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Eat my Lunch CEO Lisa King and chef Michael Meredith.

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Eat My Lunch raises nearly $800,000 in crowd-funding campaign

The money will help fund the social enterprise's first retail store.

Sanjay Prakash

Thu, 20 Jun 2019

Little Yellow Bird founder Samantha Jones says all profits have gone back into building the company or financing impact projects.

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Fashion label launches $750k crowdfund

The company supplies more than 400 organisations across New Zealand, Australia, the US and Canada.

Dane Ambler

Wed, 01 May 2019

SleepDrops founder Kirsten Taylor has clammed up on crowdfunding questions.

Business Premium

SleepDrops' crowdfunding campaign on hold

UPDATED: Concerns over information presented to investors.

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Mon, 03 Dec 2018

SleepDrops founder Kirsten Taylor has corrected her company's information memorandum.

Business Premium

SleepDrops corrects financial errors while equity crowdfunding

The naturopathy company's trying to raise $2m.

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Fri, 23 Nov 2018

Hikurangi managing director Manu Caddie says the company will inform investors in 'the next few days.'

Business Premium

Cannabis start-up investors in the dark on failed $180m deal

A $180 million deal with Rhizo Sciences is up in smoke but PlegeMe investors haven't been told.

Dane Ambler

Tue, 06 Nov 2018

Renaissance Brewing was the first company to equity crowdfund but it has since gone under.

Business Premium

Four years on: Where does equity crowdfunding stand?

Millions of dollars have been plugged into early-stage companies since 2014 – how's it gone?

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Fri, 02 Nov 2018

The Dust Palace co-directors Mike Edward and Eve Gordon are raising capital to expand their circus company.

Business Premium

Roll up, roll up – get your piece of the circus

The Dust Palace equity crowdfunds its expansion.

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Tue, 11 Sep 2018

PledgeMe's Anna Guenther is confident the platform will see success in Australia.

Business Premium

PledgeMe equity crowdfunds for the third time

But has it reached targets set at its previous funding round?

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Elaine Campbell, head of compliance with the FMA

Crowd funders enduring 'red-tape fest' have three-week wait on equity-raising licenses

Applicants for equity crowd funding and peer-to-peer lending platform licences will know in the next few weeks whether they've been successful after a process some say is overly complex

Wed, 11 Jul 2018

Hikurangi managing director Panapa Ehau was pleased by the level of local support.

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Hikurangi Cannabis reaches $2m crowdfund target in days

PledgeMe platform collapsed under weight of demand.

Calida Stuart-Menteath

Thu, 10 May 2018

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