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The Snowball Effect blog

Read our latest articles and news about investing in private companies

How to organise your due diligence folder or dataroom before seeking investment

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…

Four female founders we're following closely…

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…

Emily Heazlewood: Lessons I learned raising capital for my tech startup

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…

A recap of the last six years

It's been 6 years since we launched, becoming New Zealand's first private equity investment marketplace. Co-founder and CEO Simeon Burnett reflects on highlights from this time.

Orchestra – the centralised company and stakeholder hub

We regularly see first-hand the inconvenience that companies go through trying to locate missing or incomplete company/investor data and legal documents. The lack of a unified company and stakeho…

Funding options for companies

Is your business in need of additional funding or working capital for continued growth?There are several different funding options available to companies, including debt and equity solutions. These in…

Why Snowball Effect is launching in Australia

Snowball Effect is a marketplace that simplifies access to a range of alternative investment opportunities, bringing together investors and promising companies seeking funding. Our target market is th…