# Aspiration funding: rounds and investors > Aspiration has raised $368M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Capricorn Investment, Alpha Edison and Aspiration Growth. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/aspiration (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Aspiration* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 37 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Financial Services Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$368M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources **$2.5M** Seed **$2.5M** Round **$16M** Series A **$47M** Series B **$300M** Growth - **Latest round:** Growth, $300M Dec 2021 - **Step-up i:** 6.4× - **Investors:** 37 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2017 2019 2021 **$2.5M** Seed **$2.5M** Round **$16M** Series A **$47M** Series B **$300M** Growth - **First round:** Seed, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $300M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2021** Growth **$300M** *2 new* *1 returning* [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2) [Alpha Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-edison) Source recorded - **Dec 2017** Series B **$47M** *11 new* *1 returning* [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) [Alpha Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-edison) [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) [Company Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/company-ventures) [Orlando Bloom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orlando-bloom) AGO Brian Weinstein Deborah Hopkins Doc” Rivers Reyl & Cie Social Impact Finance/ Allen Tom Unterman Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2015** Series A **$16M** *9 new* *4 returning* [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) [Gordon Crawford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gordon-crawford) [Renren Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/renren-inc) [David Bonderman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-bonderman) [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Dan Rosensweig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rosensweig) [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) [Lenny Mendonca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lenny-mendonca) [Matthew Dowd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthew-dowd) Alexis Maybank Steven Rattner From a historical funding record - **Apr 2014** Round **$2.5M** *7 new* *1 returning* [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) [Bill Lee](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-lee) [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) [Lenny Mendonca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lenny-mendonca) [Rachel Sheinbein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rachel-sheinbein) Jue Yao Nathaniel Malka From a historical funding record - **Oct 2013** Seed **$2.5M** *8 new* [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Pomeroy Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pomeroy-capital-llc) Alex Pomeroy James Meeks Michael O'Mary Walid Gardezi Álvaro Boulet Alonso From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2013 **Round** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Growth** 2021 [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) [Alpha Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-edison) [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) [Lenny Mendonca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lenny-mendonca) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) [Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) Family office **3** rounds [Alpha Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-edison) VC firm **2** rounds [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) VC firm **2** rounds [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) VC firm **2** rounds [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) Angel **2** rounds [Lenny Mendonca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lenny-mendonca) Angel **2** rounds [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) Family office **1** round [Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) Investment firm **1** round [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) Corporate VC **1** round [Gordon Crawford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gordon-crawford) Angel **1** round [Renren Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/renren-inc) Startup **1** round [Bill Lee](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-lee) VC firm **1** round [David Bonderman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-bonderman) Angel **1** round [Dan Rosensweig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rosensweig) Angel **1** round [Company Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/company-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Matthew Dowd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthew-dowd) Angel **1** round [Orlando Bloom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orlando-bloom) Angel **1** round [Pomeroy Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pomeroy-capital-llc) VC firm **1** round [Rachel Sheinbein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rachel-sheinbein) Angel **1** round AGO no record of our own yet **1** round Alex Pomeroy no record of our own yet **1** round Alexis Maybank no record of our own yet **1** round Álvaro Boulet Alonso no record of our own yet **1** round Brian Weinstein no record of our own yet **1** round Deborah Hopkins no record of our own yet **1** round Doc” Rivers no record of our own yet **1** round James Meeks no record of our own yet **1** round Jue Yao no record of our own yet **1** round Michael O'Mary no record of our own yet **1** round Nathaniel Malka no record of our own yet **1** round Reyl & Cie no record of our own yet **1** round Social Impact Finance/ Allen no record of our own yet **1** round Steven Rattner no record of our own yet **1** round Tom Unterman no record of our own yet **1** round Walid Gardezi no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aspiration). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Aspiration as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Unruly Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unruly-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Mission and Market](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mission-and-market) VC firm Per its own site [Nollen Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nollen-group) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Aspiration ### Who invested in Aspiration? Aspiration's investors include Capricorn Investment, Alpha Edison, Aspiration Growth, Joseph N. Sanberg and Frank Yeary, and 32 more on record. ### How much has Aspiration raised? Aspiration has raised $368M across 5 rounds since 2013. ### When did Aspiration last raise? Aspiration's most recent round was a Growth of $300M in Dec 2021. ### What was Aspiration's biggest round? Its most recent round, $300M in Dec 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Aspiration first? Aspiration's first round on record, in Oct 2013, was backed by Aspiration Growth, Joseph N. Sanberg and Pomeroy Capital, LLC and 5 others. ### What stage is Aspiration at? Aspiration's latest named round is a Growth, in Dec 2021. ### Where is Aspiration based? Aspiration is based in the United States. ## Companies like Aspiration In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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