Tagged: new zealand

September 16, 2016 @ 12:10 am By JD Alois  |  

First Publicly Traded Company to Raise Money via Equity Crowdfunding Platform in New Zealand. G3 Group Limited (G3) (NXT:GGL), the first company to list on the new NXT market 15 months ago, is raising up to $3 million in additional capital using equity crowdfunding platform… Read More

September 13, 2016 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise’s First Big Syndicated Transaction. H2Ocean Limited is in the process of doing an initial public offering (IPO) in Australia.  The shares are expected to list on the ASX this coming October. As part of the process, H2Ocean is offering shares via an offer on Equitise –… Read More

September 7, 2016 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Harmoney, a New Zealand based peer to peer lending platform, has surpassed $300 million in lending just shy of their 2 year anniversary of consumer lending. According to their website, Harmoney’s bulk of borrowing has been for debt consolidation.  Interest rates start at 9.99% today. Lenders… Read More

August 31, 2016 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer to peer lender Harmoney is taking some heat from the New Zealand Commerce Commission as they have filed Fair Trading Act (FTA) charges in the Auckland District Court against against them. The Commission previously revealed six FTA charges that Harmoney faced related to 27 versions of… Read More

August 30, 2016 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, CEO of New Zealand crowdfunding platform PledgeMe, Anna Guenther, introduced a new feature called “PledgeMe.Friends,” which will offer a nice “bonus” for those who inspire companies to use its website. The funding portal first introduced the PledgeMe.Friends concept while updating users on its yearly progress earlier… Read More

August 25, 2016 @ 11:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

1Above, a travel well-being company, is raising capital via equity crowdfunding platform Equitise. The New Zealand based company has created an anti-jet lag concotion that apparently works quite well. We all know the detrimental effects of jet-lag that can undermine quick trips around the globe. 1Above… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Thought-Wired announced on Wednesday the launch of its PledgeMe campaign. The New Zealand social enterprise is currently seeking $200,000 through the initiative as it looks to fund the next stage of commercializing its thought sensing software. Launched in 2011, Thought-Wired’s product nous is described as a piece… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Squirrel Group, a mortgage broker and peer to peer lender, announced on Thursday the launch of its Secondary Market, which now allows loans to be on-sold to other investors. The lender revealed since its launch in November, the Secondary Market has been notably the most requested… Read More

August 12, 2016 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two days after its PledgeMe launch, ParrotDog’s highly successful crowdfunding campaign secured over $2 million from over 800 investors. The company decided to close the initiative. ParrotDog, which was founded in 2011 by Matt Stevens, Matt Kristofski, and Matt Warner, is described as one of… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 11:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Beer: uniting the crowd! Campaign and campaign, beer has brewed up millions from global investors. In the first 12 hours of the Wellington-based craft brewers ParrotDog  equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe raised their minimum goal of NZ$1,200,000. Within the day, the brewers raised more than NZ$1.73M… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Spark Foundation’s Givealittle announced starting September 1st it is charging a flat 5% fee, inclusive of goods and services tax (GST), on the amount raised by campaigns on its crowdfunding platform. The website declared in an official statement the soul purpose of the fee is to keep… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Andrea Moore, a Kiwi fashion brand, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect to raise a minimum of $250,000 (max $750,000). The nationwide retailer offers premium womenswear fashion which includes apparel, knitwear, eyewear, footwear, jewelry, leather bags and accessories. The company, which was launched… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise is a “Trans-Tasman Investment Platform” providing access to capital and unique investment opportunities to investors in New Zealand and Australia. Founded in Australia in 2014 by Chris Gilbert, Jonny Wilkinson and Panche Gjorgjevski, the investment crowdfunding platform soon added Will Mahon-Heap as the executive to… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Christchurch, New Zealand based agricultural technology company, CropLogic Limited, announced that it has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign on Equitise and has appointed Ventnor Capital as Corporate Advisors, in preparation for the company’s anticipated listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). “I would like to thank all those… Read More

July 13, 2016 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, PledgeMe announced its first transparent crowdlending campaign, run by New Zealand social enterprise, Eat My Lunch, met its minimum goal of $500,000. The initiative is running through PledgeMe’s new P2P lending platform, PledgeMe.Lend. Earlier this spring, co-founder and CEO of PledgeMe, Anna Guenther, announced PledgeMe has… Read More

July 11, 2016 @ 12:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly six months after 39,239 backers pitched in $2,276,183.09 towards crowdfunding campaign on GiveALittle that was dedicated to the beach of Abel Tasman National Park, the beautiful area has officially been given to the to the people of New Zealand. The property, listed on  RealEstate.co.nz, is described as 7-hectarere utopia…. Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand social enterprise, Eat My Lunch, is set to launch the first peer-to-peer (P2P) campaign through PledgeMe’s new lending platform, PledgeMe.Lend, next Monday (June 13th). This news comes less than a month after the crowdfunding portal revealed that the organization would be the first to… Read More

June 8, 2016 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, founder of PledgeMe, Anna Guenther, announced the platform is gearing up for its Tour de South Island. Guenther revealed why she and her team decided to launch the Tour: “As New Zealand’s first crowdfunding platform, we’ve noticed some of our most amazing campaigns don’t necessarily originate… Read More

May 27, 2016 @ 12:48 pm By Nathan Rose  |  

  A “pitch” is the information about your company, your team and the investment proposition. Founders often find pitching to be difficult and time-consuming. But pitching is a critical and necessary step to successfully raising funds – and equity crowdfunding is no exception. Equity crowdfunding… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 1:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Frost & Sullivan views Australia’s development as a leader in Fintech innovation will require concerted effort from government agencies and established financial institutions and will involve partnerships and research collaboration between banks and startups, presenting many diverse and lucrative growth and development opportunities for ICT… Read More