Aspire
Founded 2014 · 641 employees on LinkedIn · 21 known investors
Find your way into Aspire
Aspire is an influencer marketing platform that helps brands build communities of ambassadors, influencers, and affiliates to promote products at scale. It serves e-commerce and consumer brands running social commerce and creator marketing campaigns.
Founders & leadership
TF
Thomas FrostinChief Technology Officer
Investors · 21
AspenwoodSan Francisco · $100K – $5M
Cota CapitalSan Francisco
Structural CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $50M
Battery VenturesreportedBoston · $500K – $100M
Bessemer Venture PartnersreportedRedwood City · $5M – $100M
Fasanara CapitalreportedLondon
Hummingbird VenturesreportedSingapore · $500K – $10M
ICONIQ CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $5M – $100M
Index VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M
Mainsail PartnersreportedAustin · $10M – $75M
MassMutual VenturesreportedSpringfield · $500K – $5M
PICUS CAPITALreportedMunich · $100K – $300M
Sequoia CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
T. Rowe PricereportedBaltimore
Thoma BravoreportedChicago
Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M
Also in the syndicate · 5
AFGB Capital PartnersCE Innovation FundDragoneerDST Global Partners
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries BSep 2021
AFG, B Capital Partners, CE Innovation Fund, DST Global Partners, Fasanara Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Picus Capital
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries GJun 2021
Thoma Bravo (lead), Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Dragoneer, ICONIQ Capital, Index Ventures, Mainsail Partners, Sequoia, T. Rowe Price, Tiger Global
Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 10
by search overlap
Sprout Social727 shared keywordsSprout Social offers a social media management platform with AI, automation, integrations and analytics tools for marketing teams. The product helps teams manage social content, customer interactions, workflows and performance reporting from a single platform.
Later601 shared keywordsLater is a platform for influencer marketing, social media management, and creator commerce that helps brands plan content, run campaigns, and track performance alongside creators.
Modash534 shared keywordsModash provides a platform for influencer marketing teams to automatically track creator content and campaign performance across social media, with integrated Shopify sales attribution to measure ROI without manual data collection.
Stack Influence472 shared keywordsStack Influence operates a micro influencer marketing platform that matches brands with creators using psychographic, demographic, and geographic data, handling product shipping, creative briefs, and campaign management. It generates user-generated content and testimonials for brands, provides full UGC rights and real-time analytics, and converts top creators into ambassador or affiliate programs.
Buffer446 shared keywordsBuffer is a social media management platform that enables small businesses, creators, and individuals to schedule posts, analyze engagement, and manage their presence across multiple social networks. The company provides tools for organic marketing and content distribution beyond publishing, including analytics and micro-site building capabilities.
Hootsuite431 shared keywordsHootsuite is a social media management platform that helps organizations manage, analyze, and optimize their social media presence across multiple networks. The company serves businesses of all sizes, from small companies to enterprises, providing tools for social marketing, listening, employee advocacy, and customer service.
Statusphere415 shared keywordsStatus (formerly Statusphere) operates a platform that automates influencer marketing campaign management for brands while connecting creators with brand partnership opportunities. The platform handles campaign workflows, fulfillment, reporting, and content rights for influencer marketing at scale.
Insense412 shared keywordsInsense is a platform for creating and scaling user-generated content (UGC) and influencer marketing campaigns, offering a self-service creator marketplace and managed services for end-to-end campaign management. It serves DTC brands, mobile apps, and advertising agencies, with features including creator sourcing, automated contracts, payments, content licensing, and integrations for TikTok, Meta, and Shopify.
Influencity387 shared keywordsInfluencity provides an all-in-one influencer marketing platform that enables brands and agencies to manage campaigns through data-driven insights, including tools for influencer discovery, campaign management, and social media inbox functionality. The platform serves brands and agencies globally seeking to streamline influencer marketing operations.
Impact385 shared keywordsimpact.com provides a partnership management platform that helps enterprises optimize and manage various types of business partnerships across multiple channels. The company serves growth-focused organizations looking to scale through technology-enabled partnership strategies.
Companies competing with Aspire for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
Aspire's 2025-2026 Program Year Results | Aspire Afterschoolaspireafterschool.org · Aug 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Aspire do?
- Aspire is an influencer marketing platform that helps brands build communities of ambassadors, influencers, and affiliates to promote products at scale. It serves e-commerce and consumer brands running social commerce and creator marketing campaigns.
- Who are Aspire's investors?
- Aspire's investors include Aspenwood, Cota Capital, Structural Capital, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fasanara Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, ICONIQ Capital and 8 more.