The Law Association of New Zealand

Raising Capital from Private Investors or the Crowd in 2025 (On Demand)

This On Demand was recorded on 20 March 2025.

For a company wishing to start up or take off, raising sufficient investment capital can be critical – but also challenging. What does the law proscribe and permit? What investment options are available? What issues should be addressed during the negotiation phase? What course should the investment process follow? What should the paperwork look like? When might nominee companies be used? Those acting for investment-seekers and investors alike will be able to upgrade their advice after attending this livestreamed seminar.

Learning Outcomes

  • Acquire a better understanding of the Financial Markets Conduct Act exemptions under which equity capital can be raised without a regulated disclosure document. 
  • Understand the Financial Markets Authority’s new views on eligible investor certificates. 
  • Gain insights into the ecosystems in New Zealand for raising capital from private investors or the crowd.
  • Receive guidance on typical terms for an investment by sophisticated private investors or the crowd (including different share rights and control influence, where applicable), and develop a better sense of how current market conditions are affecting such terms. 
  • Improve your understanding of the investment process. 
  • Enhance your knowledge of the investment documentation required.
  • Probe into the potential use of nominee companies.


Who Should Watch?

General practitioners as well as intermediate to senior commercial lawyers seeking to further develop their core skills. Accountants, financial advisers and other industry participants would also benefit from attending.


Presenters

Tom McLaughlin, Partner, Dentons

Daniel Wong, Director, Flacks & Wong

Jack McQuire, Partner, Icehouse Ventures  

Simeon Burnett, CEO and Co-founder, Snowball Effect

Chair

Jeremy Muir, Partner, MinterEllisonRuddWatts


Tom McLaughlin

Tom is a Partner in the Banking and Financial Markets team at Dentons New Zealand with over 13 years’ experience working across multiple jurisdictions. He provides pragmatic and commercially focused advice to a broad range of businesses, from founder-led startups to fund managers and banks. 

Tom’s expertise spans both regulatory and transactional matters, including capital-raising transactions, the launch of investment funds and other financial products and services, complex regulatory compliance projects, and advising on corporate structuring and governance. His experience also includes significant projects relating to the restructure of financial markets participants and the products they offer.


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Simeon Burnett

Simeon is passionate about developing the capital and wealth markets in New Zealand. Prior to co-founding Snowball Effect, Simeon held a number of different roles at Fonterra, gaining extensive experience in corporate finance, corporate strategy, and financial portfolio management. In 2019 he also co-founded ESOP and share registry management software company Orchestra which was acquired by Sharesies in 2024. Simeon is passionate about building businesses and loves getting away to a remote beach with his family. 

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Jack McQuire

Jack is a Partner at Icehouse Ventures. He joined as employee #2 in 2013 when they operated an angel network and had recently raised their first $500k fund. Today Icehouse Ventures is a team of 26 investing >$100m per annum in exceptional Kiwi companies. Jack’s current portfolio board roles include Crimson Education, Caruso, Aera, Joyous, Ask Nicely and Parrot Analytics.

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Daniel Wong

Daniel advises on corporate and capital markets transactions, with particular expertise in mid-market M&A, venture capital, Takeovers Code transactions, and complex shareholder arrangements. Daniel is a member of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal, a Notary Public and individually ranked in the global legal directories Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers in New Zealand and Lexology Index.

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Jeremy Muir

Jeremy is a partner in the Financial Services team at MinterEllisonRuddWatts. He co-leads the firm’s Banking & Financial Services division and is passionate about disruptive innovation in financial services through technology (FinTech). Jeremy is the current Chair of Blockchain NZ and also closely involved with the Financial Markets Authority’s Fintech Sandbox.

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Details

CPD Hours: 2.00hr

Pricing Details

Ticket Price

Member: $195 plus GST
Non-member: $275 plus GST






This On Demand includes the video and materials, and will earn CPD. 

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