Sharesies sounded out capital raise last year

Sharesies sounded out capital raise last year
Sharesies' co-chief executives Leighton Roberts, Sonya Williams and Brooke Roberts have built New Zealand's most popular retail investment platform. (Image: Sharesies)
Dan Brunskill
Investment platform Sharesies explored the possibility of raising capital with its funding partners last year but chose not to proceed.On Thursday, a financial advice and brokerage firm claimed Sharesies had asked Cameron Partners to raise about $35 million at a $335m valuation.The firm said in a regular newsletter to clients that the capital raise was unsuccessful and suggested the investment platform should consider a trade sale.It's not clear where those figures were sourced from and BusinessDesk has not been able to verify their accurac...

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