Arjan Schütte is the Founder and Managing Partner of Core Innovation Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.
Arjan Schütte is the Founder and Managing Partner of Core Innovation Capital, a Los Angeles-based venture firm he launched in 2009 after a decade operating as a technology and product leader in venture-backed startups like Capella University. His investment thesis focuses exclusively on early-stage financial technology companies that serve the emerging middle class, specifically the underbanked and unbanked, with a geographic focus on the United States. Core typically leads Series A rounds with check sizes averaging $2–4 million, though total investments range from $100,000 to $10 million per company. Notable portfolio companies include Ripple, NerdWallet, Oportun, PayJoy, and Fundera. Schütte distinguishes himself as the only venture capitalist to serve on both the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board and the Federal Reserve’s Consumer Advisory Counsel, and he regularly publishes on market-based financial access, appearing in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Economist.
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