Creating Intrinsic Value for
Technology Startups
About AGO Partners
Alex Pomeroy and Joe Sanberg founded AGO Partners in 2013 to invest in technology companies that offer sustainable, socially conscious solutions.
In the aftermath of the mortgage crisis, Alex and Joe recognized that financial institutions needed to rebuild trust and that people would increasingly want their money aligned with their social conscience. They invested in Aspiration — a pioneering financial institution that has created the fast-growing, global category of socially conscious consumer financial services. As one of the largest investors in Aspiration, AGO Partners was instrumental in all aspects of building the fast-growing market leader, which has so far raised over $200 million in growth equity.
Our Team
Alex Pomeroy
Alex Pomeroy is co-founder and partner at AGO Partners and a founding investor in Aspiration, one of the first financial institutions focused on socially responsible cash management and investment. Following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, who built the Golden Gate Bridge, Alex invests and builds companies that fundamentally improve our way of life. Before founding AGO Partners, Alex began his career working in private equity.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations, and a member of the Young Leaders at the Milken Institute.
Joe Sanberg
Joe Sanberg is a progressive entrepreneur on a mission to end poverty.
As a steward of the movement to pass the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income families in California, Joe founded CalEITC4Me, which helps millions of low-income California families claim the state and federal Earned Income Tax Credits, putting more than $4 billion back in their pockets. Most recently, he successfully advocated for the passage of new legislation that extends access to the credits to low-wage immigrant workers.
Joe is the co-founder of Aspiration, which is the online home for people who want to match their money and their conscience through banking, spending and investing services that are fossil-fuel free. Aspiration singularly provides social impact tools attached to its financial products, such as Plant Your Change (which plants a tree for every purchase you make) and automatic carbon offsets to make your spending carbon neutral. Aspiration also created a radically pro consumer fee structure that enables people to choose their own fee levels on checking and investment accounts.
Joe was raised by his mom in Southern California.