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3 Entrepreneurs Share How They Got a VC to Say 'Yes'

An investor shares why he said yes to these founders.
Elan Zivotofsky, head of investments, OurCrowd

Elan Zivotofsky is not your typical investor. Rather than just choose where his own firm’s money goes, he makes that also influence thousands of smaller investors. That’s because he oversees investments at , an innovative digital equity platform that’s part Kickstarter, part venture capital firm. First, Zivotofsky’s team vets thousands of potential deals. When a company is picked, OurCrowd invests its own partners’ and focus. He also loves founders who create “deep” technologies and disruptive business models.

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