AlphaCrowd

AlphaCrowd is a New Zealand equity crowdfunding platform for digital and technology companies and investors, that was licensed by the Financial Markets Authority in October 2015.^[1] In November 2016, the company raised equity capital from a Chinese angel investor at a valuation of around $2.7 million; of the $800,000 raised a part was conditional on the investor being granted a visa to New Zealand.^[2]

AlphaCrowd

Trading name	AlphaCrowd - equity crowdfunding
Industry	Investment banking
Founded	January 2015, New Zealand
Founder	Bart Janowski
Website	https://www.alphacrowd.co.nz

Board of Directors

• Aaron Hockly
• Matthew Holdich
• Bart Janowski (Founder)
• Lasith Weeraratne

Successful Offers

• The Module Project - $207,000^[3][4]
• LazyAz - $240,769.20^[5][6]

References

1. "Chinese investors to be targeted by NZ's newest crowdfunding platform". The National Business Review. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
2. "AlphaCrowd raises $800,000 from Chinese investor, pending visa approval". The National Business Review. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
3. "Module Project raises almost $200K - has the time come for modular building?". Idealog. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
4. "AlphaCrowd". www.alphacrowd.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
5. Shaw, Aimee (2016-10-21). "Teen turns down Harvard to focus on delivery service start-up". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
6. "AlphaCrowd". www.alphacrowd.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-11-17.