First-check VC, backing pre-consensus founders and helping them build from zero to one. Symbol invests $500k to $3.5M in the first funding round of exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, building pre-consensus companies. Symbol is a generalist, sector-agnostic fund, investing in B2B, consumer, and enterprise tech startups. The firm is meeting founders as early as possible and accompanying them throughout ideation, validation, and team building. Post-investment, the firm provides personalized support to help them build from zero to one. Yuval Ariav, Symbol’s founder and Managing Partner, is the first investor in companies like Fundguard, NextSilicon, Assured Allies, Sightful and Approve (acquired by Tipalty). Priorly, he was co-founder and CTO at Fundbox and led Product at Onavo (acquired by Meta). Symbol launched ideas.rip, a platform for founders ideating, validating and wanting to gain inspiration and/or avoid the mistakes of those who came before them.