Tagged: new zealand

January 10, 2015 @ 2:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a report in Stuff.co.nz, a bankrupt New Zealand businessman is raising capital on equity crowdfunding platform Fundable even though he has allegedly left earlier investors empty handed. Crowdfund Insider published an article regarding the investment opportunity on Fundable this past November.  Time3 Global,… Read More

December 24, 2014 @ 4:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Kiwi equity crowdfunding site Snowball Effect started offering investments online this past August launching with crowd favorite Renaissance Brewing followed by film project The Patriarch and CarbonScape.  Each crowdfunding campaign successfully surpassed its minimum funding target closing over-funded.  The three investment offers raised in aggregate… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 1:49 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud Lending, the industry’s end-to-end lending solution built on Salesforce.com, today announced the launch of CL Marketplace, a unified cloud platform that simplifies and automates the entire loan process in marketplace lending. CL Marketplace is the latest addition to Cloud Lending’s suite of cloud-based industry… Read More

November 25, 2014 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

If you’re in Auckland next week, you’re welcome to come along to CarbonScape’s investor evening, where you can ask any questions about the business and equity crowdfunding.  Tim Langley (CEO CarbonScape) will lead the presentation, supported by Dr Tim Stirrup (Baldwins IP), David Hazlehurst (VP… Read More

November 16, 2014 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The most recent equity crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect is the offer from CarbonScape seeking a max raise of NZD $1.5 million. CarbonScape launched on October 23rd and as of today has surpassed their minimum target by raising over NZD $400,000. The offer is for… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand startup, TIME3 Global Limited, has launched its final round of funding through crowdfunding platform, Fundable. The company is seeking US $2.8M to commercialize its flagship product known as the Total Information Management Environment (TIME3). TIME3 is a Virtual Internet Operating System (VIOS) which offers a… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year in Australia and New Zealand, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter shared its favorite video game campaigns from the land down under. On Thursday (October 30th), Kickstarter’s Luke Crane took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “It’s been nearly a year since… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marlborough-based CarbonScape, which has the technology that could slash global greenhouse gas emissions is inviting the public to invest, is the latest company to raise capital through the new crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, to build a continuous production pilot plant. The offer, which has just gone live… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, CEO of Kickstarter, Yancy Strickler announced the exciting news that the crowdfunding giant would be opening its platform to Scandinavia and Ireland startups. Kickstarter’s team wrote, “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Ireland — four countries with amazing cultural histories and… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 7:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding rifled out of the gate in New Zealand with one of the most popular sectors to utilize the new form of raising capital:  Beer.  Renaissance Brewing, founded by iconoclastic Americans who decided to set up a brewery in the land of the Kiwi… Read More

September 25, 2014 @ 4:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiwi peer to peer lending platform Harmoney has not wasted any time in getting the loans moving.  Having officially launched on September 10th, the P2P lender has shared they have quickly lent about $2 million.  On top of that – they are rejecting between 70-80%… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Kickstarter film success Wish I Was Here received mixed reviews over the past couple months, and now Zach Braff has started to discuss the film’s popularity along with his project on the crowdfunding platform.  During an interview with the New Zealand Herald and on Reddit, the former Scrubs star has spoken… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The first peer to peer lending platform in New Zealand “Harmoney” officially launched earlier today stated it had commitments for $100 million in capital funding mainly from four investors.  Earlier this week it was reported that established bank Heartland had taken a significant equity stake… Read More

September 7, 2014 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand bank Heartland, an institution with roots going back to 1875, has taken a 10% equity stake in peer to peer lending startup Harmoney.  This investment has occurred only months after Harmoney received its license to operated in New Zealand.  Heartland bank has targeted… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Lee Tamahori rose to acclaim with the critical success of award winning film Once Were Warriors – a production that went on to return more than $6.5 million to Kiwi investors..  Tamahori went on to direct Hollywood blockbusters such as James Bond’s Die Another Day…. Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding on Snowball Effect, the first ever offer in New Zealand quickly hit is crowdfunding target of $600,000 and closed at their over-funding target of $700,000 or 117% funded.  Snowball Effect shared the news in a tweet this past Friday;   And we’re done!… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The Honorable Craig Foss, a member of Parliament in New Zealand and former banker, has shared his opinion on the benefits of equity crowdfunding and peer to peer lending on Kiwi crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect.  The Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC Act) legalized both equity… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 9:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The very first company in New Zealand to take advantage of the new Kiwi exemption that legalized equity crowdfunding – Renaissance Brewing  – has issued the last call for shares.  The offer has been live on Snowball Effect for just over a week and stands… Read More

August 12, 2014 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Snowball Effect is the first equity crowdfunding platform to offer shares in a New Zealand business and they started off with a jump as Renaissance Brewing offered interested investors the chance to own shares in their craft Brewery. Hardy Michel from Snowball Effect said in… Read More

August 10, 2014 @ 8:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Renaissance Brewing announced they were planning to raise capital via equity crowdfunding way back in April of this year.  Their revelation came right around the time that New Zealand legalized investment crowdfunding.  Renaissance has soft launched their equity crowdfunding campaign and may be the first… Read More