Media for equity is an alternative investment model which has the main goal of diversifying the revenues stream of a company in a more rational way. Media companies act generally in two different ways: they can either give an unsold advertising space in their publications (making leverage on the very low costs) or a real advertising space equal to a pure cash campaign (making leverage on the quality of the inventory). The idea is to help the start-up companies increase their metrics in a very short period of time; this way, instead of spending money on online marketing, they can use their financial resources to improve other aspects of their businesses. The companies receive advertising space instead of cash for their stock.