Poutama and PledgeMe have recognised that we both have the same goal. We both want to help fund pakihi Māori/Māori business.
PledgeMe have set an impact goal to have 15% of their equity crowdfunding campaigns led by Māori, Pasifika or Torres Strait founders. With the goal of supporting indigenous business, PledgeMe partnered with Māori Women’s Development Inc. in 2018 to create Tā Koha, a way for pakihi Māori to raise funds from their crowd. Through the Tā Koha programme, three pakihi successfully activated their crowd for funding, including Ngahere Communities.
While Māori organisations have crowdfunded successfully on their platform since then, such as and (more recently) IndigiShare, they’ve been exploring ways to make more impact.
Our partnership with PledgeMe means more pakihi Māori will have the opportunity to activate their crowds for funding. Poutama will navigate pakihi in need of funding to know more about crowdfunding as an option. The PledgeMe team are working with Poutama to train Māori Delivery Facilitators, who will be contracted by PledgeMe to work with pakihi coming through the PledgeMe equity crowdfunding programme.
Our partnership means pakihi owners and founders can be supported for both business development and raising investment.
It’s a win-win-win! Read more about our new partnership here.
