PledgeMe is a

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crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and Alternative Finance, alternative finance. In 2015, over was rais ...

platform which offers project and

equity crowdfunding Equity crowdfunding is the online offering of private company securities to a group of people for investment and therefore it is a part of the capital markets. Because equity crowdfunding involves investment into a commercial enterprise, it is ...

. The company was founded as a rewards-based platform by Anna Guenther in 2011 and later became one of the first platforms to receive its equity crowdfunding license from the Financial Markets Authority in 2014. As of August 2015 over NZ$7.5 million has been raised on the platform from over 900 successful campaigns.

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