# Joseph N. Sanberg

> Joseph N. Sanberg is a seed investor at Aspiration (Los Angeles) backing Gaming and FinTech. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aspiration](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspiration)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://mobile.twitter.com/josephnsanberg
- Website: http://www.josephnsanberg.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephnsanberg

Joseph N. Sanberg is a seed investor at Aspiration in Los Angeles focused on Gaming and FinTech. Joe Sanberg is a public and private-sector entrepreneur and investor harnessing the power of innovation to improve the quality of life for all. He is Co-Founder of Aspiration, an online financial company built for everyone. Aspiration serves people at the heart of their financial lives – their banking account – in a trust-based model that empowerspeople to choose whatever fee they think is fair (even zero) and enables them to bank, invest, and spend in accordance with their values. Joe is regarded as one of the nation's leaders in the fight to end poverty. Joe has been the leading advocate for California's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income families. Joe not only lobbied California to pass the credit, but in 2015 when the state didn’t allocate enough money for outreach, Joe created CalEITC4Me. This community organizing program has connected working California families with $4 billion of state and federal Earned Income Tax Credits. A native of Southern California, Sanberg attended Servite High School in Anaheim where he has created an International Leadership Program that supports students learning Mandarin and visiting China. Sanberg graduated from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 12% |
| FinTech | 2 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 12% |
| Art | 1 | 6% |
| GPS | 1 | 6% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aspiration | Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 28, 2021 |  |
| Aspiration | Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $135M | Series C | May 21, 2020 |  |
| Aspiration | Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $135M | Series C | May 21, 2020 |  |
| Aspiration | Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $47M | Series B | Dec 07, 2017 |  |
| Alloy | Alloy is a developer of an identity verification platform used to check frauds and make identity management effective and simple for banks and financial institutions. Alloy is an API for regulated companies to collect and manage customer data from many different sources. It also engages in helping financial institutions and FinTech companies solveidentity and compliance problems. The service allows banks and FinTechs to make better risk and identify decisions, using a single API and dashboard to manage AML, fraud, KYC, and more.The company also offers an API to help financial services companies access various aggregated identity databases and a dashboard through which to organize and analyze customer onboarding data. It also helps to improve customer conversion through the compliance funnel, reduce risk and fraud, and speed up previously manual back-office processes.Alloy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York. | $3.8M | Seed | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Bright Funds | Bright Funds is the next generation platform for individual and workplace giving, empowering everyday donors to become strategic philanthropists. Bright Funds supports thousands of individuals in their personal giving, and partners with the world's leading companies to bring impact-focused workplace giving to employees on a global scale.Bright Funds helps companies realize the true potential of a comprehensive corporate social responsibility strategy that takes into account the demands and expectations of a new generation of donors. |  | Convertible Note | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Aspiration | Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $15.5M | Series A | Sep 17, 2015 |  |
| Roominate | Roominate’s mission is to inspire the next generation to have fun with STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and to help develop spatial and fine motor skills, engage hands-on problem solving skills, boost self-confidence, and teach basic circuitry.Roominate was named TIME's #1 Toy of 2014 and has earned the OppenheimPlatinum award two years running. | $1M | Seed | Sep 15, 2015 |  |
| Bright Funds | Bright Funds is the next generation platform for individual and workplace giving, empowering everyday donors to become strategic philanthropists. Bright Funds supports thousands of individuals in their personal giving, and partners with the world's leading companies to bring impact-focused workplace giving to employees on a global scale.Bright Funds helps companies realize the true potential of a comprehensive corporate social responsibility strategy that takes into account the demands and expectations of a new generation of donors. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 10, 2015 |  |
| Roominate | Roominate’s mission is to inspire the next generation to have fun with STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and to help develop spatial and fine motor skills, engage hands-on problem solving skills, boost self-confidence, and teach basic circuitry.Roominate was named TIME's #1 Toy of 2014 and has earned the OppenheimPlatinum award two years running. | $2M | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alpha Edison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-edison) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AGO Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspiration-growth) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FootPrint Coalition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/footprint-coalition) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Social Impact Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-impact-finance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tamar Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tamar-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Aspiration

VC Fund · Marina Del Rey, United States

Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.

5 contacts available at Aspiration.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joseph N. Sanberg | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-sanberg |
| Olivia Albrecht | Chief Sustainability Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivia-albrecht-1516 |
| Alex Pomeroy | Founding Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-pomeroy |
| Andrei Cherny | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrei-cherny |
| Eric Anderson | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-anderson-17 |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph N. Sanberg invest in?

Joseph N. Sanberg invests primarily in Gaming, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joseph N. Sanberg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph N. Sanberg closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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