Last week, Inc. Magazine released its list of the 5000 fastest-growing, private U.S. companies. Five* Finovate alumni made the list, all in the top 1000. Three made the top 500 and one was in the top 50. 

Rank: 47

Description: Assists businesses in processing payments by providing a merchant account, payment gateway, recurring billing service, and helping with PCI compliance. 

3-year revenue growth: 40x

2010 revenue: $4.6 million

2007 revenue: $100,000

Employees: 27

Employee growth: 25

Founded: 2007

Rank: 309 

Description: Helps business owners find capital by matching them with banks, lenders, or other funding sources.

3-year revenue growth: 11x

2010 revenue: $8.6 million

2007 revenue: $740,000

Employees: 45

Employee growth: 24

Founded: 2005

Rank: 377

Description: Offers secure online banking, payment, and security solutions. 

3-year growth: 10x

2010 revenue: $18.5 million

2007 revenue: $1.8 million

Employees: 118

Employee growth: 73

Founded: 2004

Rank: 597

Description: Consults with community banks and credit unions to offer them innovative products and marketing. 

3-year growth: 6.4x

2010 revenue: $57.1 million

2007 revenue: $8.9 million

Employees: 305

Employee growth: 193

Founded: 2005

Rank: 760

Description: Provides a secure and easy method of populating payments and checkout forms.

3-year growth: 5.2x

2010 revenue: $3.1 million

2007 revenue: $580,000

Employees: 15

Employee growth: 3

Founded: 2006

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*Methodology: 

“Companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2007 through 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded by, and be generating revenue by, March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent–not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies–as of December 31, 2010. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.)

The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. Revenue figures given in the company profiles are for calendar years, as are employee counts. Full-time and part-time employees are included in the employee counts; independent contractors are not.”