Legal support for a public crowdfunding offer

The biggest issue is often not the campaign page itself, but whether the statements made to potential investors line up with the underlying business, the rights being offered and the risks of the raise. Problems can arise if forecasts, use of funds, investor rights or business assumptions are presented too broadly or without enough context. This service helps you review those points, prepare the core offer documents and identify areas that may need clearer disclosure before the offer goes live.

It is usually worth getting when you are planning to raise from a wider group of investors through a crowdfunding platform and need more than a simple document check. Founders often use this service when the raise involves public-facing statements, multiple investor questions, or a need to explain valuation, use of funds and share rights more carefully. It can also help where existing company documents need to be checked against what the offer says, so the fundraising story and legal position are not pulling in different directions.

This service usually includes drafting the key crowdfunding offer documents, reviewing disclosure content, and providing legal comments on founder, investor and closing issues tied to the raise. That can include checking how the offer describes the business, the securities on issue, the intended use of funds and the main risk factors investors should understand. It is broader than a single-document drafting job, but it is not an open-ended advisory retainer. Ongoing representation after the raise is outside the fixed-fee unless separately arranged.

A template may help you see the general structure of an offer, but it will not necessarily match your cap table, investor rights, existing governance documents or the way your campaign actually presents the business. Crowdfunding raises often involve public statements that need to sit consistently with the legal documents behind them. If those pieces do not align, founders can create avoidable issues later with investors or at closing. Legal review is useful where the raise has moving parts, unusual terms or a story that needs careful wording.

No. This page covers the crowdfunding offer work described here, including the main documents, disclosure review and risk comments around the offer. It does not automatically include every corporate approval, platform requirement, post-close implementation step or later investor negotiation that may arise. It also has separately quoted extras. If your raise also needs board approvals, shareholder updates or closing documents beyond the offer stage, we can let you know whether separate support would be sensible.

Submit an enquiry on this page or click 'Get started'. One of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to understand what you need.

Your consultant will then email you a fixed-fee quote setting out the cost, scope and timing. If you're happy with it, you can accept the quote and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you've accepted, one of our Australian-qualified lawyers will work with you to complete your project. They'll contact you by email or phone if they need anything.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Crowdfunding Offer Pack service, pricing starts from $900.00.

After you enquire, a legal consultant will confirm what is included, the expected timing and whether any extra work is needed before you engage us.

We work online, so we can help wherever you are in New Zealand. Our team works remotely, mainly from Australia.

Your work is done by our Australian-qualified lawyers, who hold Australian practising certificates and specialise in business law. None of them are New Zealand lawyers or hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

Sprintlaw NZ Limited is a legal consultancy, not a law firm, and is not regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. We don't act in court or tribunal matters, conveyancing (including leases and business sales) or other reserved areas of work. Communications with Sprintlaw are unlikely to be protected by legal professional privilege. We still keep everything confidential under our engagement letter.