Frank Restuccia is a co-founder of Finder, the comparison site he built with Fred Schebesta. Jeremy Cabral joined as a third co-founder in 2008. The finder.com.au site launched in 2006.
Restuccia and Schebesta started with multiple niche sites, such as creditcardfinder.com.au, then consolidated them into one brand. Revenue came from product comparisons that sent users to banks and insurers.
Money was tight in the early years. The two lived in a share house with five other people for about two and a half years.
Finder launched in the United States in 2015. In December 2021 it raised A$30 million in its first outside round, at a pre-money valuation of A$650 million. Annual revenue was about A$96 million.