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Private market investments have been steadily growing in popularity among investors, with many investors increasingly including them as part of a well-diversified investment portfolio. If you’re lef…
Starboard Maritime Intelligence is a maritime domain awareness platform designed to tackle illegal fishing and transnational crime, prevent biosecurity outbreaks, and protect at-sea assets.Snowball Ef…
OverviewAs Snowball Effect operates in the Financial Services sector, we take security seriously and are constantly reworking our systems and processes to ensure the safety of our investors and our ow…
Along with Emily Heazlewood’s 9-5 role as Snowball Effect’s Director of Partnerships & Growth, she’s also juggling her passion project, the recently launched dating app Amor App, and running an …
We were thrilled to see our friends at Orchestra announce in April 2024 that they will be joining the team at Sharesies. Sharesies's acquisition of Orchestra is an exciting next step for the platform,…
Raising capital for your business, whatever the economic conditions, requires a high level of organisation, pre-work and focus. But throw into the mix an economic downturn, and the conditions can beco…
As 2022 draws to a close, we’re grateful for our community of investors and the network of high-growth businesses that have enabled us to reach some exciting milestones this year. Our co-founder a…
We’re delighted to share that over NZ$150m of capital has been invested via our platform. This is an exciting milestone to have reached in a year that has seen significant global economic shifts. Ho…
As a company, it can be all too easy to forget about your investors once your capital raise has closed and the money is deposited in your bank account. That is until your business needs to raise funds…
Local investors have an increasing number of options when it comes to ways to grow an investment portfolio. From public share markets to private equity, New Zealand investors have a range of online pl…
As 2021 draws to a close, our team has reflected on the year that was, and have pulled to get some statistics around platform activity for another record-breaking year with $38m raised. We wish you a…
We’re thrilled to announce we have raised over NZ$100m of capital for New Zealand businesses. Since we launched Snowball Effect in 2014, we’ve helped over 50 Kiwi companies successfully raise capi…
Building a portfolio of investments is one way to get ahead financially. But it’s important to understand the different types of investments and what returns and benefits you can expect from each. …
We’re proud to have recently partnered with the world’s leading technology and venture capital investment platform, OurCrowd. The partnership enabled New Zealand wholesale investors with a simp…
Are you considering raising capital for your business? But are you unsure where to start, what your options are and what you need to prepare? Then take a look at our checklist below. Since launchin…
Unsure what a due diligence folder or virtual dataroom is, let alone what to include in one? Since launching Snowball Effect in 2014, we’ve completed more than 130 capital raises and worke…
In support of International Women’s Day we’ve put together a tell-all from some of the great female founders we’ve met that will leave you with goosebumps! We went out of the box and asked qu…
Romer app founder and CEO, Emily Heazlewood admits that her knowledge of capital raising before her successful $250,000 raise was limited. However, fast-forward to today, and Emily now uses her own ex…