# Eyal Shinar

> Eyal Shinar is the co-founder and founding CEO of Fundbox, inspired in part by the cash-flow difficulties of his mother’s staffing business. He later became Fundbox’s executive chairman and now serves as co-founder and CEO of Black Ore, an AI company automating financial-services workflows, beginning with tax preparation. He also serves as an advisor to Oak HC/FT.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Black Ore
- **Organizations:** Black Ore, Fundbox, Oak HC/FT, Battery Ventures, Old Lane, Castle Harlan
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MBA, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, LLB in Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- **Known for:** Co-founded Fundbox and led it as founding CEO until its July 2020 leadership transition., Co-founded Black Ore, which announced $60 million in financing in November 2023, led by a16z and Oak HC/FT., Black Ore reported in April 2026 that its early-access program had onboarded 75 firms, including 40% of the top 20 US CPA firms.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Worked at Castle Harlan, was an early employee of Old Lane and later became a vice president at Battery Ventures.
- **2013** — Co-founded Fundbox with Tomer Michaeli and Yuval Ariav; became founding CEO.
- **2016** — Fundbox hired Prashant Fuloria as chief product officer.
- **2019** — Fundbox announced a $176 million Series C and a $150 million credit facility.
- **2020** — Fundbox announced his move to full-time executive chairman and Fuloria’s promotion to CEO on July 2.
- **2022** — Co-founded Black Ore with Pavel Kapovski.
- **2023** — Black Ore emerged from stealth on November 7 with $60 million in financing and its Tax Autopilot product.
- **2026** — Black Ore announced broad availability of Tax Autopilot on April 29; Shinar spoke at the May 21 AI Tax Summit and published a June 16 accounting opinion essay.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Fundbox and led it as founding CEO until its July 2020 leadership transition.
- Co-founded Black Ore, which announced $60 million in financing in November 2023, led by a16z and Oak HC/FT.
- Black Ore reported in April 2026 that its early-access program had onboarded 75 firms, including 40% of the top 20 US CPA firms.
- Serves as an advisor to Oak HC/FT.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published “Why AI could make this the best time to be a CPA” in Accounting Today on June 16.
- **2026-05** — Spoke at Black Ore’s AI Tax Summit at Nasdaq Tower in New York on May 21.
- **2026-04** — Black Ore announced broad availability of Tax Autopilot on April 29 following an early-access program.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-shinar-333523
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/eyalshinar

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Last updated: 2026-10-27