Tagged: Anna Guenther

June 22, 2015 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 72 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe comes to an end, Powerhouse Wind has exceeded its initial $400,000 goal and secured over $428,000 thanks to nearly 100 backers. Powerhouse Wind revealed that it has spent the last five years completing research… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

PledgeMe, one of several investment crowdfunding platforms operating in New Zealand, has shared that things are picking up on the site.  Just in the past two weeks, two offers on the platform have hit their minimum funding targets and “are blazing forward looking for more… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Christchurch-based solid cosmetics company Sorbet has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe to raise $150,000 so that it can start to expand globally. Ethique Limited, trading as Sorbet, make healthy products with sustainable and safe ingredients. The company is looking to make a solid impact on the… Read More

June 2, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A Hawkes Bay-based company with reportedly new technology to treat wastewater has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe so it can help clean up New Zealand’s environment. Liquid Waste Treatment Systems (LWTS) has developed new technology using aerobic granular sludge to treat wastewater. LWTS spokesperson Tony Hocking… Read More

May 25, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Back in 2013 before equity crowdfunding was legalized in New Zealand,  Auckland based Angel Food launched a very small rewards based crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe. Tomorrow Angel Food will return to PledgeMe but this time the funding is for equity in the small company and… Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With entrepreneurs continuing to wait to take advantage of equity crowdfunding in various countries, New Zealand’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) announced some exciting news about the funding option. In a report by Stuff, FMA spokesperson Andrew Park declared the financial regulator is ready to grant… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

As regulation to legalize investment crowdfunding takes hold PledgeMe, based in New Zealand, will be ready to offer equity crowdfunding to Kiwi’s. In a statement on their site that presently offers rewards based crowdfunding the company stated;  Yes, New Zealand is finally making the long-awaited move… Read More

January 26, 2013 @ 5:26 am By Stuff  |  

When Wellingtonian Anna Guenther needed a thesis topic for her masters degree, she chose the new phenomenon of crowd funding. It was a good idea for a business, so she went ahead and started it. Last year, her website raised more than $750,000 for 175… Read More