# Crowd-Funded Startups Outvesting Helps Irish Companies Using a Grassroots Approach By Katherinev123 | Published 2009-10-28 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/Irish-startup References: [springwise](http://springwise.com/non-profit_social_cause/outvesting/) & [outvesting.org](http://www.outvesting.org/) [Raising capital for a new business](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indiegogo) is difficult in these economic times. Outvesting is a company aimed at helping businesses in Ireland get off the ground, since Ireland has had a particularly difficult time during the global recession. Using a grassroots approach via [Twitter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/socialsignal-ai), Outvesting hopes to give about $7,400 with “no strings attached” to any Irish startup, says Springwise. To do this, Outvesting is using Twitter to invite interested participants to contribute about $74. Startups can apply for the money while donors get a chance to vote on which ones get the cash. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.4/10 - Popularity: 4% | Activity: 60% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Crowd-funding Startups:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing a platform that combines crowd-funding with social media to connect investors with startup companies. - **Grassroots Capital Raising:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating a digital platform that enables individuals to contribute small amounts of capital to support local businesses and startups. - **Social Media-enabled Funding:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Building a social media platform that facilitates the exchange of funding between investors and entrepreneurs, while allowing donor participation in the decision-making process. ### Who This Affects Most - **Finance:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing digital platforms that revolutionize the way capital is acquired and allocated for startups and small businesses. - **Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating advanced digital tools and applications that streamline the crowd-funding process and enhance donor engagement and voting mechanisms. - **Social Media:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Designing innovative social media platforms specifically tailored for crowd-funding and supporting grassroots initiatives in the business sector. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Startup Funding Directories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/credit-for-startups.md) - [Supportive Entrepreneur Communities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/successful-startups.md) - [Startup Deal Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/micro-deals.md) - [Safety-Focused Crowdfunding Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/running-mate.md) - [Business Property-Supporting Startups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/withco-startup.md) - [CPG-Startup Supporting Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-pop-up-grocer-fund.md) - [Fundraising Management Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pitchwise.md) - [Equity-Free Funding Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pilea.md) - [Crowdfunding Feedback Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/feedfund.md)