Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Financial Services companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Financial Services industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top North Carolina Financial Services Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
First Citizens Bank
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First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
Bank of America
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Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services.
Finmark
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Finmark is financial planning software for startups; making it simple for companies to manage their runway, hiring, and cash.
Foro
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SaaS based technology platform that optimizes the way businesses find, evaluate, and select commercial debt finance opportunities.
CAPTRUST
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CAPTRUST Financial Advisors offers wealth management and retirement plan consulting services to individuals.
AccessOne
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A financial engagement platform that helps patients manage their out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
upSWOT
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upSWOT is an “embedded Mint for businesses” packed in 3 lines of code and powered by 167 API-enabled apps
Apiture
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Apiture combined their APIs into frustration-shattering digital banking solutions to address the hurdles today’s banks & credit unions face.
DebtBook
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DebtBook provides software and services to government and non-profit finance professionals.
Viably
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Extend your ecommerce cash flow with capital and banking solutions built specifically for online sellers.
Constellation Digital Partners
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Constellation Digital Partners is a Digital Financial Services Platform.
Payzer
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Payzer is the All-in-One Financial Tool that helps contractors grow their business.
Truist
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Truist is the sixth-largest commercial bank in the U.S.
Zogo Finance
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Zogo Finance is a white-label mobile banking application for financial institutions and for parents and teens.
Synchrono Group
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Synchrono Group is a state-of-the-art, digital underwriting and professional services.
Tradier
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Tradier offers developers, trading platform providers and investors an innovative trading platform and a rich set of real-time APIs.
Freeman Capital
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Closing wealth gaps through scalable, precise and human centric financial planning
The Climate Service
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The Climate Service is a provider of climate risk modeling and analytics governments, investors, and businesses.
Honeyfi
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Honeyfi is an app that helps couples handle their everyday finances and save for their biggest life goals together.
Clear Markets
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Clear Markets is an innovator, developer, and operator of electronic marketplaces and trading technologies.
XUP Payments
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XUP Payments is a vertically focused payment platform that develops digital payments software for financial institutions.
Amicus.io
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Fintech company with a philanthropic financial services platform for the financial sector, making philanthropy as easy as digital banking.
Quartix
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Cloud-based Solutions for Supply Chain Management
LoanWell
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LoanWell is a B2B fintech platform modernizing community lending to enable equitable access to affordable capital for all.
First Carolina Bank
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First Carolina Bank is a community bank that provides commercial banking services.
AIO – Powering Financial Decision-Making
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AIO is a software platform that collects and submits data and documents for its client’s financial identity.
Uwharrie Bank
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Uwharrie Bank is to protect the assets of customers to help people and businesses secure financing and to support their shareholders.
Ruwack Trust
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Ruwack Trust is an investment management company that specializes in the fields of lending and banking.
North State Bank
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North State Bank specializes in the fields of healthcare banking solutions, relationship banking, and professional banking solutions.
M&F Bank
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M&F Bank is an independent bank committed to meeting the financial service needs of the communities they serve.
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital
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Grandbridge Real Estate Capital specialize in commercial and multifamily real estate capital markets financing
Bank Of Botetourt
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Bank Of Botetourt provides banking products and services.
AICPA
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AICPA is a member association for accounting professions that develops and grades CPA exams and offers credentials.
Canapi Ventures
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Canapi Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to growth-stage fintech companies that deploy solutions on modern platforms.
ClearSpend
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Tomorrow’s expense management platform. Designed and built specifically for small businesses and their accountants.
Paymentus
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Paymentus is a provider of cloud-based bill payment technology solutions and services for some of the largest installations.
Optcapital
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Optcapital is a financial services company that specializes in deferred and incentive compensation.
IDEA Fund Partners
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IDEA Fund Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on technology and business model innovations.
Agingo
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Agingo is managing data like money using its advanced Not-Only-One-Blockchain platform.
MEDICI
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MEDICI is the global destination for the FinTech industry for the benefit of enterprises, startups, and investors.
Aquesta Bank & Insurance
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Aquesta Bank & Insurance is a full serivce bank based in North Carolina.
Union Bank
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Union Banc Corp is a state-chartered financial institution with full-service branch locations in central North Carolina.
BrightDime
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BrightDime offers everything your company needs to succeed with financial wellness today.
Lumos Technologies
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Lumos Technologies provides customized data insights, analytics and visualizations services for financial institution.
LendingTree
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LendingTree is an online lending exchange that connects consumers with multiple lenders who compete for their business.
FaaStrak
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Finally Making Equipment Leasing & Financing Easy!
Barings
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Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
WalletFi
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WalletFi is the Subscription Management solution for Financial Institutions and Fintechs
Bank of the Carolinas
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Bank of the Carolinas is a financial services company focused on understanding, innovation, and partnership.
Bundle
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Bundle is an online marketplace that matches homebuyers with mortgage loan officers anonymously to eliminate spam calls.
KS Bank
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KS Bank is a community bank that focuses on offering financial products and services to local families and businesses.
