There’s a lot about business that you can learn about from the craft beer crowd — quirky marketing, sleek branding, collaborations around a mutual passion, and equity crowdfunding for growth. Kiwi icons Parrotdog are known for all of the above, but especially […]
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TL;DR — I think we need more events where we learn from each other. Some of our Social Enterprise Unconference 2019 attendees (photo cred: Moments of Light Photography) Ioften get stuck in my head. The day-to-day worries of running a business, […]
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Sleep Support System Limited, one of the companies in the SleepDrops group, is equity crowdfunding through PledgeMe to fund their expansion plans. So far they have had $784,034 pledged, exceeding their $500,000 goal. You can view their campaign here. […]
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Kei te mahi tahi a Te Roopu Whakawhanake i ngā wāhine Māori arā – Māori Womens Development Inc me Pledge Me, me te hīkaka o te ngākau ki te tuku i tēnei hōtaka Koha-a-Iwi hou tukanga hoki – Tā Koha […]
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It’s crazy to think this time yesterday we weren’t sure how our crowd would react to our latest campaign. We’d had all the normal good signals (people registering their interest to invest, feedback on our posts, and the normal good […]
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Equity crowdfunding has been happening around the globe for the past few years. Over $2.5 billion was raised in 2015 through equity crowdfunding, from the UK (arguably the grandparent of equity crowdfunding) through to PledgeMe’s home country, New Zealand, where […]
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I have some news to share with you. Six years ago we launched PledgeMe into the world, as New Zealand’s first crowdfunding platform. Since then, over 1,200 campaigns have raised funding through PledgeMe, helping Kiwis fulfil their plans and add richness […]
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Waiapu Investments Limited launched their equity crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to invest in Hikurangi Cannabis last week. From their private launch to the local community they raised almost $1.4 million. But, due to the overwhelming support for the company, […]
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Update: the form below was closed for new pledges from 7:45am on Thursday, 10 May. — The last two nights are not what we strive to do with PledgeMe. We aim to help kiwis fund the things they care about. […]
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Last night definitely didn’t go as planned. We expected an amazingly fast campaign with the powerful support of Hikurangi’s crowd. What happened was our website went down 10 minutes before Waiapu Investments (who are investing in Hikurangi Cannabis) even went […]
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