Many ICOs avoid public crowdsales and raise funds with private sales or pre-sales that require a high contribution. The only way to participate in these ICOs is via ICO pools. This discussion can help find honest and effective pools. An example of a pool open to new members is at
https://discord.gg/7vbvDbbi never participate in pools to ICOs, u never can get into good ICOs with pools and if project letting pools to get in them better to skip this ICO