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poundWISHES Goes Public with Mini-OPO to Fuel Growth and Save More Animals


SEAL BEACH, Calif., March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- poundWISHES announces it will "go public" in a mini-OPO (Online Public Offering) via StartEngine, enabling animal lovers to purchase equity in the company, helping to better the lives of animals around the world.

Since its inception, poundWISHES has opened its doors to help all animal welfare organizations, providing funds to aid in recovery, adoption, and long-term health. To that end, poundWISHES has aggregated 1,000+ rescues and shelters, raising over $2M and helping over 3,000 animals.

In the last few months, poundWISHES has been hard at work launching its new feature -- Wishlist Registries: product registries for adoptable and recovering animals. "It works very simply. It's like a baby registry, but for animals," says COO Natalise Kalea. In this model, any rescue animal can have a registry, requesting products like a cozy bed, healthy food, medicine, treats, etc. and animal lovers from around the world can opt to support this animal with a purchase. "For the purchaser, it means being able to give in a modern and transparent way."

Lucky for animals, this new feature has been met with great reception. "We have seen incredible growth -- 60% every week since inception. We want to be able to continue to grow this side of poundWISHES and make an even bigger impact in the long-term." But in order to scale the company, poundWISHES is looking for additional capital.

CEO John J. Hussey believes that animal lovers are the right investors. "We believe that the most passionate animal lovers should be owners in our company because we are all mission-aligned. The more successful we are at what we do and the more revenue poundWISHES garners, the more animals we can save. There aren't a lot of companies that can say that," says Hussey.

Starting today (via StartEngine), any animal lover can own a piece of poundWISHES by purchasing a minimum of 250 shares at $2/share ($500). Purchasing stock at higher levels awards an equivalent jump in equity, but also garners you perks like adorable swag and hanging out with puppies at their next event.

To own a piece of poundWISHES and help save more animals, go to www.StartEngine.com/poundWISHES.

Questions about investing? Contact [email protected]

poundWISHES is a California-based company with a mission to help improve the lives of animals everywhere by directly supporting thousands of local rescues, shelters, and animal-welfare non-profits worldwide. The poundWISHES platform enables animal-welfare organizations to create product registry wishlists and fundraising campaigns, so that donors can give back transparently ? whether by supporting monetarily or purchasing products. Its donor base is over 140,000 strong and is 100% dedicated to and passionate about animal welfare nonprofits. poundWISHES believes it is its obligation to support those who do not have a voice.

The organization is led by CEO John Hussey, an active 16-year NFL referee, and COO Natalise Kalea, entrepreneur and graduate from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

PR CONTACT: Alexis Lopez, [email protected], 562-430-8191

Related Links

https://www.startengine.com/poundwishes
https://poundwishes.com/join 
https://poundwishes.com/wishlists

SOURCE poundWISHES



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