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New national ranking aims to help high-growth, mission-driven businesses attract capital by signaling credibility, traction, and trust
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, today announced the launch of PurposeBuilt100™, a new national recognition program designed to identify and rank the 100 fastest-growing purpose-driven companies in America.
Applications are now open at https://PurposeBuilt100.com.
The initiative is built around a simple but powerful premise: capital flows more readily to companies that demonstrate both purpose and performance. By highlighting companies with verified revenue growth over a five-year period, PurposeBuilt100™ aims to provide founders with a meaningful, third-party signal of credibility that can strengthen conversations with investors, customers, strategic partners, and future employees.
“Founders don’t just need attention—they need credibility,” said Devin Thorpe, CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc. “PurposeBuilt100™ is designed to help the market clearly see companies that are building with purpose and proving it with growth. That combination can accelerate trust—and ultimately, capital.”
The launch represents the organization’s most ambitious initiative to date, focused on accelerating capital formation for purpose-driven businesses.
Over the past several years, The Super Crowd, Inc. has built an ecosystem designed to support impact entrepreneurs and investors. Through media, live events, and community-building efforts—including dozens of featured companies, live pitch events, and educational programming—the organization has helped catalyze investment and expand visibility for mission-driven ventures.
PurposeBuilt100™ builds on that foundation by introducing a new layer of structured, performance-based recognition. Companies are evaluated based on revenue growth from 2021 to 2025, with a minimum threshold of $100,000 in base-year revenue. The goal is to ensure that recognition reflects real traction, not just narrative.
For founders, that distinction matters.
In recent years, the growth of impact investing and Regulation Crowdfunding has demonstrated that purpose-driven companies can compete successfully for capital. However, investors consistently look for clear signals of execution, discipline, and momentum. Recognition programs that combine mission with measurable growth can help bridge that gap.
“Investors are constantly looking for ways to distinguish between compelling stories and durable businesses,” said Annarie Lyles, Managing Director of Bio-Gist Ventures and Board Chair of Investors Circle. “When you see a company that is both purpose-driven and demonstrating sustained growth, that’s a powerful combination. A program like PurposeBuilt100™ has the potential to make those companies more visible and more investable.”
Lyles brings decades of experience as an investor, biologist, and board leader, with a track record of supporting early-stage ventures focused on health, environmental sustainability, and resilient living systems. Her perspective reflects a growing consensus among impact investors: purpose is not a tradeoff—it can be an advantage when paired with strong execution.
That perspective is echoed by leading voices in the broader impact investing ecosystem.
“Local investing and impact investing are both about reconnecting capital to real businesses that serve real communities,” said Michael Shuman, a leading authority on community-based investing and economic development. “What’s been missing are the consistent, credible ways these businesses can scale. By focusing on verified growth, PurposeBuilt100™ can help direct attention—and capital—toward companies that are not only mission-driven, but economically meaningful.”
The program will culminate in the PurposeBuilt100™ Showcase, a featured component of SuperCrowd26, a three-day, broadcast-quality virtual event scheduled for August 25–27, 2026. The event will be distributed via the e360tv Network, reaching audiences on connected television platforms including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and major smart TV systems.
That distribution is a key part of the initiative’s design.
“Visibility matters,” said Julie Ann Meyer, Co-CEO of the e360tv Network. “What excites me about PurposeBuilt100™ is that it combines credible selection with meaningful reach. These aren’t just names on a list—they’re companies whose stories will be shared with a broad, engaged audience. That kind of visibility can open doors.”
By pairing disciplined selection criteria with national exposure, PurposeBuilt100™ aims to create recognition that travels—appearing in investor decks, on company websites, in hiring conversations, and in media coverage.
Importantly, the program is designed to reduce friction for applicants. The initial application is brief, with additional information requested only from companies that advance in the review process. Financial data is used solely to verify eligibility and ranking, and individual revenue figures are not published.
Applications are open now to U.S.-based, for-profit companies that meet the program’s criteria. There is no fee to apply. Visit https://PurposeBuilt100.com.
Organizers emphasize that the inaugural class will play a defining role in shaping the program’s future.
“We’re at the beginning,” Thorpe said. “The companies that step forward now will help set the standard. Our goal is to build something that, over time, becomes a trusted signal—one more way that great, purpose-driven companies get seen, get trusted, and get funded.”
For more information or to apply, visit https://PurposeBuilt100.com.
About PurposeBuilt100™
PurposeBuilt100™ ranks the 100 fastest-growing purpose-driven companies in America, selected through a disciplined, verification-based review of five-year revenue growth. The program is designed to highlight companies that combine meaningful mission with measurable performance, helping them gain visibility, credibility, and access to capital.
About The Super Crowd, Inc.
The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, operates a media and events platform focused on impact investing and regulated investment crowdfunding. Through its programming, including Superpowers for Good and SuperCrowd events, the organization works to educate investors, support entrepreneurs, and accelerate capital formation for purpose-driven businesses. The company is headquartered in the vibrant, diverse hub of Stockton, CA, with distribution of its content via the e360tv Network, operating from Los Angeles and Phoenix.
