Elevator Fund invests in early-stage Israeli talent and acts as a full strategic, operational, and financial partner. Ithas developed a method for early-stage start-up funding with a focus on accelerating market validation, a process that typically takes 18 months. Elevator makes small investments of less than $1 million in companies itbelieves have the potential to reach market readiness in under five months. With Elevator acting as their operational partner, companies can generate revenue before they're ready to raise additional funds. After a company has outgrown the seed stage, Elevator can then invest additional capital and will often syndicate a company's seed round. Elevator takes 8%15% for its initial investment and product validation, and the market prices the value of the additional financing.