Open for applications – Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Online campaign seeking start-ups for €5,000 donation

NEWCASTLEWEST, CO. LIMERICK – OCT 30, 2009: Outvesting.org, the online campaign which has raised a €5,000 fund through donations on Twitter is now seeking applications from Irish entrepreneurs. The entire fund will be gifted, no strings attached, to one lucky start-up after a review and voting process.

“We simply asked people to pledge €50 each in the hope that one hundred others would do likewise.  Those pledges came rolling in and in the space of four weeks were converted to donations amounting to the target €5,000″, said John Keyes, one of those behind the project.

Applications can be submitted to the Outvesting.org website until November 21st and the winner will be announced on December 7th. Those who donated to the fund will review applications and vote on the start-up with best potential.

“There’s obviously a groundswell of opinion that entrepreneurs should do more to help ourselves at this time of banking and economic crises. We just tapped into the generosity and goodwill that exists within the start-up community in Ireland”, said James Corbett, the other half of the Outvesting team.

About Outvesting:

Outvesting.org was founded in September 2009 by James Corbett and John Keyes as an online campaign to raise funding for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. The idea was generated as one response to the general dissatisfaction amongst entrepreneurs with the lack of appropriate angel funding and state supports in Ireland.

Contact:

James Corbett, co-founder
Outvesting.org
Newcastlewest
Co. Limerick

Phone: 087-3207756

Web: http://www.outvesting.org

You’ve done it – €5,000 raised for an Irish startup

Congratulations to all our fund donors – together you’ve raised €5,000 for an Irish startup.  Actually you’ve overshot the target a little and we’ll hold that amount in reserve for the next fund-drive (or donate to charity in the case of that not happening).

The next stage is the call for applications where we’ll post an online form for entrepreneurs interested in being considered. More details about that in a few days so keep your eyes peeled and please spread the word to any startup people you might know. After all there’s €5,000 up for grabs!

Still open for donations

The support outvesting has received thus far, has been amazing. Thanks to all of your donations, the fund is currently at €4750. Only €250 €150 more is required to hit our target.

We have more than that sum in outstanding pledges, but we feel it’s better to seek new donations, rather than continually chasing those pledges.

So if you would like to help an Irish startup, please click the button below and donate €50.

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