“The company’s just-announced $135 million cash infusion brings the total capital raised to $200 million, and was led by local investor Alpha Edison. Additional new and existing investors — including UBS O’Connor Capital Solutions, DNS Capital, Radicle Impact, Sutter Rock, Jeff Skoll, Joseph Sanberg, Social Impact Finance, the Pohlad Companies, and AGO Partners — also participated in the financing.

So far, 1.5 million Americans have signed up to use Aspiration’s financial management and banking services, and the company has seen $4 billion in transactions pass through its accounts.”

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