Where does Yair Goldfinger work?

Yair Goldfinger is Venture Partner at 3VC.

What check size does Yair Goldfinger write?

Yair Goldfinger typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.

Where did Yair Goldfinger go to school?

Yair Goldfinger studied at Osmania University (BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Hyderabad Public School; Drexel University.

Yair Goldfinger

Investor

Venture Partner at 3VC

New York, New York

Writes $1M – $20M checks · typically $5M

About

Yair Goldfinger is co-founder and CEO of AppCard, a customer loyalty platform that has received backing from investors including Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and Jerry Yang. He previously co-founded Dotomi, an advertising technology company focused on one-to-one messaging between marketers and customers, which was acquired by ValueClick in 2011 for $300 million, and ICQ, an internet-wide instant messaging service acquired by AOL in 1998 for $407 million. Goldfinger is also co-founder and management committee member of The Friends of Raveh-Ravid non-profit scholarship fund and received the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award in 2005.

Experience

IbexlabsChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
BluGold Solutions LLCManaging Directorcurrent2019 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
3Lines Venture CapitalInvestor, Limited Partner (LP)|Audit Council Member|Deal Screen Council Membercurrent2019 — presentGreater Denver Area
Sonata SoftwareSenior Vice President | Global Head of Services, Solutions and Architecture2020 — 2025Dallas, TX
EYData/Engineering Leader: Data - Strategy | Architecture | Management | Cloud | Transformation2015 — 2019New York
Kellton Tech Solutions LimitedVice President, EDM Services2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
OppenheimerFundsLead Enterprise Data Architect2010 — 2014Greater New York City Area
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.SME Consultant on GoldenSource2011 — 2012Greater Boston Area
GoldenSource CorporationManaging Consultant, Professional Services2005 — 2010
GoldenSourceSr. Consultant/Project Lead2001 — 2003
Cap Gemini Ernst & YoungPrincipal Consultant1999 — 2001
Lucent TechnologiesSr. Consultant1997 — 1999
Beechwood Data SystemsSr. Software Engineer1996 — 1997
Global SystemsConsultant1995 — 1996

Skills & more

LeadershipStrategic VisionaryStrategic Data AnalysisData StrategiesReference Data45SOA18Master Data Management9Enterprise Data6Data Modeling10Enterprise Architecture13SDLC25Business Analysis35

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Market DataData WarehousingData ManagementRequirements AnalysisETLData GovernanceFinancial TechnologyInformation ArchitectureGlobal FinanceUnixOracleDatabases

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Colleagues at 3VC

Alexander Marktl

Venture Partner at 3VC

Alexander Marrapese

Associate at 3VC

Capucine Viard

Associate at Kennet Partners

Eva Arh

Partner at 3VC

Federico Rota Candiani

Associate at 3VC

Gerald Pollak

Investment Team at 3VC

Jay McGrath

Venture Partner at 3VC

Mai Nguyen Phuc

Fund Operations at 3VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Yair Goldfinger?: Yair Goldfinger is co-founder and CEO of AppCard, a customer loyalty platform that has received backing from investors including Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and Jerry Yang. He previously co-founded Dotomi, an advertising technology company focused on one-to-one messaging between marketers and customers, which was acquired by ValueClick in 2011 for $300 million, and ICQ, an internet-wide instant messaging service acquired by AOL in 1998 for $407 million. Goldfinger is also co-founder and management committee member of The Friends of Raveh-Ravid non-profit scholarship fund and received the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award in 2005.
Where does Yair Goldfinger work?: Yair Goldfinger is Venture Partner at 3VC.
What check size does Yair Goldfinger write?: Yair Goldfinger typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.
Where did Yair Goldfinger go to school?: Yair Goldfinger studied at Osmania University (BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Hyderabad Public School; Drexel University.