Hi there, we raised the funds needed using the @wearealive account, and the whole process is documented there, plus we also have a White Paper too.
As to costs, and this is what we paid, it is a bit different for Outposts.
Token creation: 100 BEE
Enable staking: 1000 BEE
Scotbot: 1000 BEE
Nitrous: 1000 BEE
Miner token creation: 100 BEE
Miner token staking: 1000 BEE
Miner token SMT: 1000 BEE
In addition to this hosting of the site requires staking of 1 BEE per stakeholder, and we have 1100 ALIVE stakeholders right now, and we have over 2300 BEE staked on @aliveandsocial.
I hope this answers your questions.
!ALIVE