3 Entrepreneurs Share How They Got a VC to Say 'Yes'An investor shares why he said yes to these founders.

Elan Zivotofsky is not your typical investor. Rather than just choose where his own firm's money goes, he makesdecisionsthat also influence thousands of smaller investors. That's because he oversees investments atOurCrowd, an innovative digital equitycrowdfundingplatform 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' money, and then the deal goes onto the OurCrowd platform, where 17,000 members can choose to invest with as little as $10,000. In four years, OurCrowd has raised about $400 million for 110 companies. What draws his eye? Experienced, passionate entrepreneurs withbig ideasand focus. He also loves founders who create "deep" technologies and disruptive business models.

Here's why he said yes to three entrepreneurs.