Morgan Creek Digital
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Morgan Creek Digital is a hedge fund backed by Morgan Creek Capital.
Carofin
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Carofin provides corporate finance as well as business consulting services to for-profit companies.
Mountain BizWorks
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Mountain BizWorks, a U.S. Treasury certified non-profit community development financial institution.
Alliance Bank & Trust
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Alliance Bank & Trust is a financial services provider that operates as a community bank.
Kilo Capital
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Kilo Capital is provides a wide-range of flexible financing and trading options to help you manage your precious metals business.
Carson Capital
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Carson Capital is an investment firm that is looking to build something special and help steward a business’ growth into the future.
Eton Advisors
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Eton Advisors is a independent registered investment advisory firm.
InvestiQuant
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InvestiQuant Formerly Master The Gap, Inc. through its Web portal provides Services
Sheffield Financial
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Sheffield Financial, LLC provides consumer and commercial retail loans.
Oakwood Lending
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Oakwood Lending operates as a residential property lender.
BovaMetrics
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AI Portfolio Monitoring + Performance Based Rebalancing for Wealth Advisors
Carolina Premier Bank
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Carolina Premier Bank is a community bank in South Charlotte
Resident Research
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Resident Research LLC, a credit reporting agency, provides resident screening services to the property management industry in the USA.
Plexus Capital
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Plexus Capital focuses on investments and partnerships with middle-market businesses that need capital for growth.
CFV Ventures
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Early stage venture capital firm focused on Fintech
Indigo Group
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Indigo Group is an investment and business advisory firm that delivers strategic advice to its clients and portfolio companies.
Hatteras Venture Partners
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Hatteras Venture Partners is a North Carolina-based venture capital firm that finances biomedical companies.
Weekly
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Weekly is a budgeting app that offers financial tools that help improve their finance and save money.
Symmetry Financial Group
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Symmetry Financial Group is the fastest growing insurance marketing organization in the country.
Pamlico Capital
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Pamlico Capital seeks equity and buyout investments in businesses.
Virtual StrongBox
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Virtual StrongBox is a secure document storage and image exchange platform that modernizes workflow capabilities.
apay
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apay is a mobile app to help students better manage and understand the structure of their student loans.
Coleman Research
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Coleman excels in connecting leading organizations with first-hand knowledge from specialized industry experts.
International Farming Corporation
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International Farming Corporation is an alternative investment firm that specializes in the agricultural sector.
Millennia
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Millennia offers payment processing, patient access and patient recovery solutions that enhance patient financial experiences.
Finsophy PBC
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Financial innovation and technology for transparent & mission-aligned capital
Flores & Associates
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Flores & Associates is a human resources company specializing in health savings account administration services.
Malartu
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Malartu is a developer of a business intelligence platform designed for business advisors and their clients.
Davos Guaranty
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Davos Guaranty is a lender match platform for business capital that guarantees each loan.
Freedom Equity Finance
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Freedom Equity Finance provides automobile financing.
Smart Choice
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Smart Choice® empowers Independent Insurance Agents to succeed in a constantly changing world.
Skyla Credit Union
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Skyla Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution.
Global Mobile Finance
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Global Mobile Finance develops a relationship-driven remittance mobile application intended for remittance transfers at low cost.
Cofounders Capital
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Cofounders Capital is a B2B software seed fund investing in the Southeast, with a particular focus on North Carolina
IAT Insurance Group
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IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products for businesses and individuals.
BB&T
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BB&T is a community bank that finances early and later stage venture investments.
Zenmonics Inc.
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Zenmonics is a financial services company that offers financial services, multi-channel integration, and mobile development services.
Accurate Group
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Accurate Group provides real estate appraisal, title and compliance services to banks, mortgage lenders, credit unions and servicers.
Cardinal Financial Company
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Cardinal Financial is a direct mortgage lender that provides home financing solutions.
Intersouth Partners
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Intersouth Partners is one of the most active and experienced venture funds in the Southeast, having invested in more than 100 private
Capitala Group
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Capitala Group provides capital to lower and traditional middle-market companies.
Infinant
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Infinant is a FinTech company developing tools to help banks thrive in the digital fintech and finance markets.
ZYXW Holdings
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ZYXW Holdings is a company that deal with the investor and help them trade by enabling them for execution opportunities in the market.
Secure Living
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Secure Living screen and pre-select real estate projects to provide hassle-free investment opportunities on the simple online platform.
LoanBoss
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LoanBoss is the first debt management platform solely for commercial real estate professionals.
Allegacy Federal Credit Union
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Allegacy offers personal and business financial services to help a broad membership base including the employees, retirees, and families.
McGriff
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McGriff is a consultancy that provides insurance and risk management services for various sectors.
Canopy Financial Technology Partners
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Professional Services – Consumer Finance Due Diligence and Data Quality for Digital Assets
Salus
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Salus mission is centered on improving people’s lives.
Brighthouse Financial
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Brighthouse Financial offers annuities and life insurance that help protect what people have earned and ensure it lasts.
