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What does Core Innovation Capital invest in?
Core Innovation Capital invests most often at Series A and Seed (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Insurtechs, Insur Tech and Insurtech.
Core Innovation Capital highlights
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2 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 71% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $1.5M
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Our investments range from $500K to $5M across pre-seed, seed, and series A.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $500K – $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- InsurtechsInsur TechInsurtech
- Based in
- West Hollywood, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first24 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- 2022
1 round
- Nov
- 2019
2 rounds
- May
- Apr
- 2018
5 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- 2017
3 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- 2015
7 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- May
- Mar
- 2013
2 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- 2012
1 round
- May
- 2011
1 round
- Feb
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
AAAnsel Arjan ShutteManageriForm ADV
ASArjan SchutteManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KUKathleen UtechtManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MHMichael HarrisExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
We also hold 16 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$768Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
1+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- CORE Venture Capital, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 163335
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
1 of 6 we have independently watched raise
ForwardplatformAI voice co-pilotAI-native services businessInfrastructure for verified,Modern payment solutionUniversal checkout layer
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
WipitBought by Urban FTUndisclosedSept 2015
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.