How We Started Building Financial Clarity

Back in late 2019, three colleagues were sitting in a Canberra coffee shop complaining about the same thing. We'd all tried managing our finances with spreadsheets that never quite worked, apps that felt like homework, and advice that seemed written for someone else entirely. One of us — Finley Thorsen — threw his phone on the table and said, "Why doesn't anyone build something that just makes sense?"

That conversation turned into quentolavri. We didn't have venture capital or a fancy office. Just a shared belief that money management shouldn't feel like decoding a foreign language. By mid-2020, we'd built our first prototype in a spare bedroom in Parkes. It wasn't pretty, but it worked. And more importantly, real people actually understood it.

Five years later, we're still in Parkes — though we've upgraded from the spare bedroom. Our approach hasn't changed much either. We build tools that explain themselves, education that respects your time, and systems designed for how people actually think about money.