# Aspiration Growth: portfolio, investments and team > Aspiration Growth is a vc firm. 20 investments on record, latest Oct 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Aspiration Growth Last cheque observed Oct 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet VC firm Seed Venture Series C Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 20 on record Since the last cheque **4019** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$2.3M** Rounds led **0 of 20** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Aspiration Growth ## Aspiration Growth highlights - 01 20 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 86% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed - 04 2 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **20 appearances** - **2015** 11 rounds - **Oct** **[Petnet](https://millionrounds.com/company/petnet)** Venture **$4.0M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Roominate](https://millionrounds.com/company/roominate)** Venture · US **$1.0M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[SkyMD](https://millionrounds.com/company/skymd)** US **$800K** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Genee](https://millionrounds.com/company/genee)** Venture · US **$1.4M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Scratch](https://millionrounds.com/company/scratch)** Seed · US **$3.6M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Blue Apron](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-apron)** Series D · US **$135M** With 7 others - **Jun** **[Blue Bottle Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-bottle-coffee)** Series C · US **$70M** With 10 others - **Jun** **[Wellthy](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellthy)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **May** **[Brilliant Bicycles](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-bicycles)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 5 others - **May** **[DohJe](https://millionrounds.com/company/dohje)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **May** **[IVY](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy)** US **$2.5M** With 1 other - **2014** 6 rounds - **Nov** **[Bright Funds](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-funds)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 5 others - **Nov** **[Maple](https://millionrounds.com/company/maple)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 4 others - **Nov** **[NameCoach](https://millionrounds.com/company/namecoach)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Roominate](https://millionrounds.com/company/roominate)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Aspiration](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspiration)** US **$2.5M** With 7 others - **Jan** **[Petnet](https://millionrounds.com/company/petnet)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 5 others - **2013** 1 round - **Oct** **[Aspiration](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspiration)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 7 others - **2012** 1 round - **Nov** **[Swing by Swing](https://millionrounds.com/company/swing-by-swing)** US · angel.co **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **2011** 1 round - **Jan** **[IVY](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all** **[Genee](https://millionrounds.com/company/genee)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Aug 2016 **[Swing by Swing](https://millionrounds.com/company/swing-by-swing)** Bought by Back9 Network **Undisclosed** May 2014 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Venture Series C Median round joined **$2.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 20 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2015 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *9* - Venture *3* - Series C *1* - Series D *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2011 2015 Often in the room with - [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) 2 - [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) 2 - [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) 2 - [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) 2 - [Matt Salzberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-salzberg) 2 - [Victoria Cheng](https://millionrounds.com/fund/victoria-cheng) 2 **Pitching Aspiration Growth?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Aspiration Growth. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Bessemer Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[**Fidelity** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity)[**Frank Yeary** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary)[**Joseph N. Sanberg** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg)[**Matt Salzberg** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-salzberg)[**Victoria Cheng** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/victoria-cheng) ## Quick answers about Aspiration Growth ### What does Aspiration Growth invest in? Aspiration Growth invests most often at Seed and Venture (86% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Aspiration Growth? 20 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2015. ### How big are Aspiration Growth's cheques? The median round it joins is $2.3M. ### Does Aspiration Growth lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 20 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Aspiration Growth invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Aspiration Growth investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2015. ### Who does Aspiration Growth invest alongside? Most often Bessemer Venture Partners (2 rounds together), Fidelity (2 rounds together) and Frank Yeary (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Aspiration Growth? Aspiration Growth is a VC firm. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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