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Crowdfunding’s with a Kiwi flavour suits our tastes
Crowdfunding’s with a Kiwi flavour suits our tastes - PledgMe
(sticK - 12 July 2012 ) PledgeMe are the first to admit that they’re copying and tweaking an overseas model of crowdfunding, perhaps the best known of whom is Kickstarter.
But the local web platform to create, collaborate and support the funding of creative projects reckons the Kiwi-centricness plays into our sensibilities.
The year old startup, which really got going at the beginning of this year after a redesign, has just had its 60th successful project funded. This is out of more than 100 projects put up for consideration by New Zealanders, and represents (albeit with a relatively small sample size) a 51% success rate.
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