Our Mission

What powers Fame is an unmatched team of technology experts and education compliance gurus. Fame originated in Florida in 1978 and was founded by William and Laura Little; and currently owned by Aquila Software. Fame was initially founded as an NSLDS billing service in 1978 and quickly expanded to meet the needs within the higher education community for compliance based Third Party Servicer to assist in the processing, fiscal services and software pertaining to Title IV funding. During that time, Fame has processed over $3.5 billion in federal student aid funds on behalf of Higher Education. Fame provides school administrative and financial aid applications as well as financial aid services to approximately 1,200 locations throughout the United States, and Canada.

Aquila is the de-facto permanent-hold vehicle that invests in category-defining B2B/B2G software companies, like Fame, globally. Backed by Constellation Software Inc. with institutional reach across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Aquila seeks to serve and support the operators of Fame by offering continuity, community and capital. Aquila invests in people and technology for the long-haul and never divests its businesses, ever.