Women & Minority-Led Impact Campaigns, Peacebuilding at Home, Climate Action Choices, Building the Impact Crowdfunding Ecosystem, and Fashion-Led Community Empowerment!
This week’s year-in-review explores inclusive crowdfunding, local peacebuilding, climate action, ecosystem growth, and fashion-driven community empowerment.
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Year in Review: Women & Minority-Led Reg CF Campaigns in 2025
Why 2025 Was a Breakout Year for Diverse Founders in Reg CF
Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) has quietly become one of the most important capital pathways for underrepresented founders in the U.S.:
Inclusive by design: Low minimums allow everyday investors to participate, increasing access for founders who lack traditional VC networks.
Lower check sizes, broader reach: Founders can raise meaningful capital ($250k–$5M) without giving up board seats or control.
Stronger alignment with diverse customer bases: Women and minority founders often build for communities that are themselves under‑served; Reg CF lets those communities become early investors.
By 2025, a few major forces converged:
Post‑$5M cap expansion maturing. The 2021 increase of the Reg CF cap to $5M had several years to play out. By 2025, repeat founders and professional angels increasingly used Reg CF as part of their funding stack.
FINRA portal ecosystem consolidation. A handful of platforms emerged as dominant, with better tooling for compliance, marketing, and analytics.
Intentional DEI programs. Some portals and accelerators launched women- and minority‑focused cohorts, “launch weeks,” and fee discounts.
Retail investor familiarity. More mainstream coverage of equity crowdfunding in 2023–2024 made 2025 the first year where many non‑crypto retail investors saw it as “normal.”
The result: 2025 was the strongest year yet for women and minority-led Reg CF campaigns in terms of volume, dollar amounts, and investor participation.
Peacebuilding Begins at Home: Why Solving Local Discord Can Inspire Global Change
tl;dr:
Charles Hauss explains why peacebuilding must start at home to inspire broader societal change.
The Alliance for Peacebuilding shifted focus to U.S. communities after Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
Chip emphasizes finding shared values, even with those we strongly disagree with.
He shares a practical example of applying peacebuilding to resolve local condo tensions.
Chip’s new book and movement aim to empower individuals to build peace in daily life.
Climate Change Is the Defining Challenge of Our Time—and We Can Still Choose the Outcome
Climate change is not a distant threat or an abstract concern for future generations. It is the defining challenge of our time—shaping health, food systems, energy, housing, migration, and economic stability right now. The question before us is no longer whether change is coming, but whether we will move quickly enough to shape it for good.
That’s why we’re building SuperGreen Live.
SuperGreen Live is designed to do something very specific—and very urgent: catalyze real climate solutions by bringing together founders, investors, technologists, artists, policymakers, and everyday people who care deeply about the future we are leaving behind. Not to talk about the problem endlessly, but to spotlight solutions, accelerate capital, and inspire action at scale.
We believe solutions already exist. What’s missing is speed, visibility, and coordination.
SuperGreen Live exists to close that gap.
This work is being led in partnership with Green2Gold, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing climate solutions, and The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation focused on mobilizing capital for impact. Donations made to Green2Gold to support SuperGreen Live will be shared substantially with The Super Crowd, Inc. to fund the production, outreach, and infrastructure required to make this event successful.
These donations are tax-deductible, subject to standard rules.
2025 Impact Report: Building the Impact Crowdfunding Ecosystem
Impact matters to me because capital changes lives—and because “good intentions” aren’t the same thing as results. This report is my attempt to document and estimate the real-world impact of our work in 2025.
I’m calling this a Foundational Edition for a simple reason: while we have strong visibility into what we published and what we produced, we have not yet built the measurement systems needed to reliably track what happened because we produced it. Still, it’s important to start. Transparency beats perfection.
One more theme threads through everything below: we are deliberately expanding the community—investors, founders, intermediaries, ecosystem builders, advisors, judges, sponsors, and advocates—because a bigger, more connected ecosystem is itself a form of impact.
