7 Financial Service Company Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start A Financial Service Company

Here are some real life success stories of starting a financial service company:

1. Digits ($20.4M/year)

How much they make: $20.4M/year
Current team size: 59

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Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next

Digits is the fintech company that aims to revolutionize small business finance management with an AI-generated dashboard that offers interactive financial reports, quick answers, error detection, and practical suggestions.

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Wayne started Digits over 6 years ago
Revenue
Wayne grew the business to $1.7M/month
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2. LendingPoint ($37.7M/year)

How much they make: $37.7M/year
Current team size: 258

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LendingPoint hits $600m ARR, Will Profit $120m on AI platform for consumer loans

Fintech platform LendingPoint incorporates AI technology to offer financing origination solutions, with $900m in new loans and a $100m credit facility managed by Ares Management, while in May 2022 it announced a new partnership with Midland States Bank.

About
Tom started LendingPoint over 10 years ago
Revenue
Tom grew the business to $3.14M/month
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Learn more about starting a financial service company:

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-> How much does it cost to start a financial service company?
-> Pros and cons of a financial service company

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-> Examples of established financial service company
-> Marketing ideas for a financial service company

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3. Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory ($4.44M/year)

Robert Gauvreau, founder and CEO of Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory, started his business in 2008 with just three employees and $220,000 in revenue. Over the years, through innovation and a focus on proactive financial services, the company has grown exponentially, now generating over $10 million in revenue and employing 90 to 100 people. Gauvreau's goal is to continue scaling the business and reach $200 million in revenue within the next ten years.

How much they make: $4.44M/year
Current team size: 80

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Our Accounting Tax Law Advisory Firm Will Surpass $10M Revenue in 2023

Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory has gone from $220k in revenue in its first year to over $10 million with 90-100 employees, offering compliance solutions, strategic financial advisory services, leadership coaching, and specialized tax, wealth management, and business financing services; their primary goal is to positively empower business owners to maximize their impact in changing the world, and they plan to go from $10 to $200 million revenue in the next ten years.

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Robert started Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory over 16 years ago
Revenue
Robert grew the business to $370K/month
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4. ProfitWell ($22M/year)

How much they make: $22M/year
Current team size: 85

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Patrick Campbell Founder of ProfitWell Shares Why He Chose Scale over Lifestyle

Find out how ProfitWell, the SaaS platform specializing in marketing analytics, saas metrics and positioning, achieved over $22M in annual revenue and was recently acquired by Paddle for $200M in cash and equity, with over 30,000 companies using its products, including Canva and Autodesk.

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Patrick started ProfitWell over 12 years ago
Revenue
Patrick grew the business to $1.83M/month
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5. Klooks ($720K/year)

Alexandre Abu-Jamra, the founder of K-Looks, came up with the idea for his business when he was working as an M&A advisor and struggled to find financial data for private companies. He realized that this was a common problem in the finance industry and saw an opportunity to solve it by organizing and standardizing unstructured financial data from messy pdf files. After overcoming technical challenges and securing a client with Capital IQ, the largest private financial data aggregator, K-Looks has experienced triple-digit annual growth and generated $600k in revenue in 2022.

How much they make: $720K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50K
Current team size: 35

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Our Business Makes $60K/Month Turning Corporate Financial Statements Into Standardized Data

K-Looks is a Brazilian data firm serving some of the main financial institutions in Brazil with revenues in 2022 of $600k and triple-digit annual growth for the past three years, specializing in organizing unstructured financial data from messy pdf files, offering fully customized data solutions with a combination of engines that extracts and categorizes data automatically with human quality assurance in addition to financial data structuring process and financial spreading services, with a focus on good content, personalized service, and client retention.

About
Alexandre started Klooks about 12 years ago
Revenue
Alexandre grew the business to $60K/month
Costs
It cost Alexandre $50000 to start the business
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