Product Reports Resources Pricing Login Book a demo
COMPANY PROFILE

Aspire

Explore full profile

A lending platform providing loans to small businesses in south east Asia

Singapore, SingaporeFounded 2018Fintech
Valuation $500M–1B Last recorded · 2024
Headcount 1–2k Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
Unlock exact values This page shows ranges. Dealroom has the exact numbers for Aspire and the history behind them.

About Aspire

Aspire is a financial technology company that provides an all-in-one financial platform tailored for growing businesses. The platform offers a range of services including business accounts, corporate cards, and expense management tools, all designed to streamline financial operations. Aspire primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various industries, helping them manage their finances more efficiently and transparently.

Operating in the fintech market, Aspire's business model revolves around providing a suite of financial services that replace the need for multiple disconnected financial service providers. This consolidation allows businesses to scale faster and manage their finances from a single platform. Aspire generates revenue through transaction fees, foreign exchange fees, and other financial services provided to its clients.

Aspire's core value proposition includes significant cashback on transactions, low transfer fees, and transparent pricing with no hidden costs. The platform also offers real-time visibility on spending, empowering businesses to make informed financial decisions. By offering these features, Aspire aims to give business owners their time and money back, allowing them to focus on growth.

Source: Dealroom company data

At a glance

Status
Operational
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Singapore, Singapore
Employees
1,159
Open positions
82
Dealroom signal
88.4/100
Industry
Fintech
Sub-industry
Banking
Sector
Fintech, SME, Challenger Bank, YC W18, financial inclusion
Client focus
b2b

Funding history

7 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
LATE VCOther financing Jan 2024 $79M $500M Undisclosed ↗
SERIES COther financing Feb 2023 $100M $400M Tencent · Picus Capital · PayPal Ventures · Lightspeed Venture Partners ↗
Showing the latest 2 of 7 recorded eventsBook a demo for the full funding history →

Growth signals

Aspire website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Aspire is 270K monthly website visits, up 0% over the last three months. Aspire's team grew 22.3% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits270K 3-month web change0% 1-year team growth+22.3%
Summary metrics are public; monthly history is available with a demoCompare with peers →

Similar companies

Closest operating peers by Dealroom taxonomy

Company identity and context are open; selected comparison metrics preview what is available on the platform.

Showing 8 of the closest matchesCompare every metric →

Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.

Investors

28 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed8 investors entered at this stage

Series A14 investors entered at this stage

  • Beacon Venture Capital
  • Arc Labs
  • MassMutual Ventures
  • Taavet Hinrikus
  • CE Innovation Capital
  • Gerry Colyer
  • DST Global
  • Moses Lo
  • B Capital
  • Alexandre Prot
  • Steve Anavi
  • Pierpaolo Barbieri
  • AFG Partners Fund
  • Hendra Kwik

Series B and later6 investors entered at this stage

Team profiled 50 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 9 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
27 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India45.7%
🇸🇬 Singapore18.7%
🇮🇩 Indonesia13.6%
🇻🇳 Vietnam8.8%
🇺🇸 United States3.3%
Top 5 of 27 shown

Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Aspire on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

See Aspire’s full profile on Dealroom

Request a free trial to see the complete deal history, financials, people graph and growth signals.

Takes under a minute. Already use Dealroom? Log in.