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Volie

Bootstrapped · $0 raised · founded 2017
👤 Scott Davis (Sold a dealer-tech startup (2015), reused that 20-yr dealer network to seed Volie; a co-founder built automaker call centers.)🌐 siteLinkedIn

Two BDC insiders built call-center software for a job every dealer CRM ignored, then got automakers to pay the bill.

Will it work? · our read
Own the niche. A boring, gatekept vertical is the whole point: BDC insiders plus OEM co-op approval make Volie hard to dislodge, but the same US-auto niche caps how big it gets.
01How the money moves
Dealership BDC must call leads, service and recalls
Volie runs the dialer, campaigns and clean data
Stores pay $1k-2k/mo; dealer groups $6k-13k/mo
02The numbers
$14M/yrStated2025, founder-disclosed
2026-01
the sentence on the pageCall Recording Tool © 2026 Wave. All rights reserved. Built in New York How He Scaled a Niche SaaS to $14M/Year With No Funding - Top Founders | Wave AI Podcast Notes ← Top Founders Top Founders How…
$14M
2025 revenue
2,000
dealer rooftops
$0
outside funding
From $1M (2020) to $14M (2025) — no capital raised. getlatka.com
$14M in 2025, up from $1M in 2020; $0 raised.
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SourcesSources last checked 25 August 2026
Revenue ($14M, 2025), $1.2M MRR, the $1M-to-$14M curve, 2,000 rooftops, 4 customers in 2017, about 85% family ownership and $0 raised are all founder-disclosed by Scott Davis on Latka's podcast (Jan 2026) and mirrored on getlatka — STATED/founder-stated, not audited filings. The 16% margin, $42M valuation and $230k rev/employee are Latka figures [our read]. GM iMR/PASE and FordDirect approvals are documented on volie.com; the 'co-op fund pays the bill' framing follows GM's own approved-vendor/co-op rules. No numbers invented. We never score you.