Aspire earns growth investment from Mainsail Partners

The Aspire Software Company, a business management software company used by landscaping, snow & ice management and construction businesses, announced Thursday that it has received an investment from Mainsail Partners, a San Francisco-based growth equity firm.

The company plans to use the capital to accelerate product development and expand its team.

“This is an exciting time for us. Our strategy of delivering game changing solutions for our customers remains as strong as ever,” said Mark Tipton, co-founder and co-CEO of Aspire.

“We believe this partnership with Mainsail will allow us to execute even better,” said Kevin Kehoe, co-founder and co-CEO of Aspire. “We have built a great team who are dedicated to helping our clients navigate and prosper in a rapidly changing business environment by providing them with the tools and practices essential to success.”

The Aspire Software Company was founded in 2014 and offers a comprehensive system, which includes estimating, proposals, CRM, scheduling, purchasing, time reporting and payroll. It also features job costing, labor forecasting, invoicing and reporting.

This February, Aspire released Version 5.0 of the software featuring a payments platform and customer portal allowing contractors to accept online payments from customers, as well as Fleetsharp – a GPS tracking system enabling comprehensive fleet and shop management.

“The Aspire team of nearly 50 professionals have built a great system that is enabling landscapers to grow their businesses with automation,” said Jason Payne, managing partner at Mainsail Partners. “We believe that the industry is underinvested in technology and that systems like Aspire’s with a customer-centric approach are in an attractive position to help contractors grow profitably while navigating the competitive market dynamics.”

Aspire currently has more than 29,000 users in over 750 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Payne and Jason Frankel, vice president at Mainsail, will join Tipton and Kehoe on the company’s board of directors.