Note that companies raising capital do not pay to appear on the Superpowers for Good show, do not pay to apply to pitch and don’t pay to pitch if selected. Issuers do not pay to be listed in our Monday posts. Issuers cannot pay to be selected as Devin’s Impact Pick of the Week. While we have affordable advertising packages available, most issuer exposure is provided for free, supported by our sponsors.
How We Measure Impact in This Report
Why measurement matters
I believe in measuring real impact. At the same time, I haven’t yet implemented the mechanisms needed to directly attribute investments, revenue, or downstream outcomes to our content and events. This report is the bridge between “we think we help” and “we can prove it.”
How Fashion and Community Empowerment Intersect at GGirls Closet
tl;dr:
GGirls Closet LLC combines sustainability and community impact by repurposing clothing to reduce landfill waste.
CEO Patricia Gillmore partners with schools and nonprofits, helping them generate revenue through consignment programs.
Patricia’s recent crowdfunding campaign raised funds to expand operations and increase community impact.
She shared how her superpower of “real connection” drives her success through collaboration and relationship-building.
Patricia plans to franchise GGirls Closet to bring her mission of empowerment and sustainability to more communities.
Discover This Week's Impact Crowdfunding Success Stories 🎉
Every Sunday, we bring you a roundup of the most successful impact crowdfunding campaigns that have achieved their funding goals. Join us to celebrate the impact and innovation that these ventures have brought to life. Don’t forget to check tomorrow's email for more exciting updates!
Support Our Sponsors
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Max-Impact Members
(We’re grateful for every one of these community champions who make this work possible.)
Brian Christie, Brainsy | Cameron Neil, Lend For Good | Carol Fineagan, Independent Consultant | Hiten Sonpal, RISE Robotics | John Berlet, CORE Tax Deeds, LLC. | Justin Starbird, The Aebli Group | Lory Moore, Lory Moore Law | Mark Grimes, Networked Enterprise Development | Matthew Mead, Hempitecture | Michael Pratt, Qnetic | Mike Green, Envirosult | Dr. Nicole Paulk, Siren Biotechnology | Paul Lovejoy, Stakeholder Enterprise | Pearl Wright, Global Changemaker | Scott Thorpe, Philanthropist | Sharon Samjitsingh, Health Care Originals
Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar
If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.
SuperGreen Live, January 22–24, 2026, livestreaming globally. Organized by Green2Gold and The Super Crowd, Inc., this three-day event will spotlight the intersection of impact crowdfunding, sustainable innovation, and climate solutions. Featuring expert-led panels, interactive workshops, and live pitch sessions, SuperGreen Live brings together entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and activists to explore how capital and climate action can work hand in hand. With global livestreaming, VIP networking opportunities, and exclusive content, this event will empower participants to turn bold ideas into real impact. Don’t miss your chance to join tens of thousands of changemakers at the largest virtual sustainability event of the year. Learn more about sponsoring the event here. Interested in speaking? Apply here. Support our work with a tax-deductible donation here.
Demo Day at SuperGreen Live. Apply now to present at the SuperGreen Live Demo Day session on January 22! The application window is closing soon; apply today at 4sc.fun/sgdemo. The Demo Day session is open to innovators in the field of climate solutions and sustainability who are NOT currently raising under Regulation Crowdfunding.
Live Pitch at SuperGreen Live. Apply now to pitch at the SuperGreen Live—Live Pitch on January 23! The application window closes January 5th; apply today at s4g.biz/sgapply. The Live Pitch is open to innovators in the field of climate solutions and sustainability who ARE currently raising under Regulation Crowdfunding.
SuperCrowd Impact Member Networking Session: Impact (and, of course, Max-Impact) Members of the SuperCrowd are invited to a private networking session on January 27th at 1:30 PM ET/10:30 AM PT. Mark your calendar. We’ll send private emails to Impact Members with registration details.
Community Event Calendar
Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET - Click on Events.
Join UGLY TALK: Women Tech Founders in San Francisco on January 29, 2026, an energizing in-person gathering of 100 women founders focused on funding strategies and discovering SuperCrowd as a powerful alternative for raising capital.
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