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Core Innovation Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$220M

Portfolio

68+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in financial services companies driving upward mobility for underserved populations.

How Core Innovation Capital invests

Core Innovation Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other.

Core Innovation Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $220M in assets under management.

Core Innovation Capital has backed 68 companies in our records, including Digit, Earnin, Autoflow.

Meet the Team

JW

James Wong

Investment Partner

APAC Fintech
Treasury Execution
KU

Kathleen Utecht

Managing Partner

DR

David Roos

Partner

CP

Celine Pintado

Executive Assistant

AS

Arjan Schutte

Founder

EB

Erinn Bisping

Vp Of Investor Relations

AS

Arjan Schütte

Founding Partner

FinTech
Financial Inclusion
EL

Edwin Loredo

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Portfolio Companies (68)

Other

DI

Digit

Savings Automation
EA

Earnin

Payment Automation
AU

Autoflow

AI Treasury Management
TI

TIO Networks Corp (CIK 0001363768)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Core Innovation Capital

KL

Klover

NE

NerdWallet

UN

Unit21

HE

HealthSherpa

RI

Ripple

PA

PayJoy

How to pitch Core Innovation Capital
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Wong, Investment Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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