Equity crowdfunding – it’s big business and New Zealand appears to be very, very good at it. But is New Zealand the canary in

Just six months after putting its hand out in an equity crowdfunding campaign, PledgeMe is back at it again for round two. And this

Idealog takes a look at the heroes and the also-rans of this week's global crowdfunding milieu.

Ask any wannabe entrepreneur: in 2015, crowdfunding is where it’s at. The seeming golden ticket for a million would-be start-ups, crowdfunding seems to promise

Investing into early-stage internet, technology and design-led businesses, Lance Wigg’s Punakaiki fund first dipped their toes into public funding two years ago. That didn’t

Who doesn’t want to see what the celebrities of New Zealand have for dinner? I, for one, am highly intrigued as to what Hilary

Powerhouse Wind is going the equity crowdfunding route to raise the funds necessary to take their single bladed wind turbine – the ThinAir 102

The Pebble is back! One of the first smart wearable manufacturers on the market, Pebble Technology Corporation has just finished its latest campaign on

Will the crowd come to Chariot’s call for capital to disrupt the way we travel?

Indy Griffiths has given himself a month to raise between $50,000 and $150,000 for his company Parent Interview’s crowdfund campaign.

Breathe Easy has launched on Snowball Effect after raising funds through VC and angel investors.

UPDATE: SellShed have hit their funding target of $250,000 in just four weeks via equity crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.

Spark My Potential is going well 6 months into its launch. General manager of Spark Foundation Lynne Le Gros talks about how the

A Baltimore waitress and freelance writer used crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to pay for her Uber ride after a night of partying.

A week after new Zealand’s first foray into equity crowd funding, proponents say the signs are good this could provide a much-needed additional funding

Even though equity crowdfunding has only started in New Zealand within the last month or so it has been taking place in countries such as

Snowball Effect and PledgeMe are out of the gate in the New Zealand equity crowdfunding race, with each set to launch as licensed providers

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has given the first service license to peer to peer lender Harmoney.Legislation introduced earlier this year means companies can

Kiwi crowdfunding platform PledgeMe is rallying a new crowd - one with the skills to get behind its fundraising clientele.About 20 have so far

New Zealand rewards crowdfunding platform Pledgeme is branching out in with it's crowdfunding offerings.

The first signs of mum-and-dad investors taking a hit from the failure of equity crowdfunded companies will kill the industry. That's why the 10

Today in crowdfunding news: Cabinet has approved regulations for crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, and a new platform, Fundakiwi.com, is launching with a special competition

For startups that got their start on a rewards-based platform, equity crowdfunding may be the logical – and ethical – next step.

Peter Thomson of Seedrs, an expat Kiwi, talks equity crowdfunding, entrepreneurship and innovation with Idealog

Multitude aims to be a one-stop shop for crowdfunding advice and resources