The crowdinvesting was a complete success: more than 4,000 new owners and an incredible 5 million Swiss francs in just a few weeks. Today we look back and give you together with NIKIN co-founder Nicholas Hänny a little insight into how the crowdfunding went behind the scenes.
Hey Nicholas, Hand on Heart: What were your expectations of crowdinvesting before the launch?
Nicholas: "We wanted to take one to two million and wereen and we were pretty confident that we could do it. But the fact that we will reach the maximum target before the end of the campaign before the end of the campaign, I would not have thought."
Looking back, how did you experience crowdinvesting?
Nicholas: "Before the start I was quite nervous. I knew, that with over 200,000 customers in Switzerland, we had a good chance of a successful campaign.. The launch of the Pre-funding phase was very successful and from then on I knew that one to two million was possible. Shortly before the start of the public campaign on December 9, 2022, the investments went down again quite a bit, and I became again restless."
Image: Nicholas, Robin and Jeffrey (left to right).
What was the biggest learning for NIKIN?
Nicholas: "We can rely on our community and we have an enormous number of customers who believe in NIKIN and want to support us. In addition, I also believe that us the strengthens us enormously as a brand. We bind a part of the best customers and customers closer to NIKIN, let them share in the success. This welds together!"
Did anything else surprise you?
Nicholas: "Yes, we have created different reward packages where, for example, you get a goodie bag from NIKIN when you reach certain amounts. From 50,000 CHF we have decided that Robin and I, as founders, will privately come by and plant a tree in the garden. We have this planned this, because we thought it was a fun idea, but didn't think anyone would invest at that level. In the end there were three people who invested at least 50,000 CHF. invested, and now we are really going to go to three different gardens go by and plant a tree."
Image: Deeds instead of words.
Why did NIKIN choose the platform conda decided?
Nicholas: "We wanted a platform that works well and is not too complicated. There are other great platforms out there, but where you can, for example, create a Krypo-Wallet and we didn't want this."
The crowdinvesting phase has been completed - will there be further opportunities?
Nicholas: "Another crowdfunding round is stand Today not planned. However, it may well be that we will once again do a financing round with our community in the future. The great experiences now have certainly motivated us."
Image: "tree by tree".
Five million is a lot of money - what happens to it now?
Nicholas: "The five million will be used primarily to, to finance our growth plans and important projects. The areas in which the money will flow include: Retail, B2B, Product Development, Purchasing and Sustainability.. In addition, the money will help us to more long-term pand to make larger investments.. In the past, as a self-financed company, this was not always easy."
What can investors expect?
Nicholas: "All those who participated, expectn special TreeSocks - only for co-owners. In addition, some will receive goodie bags and the first 1,000 investors will be invited to a Forest-party. This has to be organized now. Starting in the second quarter, investors will receive quarterly updates on the most important developments at NIKIN. We also plan to send out occasional surveys where people can give their opinion and thus influence the future of NIKIN. future. We are very much looking forward to the coming years with the more than 4,000 new co-owners!"
