Aspire
Aspire provides a financial operating system combining banking infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses. The Singapore-based company has 1,156 employees across nine countries, serves clients in 30+ markets, and raised $300M, including a $100M Series C in 2023 that brought it to profitability.
The growth story
Aspire grew from 81 to 1,156 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $300M along the way, most recently a Series C in February 2023.
About
Aspire sells a financial management platform that integrates banking services with enterprise software, aimed at helping businesses handle global operations. Its system combines regulated financial infrastructure with tools for money management, targeting companies scaling internationally.
The company has grown to over 1,150 employees across nine countries since its 2018 founding. It raised $300M in total funding, including a $100M Series C in 2023, and achieved profitability the same year. Its client base spans 30+ markets, supported by investors like Sequoia and Tencent.
Founders and leadership
Aspire is led by a team focused on scaling its financial operating system globally. Engineering is the largest function, with 99 employees, reflecting the company's emphasis on building robust financial infrastructure and software.
The Aspire org chart
Andrea Baronchelli (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 56 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 147 (-9% YoY), Operations 122 (+21% YoY), Education 74 (+48% YoY), Business Development 70 (-3% YoY), Human Resources 67 (-13% YoY), Finance 66 (-12% YoY).
Talent flow
Aspire hires heavily from fintech companies like Revolut, Shopee, and Paytm, with Revolut being both a top source and destination for talent. Employees often move to other financial services firms such as Wise and Visa.
Most common previous employers of Aspire staff: Revolut (22), Shopee (11), Novo (11), Accenture (11), Paytm (10), Amazon (10). Former Aspire employees most often moved to Revolut (10), Wise (10), M-DAQ Global (8), Visa (7), Wallex (by M-DAQ) (6), UnifyApps (5).
Alumni worth knowing
The Aspire mafia
Aspire alumni have founded 21 companies, including Brick, a fintech with 183 employees, and AQUILA.is, a startup with 23 staff. Other ventures include Nara, Tvarly, and Safelog.ai.
22Stefano Pellegrino, PhD, was Head Of Business Development & International Expansion until 2023Jarek Tkaczyk, was Head Of Engineering until 2023Jakob Kronbichler, was Head of Commercial until 2021Nandha Kumar Mohanarangan, was Lead Mobile Engineer until 2026Aldo Suryokusumo, was Director (PT Alumak Teknologi Indonesia) until 2023
Tanmay Makharia, was Sales Development Intern until 2021
Stefan Hadjidetschev, was Co-founder until 2020
Sonali Gupta, was Product Lead until 2022
Hyun-Min (David) Jun, was Group Legal Advisor until 2026
Abhinav Arora, was Lead Engineer until 2023
Ervin Ang, was Demand Generation Marketing until 2024
Shashwat Agrawal, was Lead, Strategy & Operations until 2025
Gokul Jayaram, was Senior Manager, HRBP & Talent Management until 2024
Sridharan Ganesan, was Facets system analyst until 2019
Jedidah Tan, was Lead Product Designer until 2025
Aishwarya Awasthi, was Venture Capital Partnerships until 2022
Poornima Verma, was Visual Design Manager until 2021
Aman Juneja, was Senior Product Operations Lead until 2025
Hugo Hutapea, was Business Development (Sales Development Representative) until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 51% direct, 39% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Aspire: Microsoft Office (203), Microsoft Excel (186), Communication (178), Leadership (165), Analytical Skills (165), Problem Solving (151), Project Management (147), Management (142).
Where the team actually sits
Aspire people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (66), Singapore (61), Haryana, India (55), Jakarta, Indonesia (31).
Search footprint
Aspire attracts about 24,440 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $329K a month if bought through ads. It gained 5,943 ranking keywords and lost 4,423 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Aspire has 1,156 employees as of September 2026.
Aspire has raised $300M in total, most recently a Series C round in February 2023.
Aspire was founded in 2018 by Giovanni Casinelli, Andrea Baronchelli, Joel Leong, Tim McCoy.
Andrea Baronchelli (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Aspire's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Aspire staff are Revolut (22 people), Shopee (11 people), Novo (11 people).
Former Aspire employees most often move to Revolut (10), Wise (10), M-DAQ Global (8).
At least 21 companies have a founder who previously worked at Aspire, including Brick, AQUILA.is, Nara.
Aspire attracts about 24,440 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $329K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Aspire staff are Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Communication, Leadership, Analytical Skills.
Aspire staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (66), Singapore (61), Haryana, India (55).
Aspire has about 147 people in Engineering, down 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Aspire has about 122 people in Operations, up 21% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 466 current and 856 former Aspire profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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