Tagged: new zealand

July 25, 2015 @ 8:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand’s equity crowdfunding platform, PledgeMe,  finished its second equity crowdfunding campaign raising a total of $366,840 on Friday evening. The website launched its second campaign earlier this month to raise $250,000 and quickly surpassed the initial goal. Sharing her thoughts about the project’s success, CEO of PledgeMe,… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand’s equity crowdfunding platform, PledgeMe, has met the minimum goal for its second funding round, securing the company at least $250,000 of investment last night. PledgeMe CEO, Anna Guenther, stated: “We are extremely happy to be able to grow crowdfunding in New Zealand with the… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 6:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, New Zealand’s equity crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced the launch of its second round of funding. It is currently seeking to raise a minimum of $250,000 so that it can continue its expansion. CEO Anna Guenther stated the crowdfunding platform has seen massive growth since its… Read More

June 30, 2015 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Snowball Effect has stated that successfully funded Punakaiki Fund’s offer has been extended. Originally the equity raise had set a low bar minimum target of $200,000 NZD.  Recently the offer neared $2 million NZD but today Snowball communicated that retail investors sill had time to… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, independent investment and business advisor Lance Wiggs and his team launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect to raise funds for their growing venture, Punakaiki Fund. Punakaiki Fund revealed that it invests in premier high-growth companies from New Zealand. The company has investments in… Read More

June 24, 2015 @ 7:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two equity crowdfunding offers have successfully maxed out their offers on PledgeMe this week. This is according to a report from the funding portal.  The two companies include Auckland based Angel Food, a vegan food company that achieved its $150,000 goal and Sorbet a cosmetics company… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 12:50 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

In the first equity crowdfunding deal for Crowdcube NZ, an extension of Crowdcube UK, cloud software firm Collect Group seeks to raise funds for its marketing and loyalty software, according to New Zealand publication Stuff. Crowdcube NZ is being run in New Zealand by Wellington boutique investment bank Armillary Private… 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 16, 2015 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its global expansion, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced that it has opened shop for five European countries: Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Kickstarter revealed on Tuesday: “We’re thrilled to announce that Kickstarter is now available to creators in five more European countries: Austria, Belgium,… 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 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an attempt to gain full access in the top-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the documentation leaking website, WikiLeaks, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on its own platform to raise $100,000 reward for the remaining chapters of the TPP. The TPP is a “proposed regional regulatory and investment treaty”…. Read More

June 2, 2015 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renaissance Brew, the Marlborough-based craft brewery that made headlines last year as the company to launch the first ever crowdfunding offer in New Zealand, announced it is planning a second round of funding to expand its export market. As previously reported, Renaissance Brew launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding… Read More

June 2, 2015 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Snowball Effect recently surveyed their registered users and they received a lot of feedback on providing liquidity for investors. The equity crowdfunding platform initially researched the issue prior to their launch in 2014 but in the last 6 weeks the New Zealand based company has… 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 29, 2015 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Harmoney, a peer to peer lending platform operating in New Zealand, has surpassed $50 million in loans via over $1.4 million in transactions according to a recent report.  Harmoney is quoted as claiming this makes their direct lending platform “the fastest growing peer-to-peer lending marketplace… 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

May 25, 2015 @ 5:08 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Like so many great products, Red Witch Analog Lt began in a garage–not in Silicon Valley, but in Paekakariki, New Zealand. The company, currently raising funds on Snowball Effect, produces boutique analogue guitar and bass effects pedals, used by the likes of Sting, the Arctic Monkeys, Guns n’ Roses, Andy Summers… Read More

May 24, 2015 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to Snowball Effect they are off to a solid start as leaders in the investment crowdfunding space in New Zealand.  In a recent statement Snowball Effect declares; “Of the $8 million+ raised through equity crowdfunding so far in New Zealand, over $6 million was… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced that it was ready to open its doors to Spanish inventors that are looking to crowdfund for their projects. The platform revealed in its blog: “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now open to Spanish makers,… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 3:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

A New Zealand peer-to-peer lender recently dubbed the first P2P lender in the country to specialize in secured lending has delayed its launch, according to Interest.co.nz. The delay is due to the company, LendMe’s, planned talks aimed at forming an alliance with a New Zealand bank. LendMe founder… Read More