Eirik Solheim · CC BY-SA 2.0

Founded OurCrowd in 2013 to connect accredited investors with startup financing through an online investment platform. Earlier, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners and led mobile-technology company Vringo through its 2010 public offering. Raised in a Jewish family in California, he moved to Israel in 1980 and helped build connections between Israeli entrepreneurs and international investors. He received the Bonei Zion Prize in 2015.