Share registries and member relations
scaling up?
WHEN Your Co-op Needs a Smarter Member Management Solution
Many cooperatives start out by managing their member registry on Excel or Google Sheets, and while this will work for a small number of members, with limited data, problems often arise over time.
A co-op may find the amount of time taken to report and communicate with members becomes unwieldy, information falls out of date or manual errors are made in paying rebates.
At that point, it may benefit from a software solution that will offer more sophistication, automation and digitisation, and finally data security.
A co-op scaling up will look for opportunities to preserve resources, automate processes, customise workflows and present professionally to members and auditors.
Cooperative Business NZ can refer you to Syndex, our registry services Corporate Associate Member with experience working with co-operatives and mutuals across Australasia.
Contact us for a referral or request a demo directly with Syndex.
CASE STUDIES
New Zealand Plumbers Merchants (NZPM)
Ensuring best practice communication is delivered to member customers.
NZPM chose Syndex for efficient member management in keeping with the co-operative principles.
Dairy Farmers Milk Cooperative
Implementation of a modernised system they had long craved.
DFMC enjoy less stress and more control in a share registry environment built for co-operatives.
Yenda Producers’ Co-operative Society
Peace of mind from efficiencies and automation.
Yenda worked with Syndex to professionalise their member management and rebate systems.
a history of collaboration
BCCM’s partnership with Syndex
Our sister organisation, the BCCM, began collaborating with Syndex in 2021, launching a pilot project that quickly demonstrated its value to Australian agricultural co-operatives. The pilot focused on the unique needs of co-operatives, such as managing patronage rebates, membership requirements, and member communications. Based on its success, the partnership has expanded to bring tailored digital registry solutions to the wider co-operative sector.
Founded in New Zealand in 2014, Syndex aims to make private markets more efficient and accessible, providing businesses with automated tools to manage complex administration, communications, and registry functions. Since 2016, Syndex has supported New Zealand co-operatives with a platform designed specifically for the sector.
For investors, Syndex enhances access to alternative investments by improving transparency, liquidity, and price discovery.
For users, it empowers cooperatives to manage member relations and operations in-house, streamlining tasks like compliance, capital raising, and share issuance—without the need for third-party intermediaries.
Key Features
Member relations
- automated communications
- rebate payments
- new member applications
- administrative support.
Administration and operations
- member registry
- CRM
- compliance tools
- capital raising portal
- governance support.