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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Over the coming months as our mahi on Tā Koha continues, we’ll be profiling some of the awesome entrepreneurs who are planning to use the platform to take their business to the next level. First up is Joe Harawira, the […]
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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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Wellingtonians are all too aware that we’ve grown up on a faultline, and right at the edge of an unpredictable ocean. But despite this, we’re not always good at planning for disasters. Experiences of the Christchurch earthquakes made it clear that […]
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Meet the self-proclaimed “Tā Koha Bunch”! Social entrepreneurs and changemakers from across the Motu, who have chosen to be the pioneering Tā Koha campaigners. In the coming months they’ll be launching the first wave of Tā Koha crowdfunding campaigns, raising […]
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Around one third of the food we produce globally is never eaten. Instead, it ends up in landfills, where it breaks down without oxygen, releasing gases like methane that contribute to climate change. Meanwhile, all across New Zealand, Kiwis are […]
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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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