ventures), Robert Schwartz (Third Point Ventures), Dan Moskowitz (Third Point Ventures), Eden Shochat (Genesis Partners), Danny Leshem (INT3), Peter Barrett (Playground Global), Ofir Ehrlich, Yoav Amit, Shai Morag, David Perlmutter, Dean Sysman
Approve.com
SeedAug 2020$5M
$5.6M
Co-investors: Yoav Naveh (INT3), Eden Shochat (Genesis Partners), Danny Leshem (INT3), Yair Weinberger, Aviad Harell, Gil Shai, Ofir Ehrlich, Tomer Bar Zeev
FlipOS
SeedJan 2020$4M
$90M
Co-investors: Oren Zeev (Zeev Ventures), Yuval Weisglass

most interested in

Vertical AI and new business data workflows. Fintech, Legaltech, Agrotech, Proptech.

not interested in

Adtech, social networks, bloackchain / crypto, cybersecurity.

Yuval Ariav's Experience

Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School2017 - Present
Mentor Techstars2016 - Present
General Partner LionBird2016 - Present
Chief Architect Onavo (acquired by Facebook)Present
Board Member NextSiliconPresent
Board Member Jiga (YC W21)Present
Founder, advisor FundboxPresent
Board Member FundGuardPresent
Section Chief and Head of Ops Israel Defense ForcesPresent
Team leader and product manager Israel Defense ForcesPresent
Data analyst, software developer, and researcher Israel Defense ForcesPresent
Seed Investor Squire Present
Board Member BreezePresent
Seed Investor Approve.com (A Tipalti company)Present
Board Member RemeshPresent
Seed Investor FlipOSPresent
Board Member JigaPresent
Board Member AssuredAlliesPresent
First-check investor SightfulPresent
Board Member Remesh Inc.Present
Seed Investor PrimeTime AppsPresent
Managing Partner SymbolPresent
Seed Investor StoaPresent
Board Member Assured AlliesPresent
Board Member LawgeexPresent
Director of Product OnavoPresent
Seed Investor SquirePresent
Chief Architect OnavoPresent
Founder, advisor fundboxPresent
Founder, CTO fundboxPresent
Board Member lawgeexPresent
Founder, CTO Fundbox2012 - 2015
Director of Product Onavo (acquired by Facebook)2012
Section leader and project manager IDF2006 - 2010
Team leader and product manager IDF2004 - 2006
Data analyst, software developer, and researcher IDF2001 - 2004