Aspire - About the company
Aspire is a series C company based in Singapore (Singapore), founded in 2018 by Giovanni Casinelli and Joel Leong. It operates as a Digital bank for businesses. Aspire has raised $200M in funding from investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global and MassMutual Ventures. The company has 4 active competitors, including 1 that is funded. Its top competitors include companies like Green Link Digital Bank, INFT and Opal Payment.
Company Details
Digital bank for businesses. Its services include current accounts, NFC-enabled prepaid cards, money transfers, cash withdrawals, and more. It provides a business line of credit. It also provides financial tools to SMEs in order to solve cash flow management and working capital needs. The application is available on the Android and iOS platforms.
- Website
- aspireapp.com
- Email ID
- *****@aspireapp.com
- Phone Number
- +65 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2018
Location
Singapore, Singapore
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$200M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 4 active competitors
Annual Revenue
SGD 1M - 10M as on Dec 31, 2022
Employee Count
1,143 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Aspire
Aspire is associated with 4 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ASPIRE CAPITAL PTE. LTD CIN: 201910696C , Singapore, Active | Dec 31, 2017 | - | - | |
Aspire FT Pte. Ltd CIN: 201903520D , Singapore, Active | Dec 31, 2017 | SGD 50M - 100M (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - | |
ASPIRE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD CIN: 201722949W , Singapore, Active | Dec 31, 2017 | SGD 1M - 10M (As on Dec 31, 2022) | - | |
AFT SEA PTE. LTD CIN: 201928362E , Singapore, Active | Dec 31, 2017 | - | - |
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Aspire's funding and investors
Aspire has raised a total funding of $200M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 2018. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Feb 14, 2023 for $*****. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Aspire has 30 institutional investors and 7 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Aspire:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 14, 2023 | 4996662 | Series C | 1502646 | 4660356 | 4089872 | 6062622 |
Sep 27, 2021 | 4193625 | Conventional Debt | 6348827 | 2780648 | 4824412 | |
Sep 22, 2021 | 9840229 | Series B | 5399074 | 2339362 |
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Aspire's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Aspire are Giovanni Casinelli and Joel Leong.
Here are the details of Aspire's key team members:
- Giovanni Casinelli: Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer & President of Aspire and founder of 2 other companies, Meteor and CryptoJobs. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Joel Leong: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Aspire. Contact Info: 1 email address
Aspire's Board of Directors
Aspire's board has 6 active members. Andrea Baronchelli is part of team and Sophie Jokelson, Luca Bregoli, Mahesan Niruttan, Castagne Guillaume Christian Victor and Stewart Adrian Schneider loos are independent board members.Here is the list of Aspire's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 8y 6m | |
xezcouo | Team | - | Past | 2y 1m |
Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 11m | |
kfjidev | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 5m |
posuvdd | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 2m |
khegjuy | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 7m |
mrdeo{j | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 7m |
lrqrsas | Independent board member | - | Past | 3y 4m |
opywhdf | Independent board member | - | Past | 3y 7m |
jtjsef{ | Independent board member | - | Past | 3y 6m |
xqoalmp | Independent board member | - | Past | 7y 7m |
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Aspire's employee count trend
Aspire has 1,143 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Aspire's employee count trend over the years:
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Aspire's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Aspire include Green Link Digital Bank, INFT and Opal Payment. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Aspire, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Digital bank for businesses | $200M | 76/100 | ||
2nd | Green Link Digital Bank 2010, Singapore (Singapore), Unfunded | Provider of an app-based banking platform for business banking | - | - | 44/100 |
3rd | Digital bank for businesses | - | - | 26/100 | |
4th | Opal Payment 2013, Singapore (Singapore), Funding Raised | Digital bank for businesses | - | - | 23/100 |
5th | Cryptocurrency bank | - | - | 15/100 |
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Aspire's Investments and acquisitions
Aspire has a total of 1 investment in 24 Exchange. Aspire has not made any acquisitions as of now.Reports related to Aspire
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News related to Aspire
Media has covered Aspire for a total of 9 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Surf AI Launches Agentic Security Platform with $57M FundingSiliconAngle•Mar 17, 2026•SurfAI, Boldstart Ventures, Accel, Cyberstarts and 3 others
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Aspire Secures Electronic Money Institution Licence in EU & enters NetherlandsElectronic Payments International•Dec 17, 2025•Aspire
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Aspire Launches AspireOS, Its AI-Powered Platform for Banks to Modernize Digital Business BankingFintech Finance•Nov 18, 2025•Aspire
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Aspire integrates with Payboy streamlining payroll for Southeast Asian businessesVietnam Investment Review•Jun 10, 2025•Aspire, Payboy
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