AlphaCrowd explained

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

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 travel visa to New Zealand.^[2]

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]}

Notes and References

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