Portland, OR – February 27, 2024 – Inc. Magazine today revealed that SheerID was included in its fifth annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: Pacific list for the second consecutive year, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful private companies within the Pacific region economy generating sustainable growth and jobs.
Founded in 2011, SheerID works with more than 300 B2C brands in retail, telecommunications, media, internet services, software, and travel, and has the ability to digitally verify billions of consumers around the world. Brands like Amazon, Spotify, Target and T-mobile use SheerID to instantly verify eligible consumers for personalized, gated offer programs to tight-knit communities like students, teachers and healthcare workers. Because these programs reward consumers for the communities they strongly identify with, marketers see higher engagement, conversion rates and lifetime value. According to a recent research study by Forrester Consulting, SheerID customers received a 337% return on investment.
Last week, SheerID launched two new capabilities – Marketing Hub and DataConnectors – to make it even easier to acquire and retain customers within these communities. With these latest enhancements, SheerID is the first to provide brands a single solution to acquire identity-based audiences, verify eligibility to an exclusive offer, and instantly stream opt-in customer data throughout their martech stack for personalized communication.
“This award is a testament to our team’s hard work and dedication, for which I’m extremely proud,” stated Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerID. “We have a huge opportunity in front of us as brands look for authentic, privacy-friendly approaches to build relationships with customers. Our solutions enable marketers to tap into the best practices of B2C communication – opted-in, exclusive, and instantly personalized across channels.”
“The honorees in our Inc. 5000 network are the Who’s Who of private companies. They’re energizing regional economies as they engineer the future of their industries. Learn who they are and what they do — they’ll be impacting things for a while,” said Eric Hagerman, Special Projects Editor at Inc. Media.
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Methodology
The 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2020 and 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2020. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2020 is $100,000; the minimum for 2022 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
About Inc. Media
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent.
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About SheerID
SheerID is the global leader in identity verification for commerce. With SheerID, brands identify and acquire customers from highly valued consumer communities — such as the military, students, teachers, and first responders — with personalized offers through loyalty programs, digital wallets, and more, that are gated by instant verification from the largest set of authoritative data worldwide. SheerID verifies more than 2.5 billion people via 200,000 authoritative data sources to increase sales while mitigating fraud, provides global insights from hundreds of the world’s leading brands, and never shares or sells customer data. As a result, the world’s biggest brands — including Amazon, Home Depot, Spotify, and T-Mobile — rely on SheerID as their identity verification partner. Founded in 2011, SheerID is backed by Fortson VC, Brighton Park Capital, Centana Growth Partners, Voyager Capital, and CVC Growth Partners.
SheerID is ISO Certified and is a member of the MACH Alliance, the group of independent technology companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems. In 2023, SheerID ranked among the highest-scoring businesses on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of Best Workplaces. For more information, please visit SheerID or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok.
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