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PledgeMe

PledgeMe is a Wellington, New Zealand–based crowdfunding platform which offers project and equity crowdfunding. The company was founded as a rewards-based platform by Anna Guenther in 2011 and later became one of the first platforms to receive its equity crowdfunding license from the Financial Markets Authority in 2014. As of August 2015 over NZ$7.5 million has been raised on the platform from over 900 successful campaigns.

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Article summary

PledgeMe is a Wellington, New Zealand–based crowdfunding platform which offers project and equity crowdfunding. The company was founded as a rewards-based platform by Anna Guenther in 2011 and later became one of the first platforms to receive its equity crowdfunding license from the Financial Markets Authority in 2014. As of August 2015 over NZ$7.5 million has been raised on the platform from over 900 successful campaigns.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245536667

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.