# Core Innovation Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Core Innovation Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 24 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-innovation-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Core Innovation Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 24 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $52M, Aug 2025 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Insurtechs Insur Tech Insurtech

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 24 on record

Since the last cheque **11** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $5.0M** Rounds led **2 of 24** Sole investor **3 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Core Innovation Capital highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 71% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $1.5M
- 04 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Insurtechs Insur Tech Insurtech
- **Based in:** West Hollywood, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **24 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Delegance Brokerage](https://millionrounds.com/company/delegance-brokerage)** Pre-seed · US · Pulse 2.0 **$3.1M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Prism Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)** Series A · US · Fintech Global **$20M** With 5 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Attain](https://millionrounds.com/company/attain)** Series B · US · Lightbank VC **$25M** With 5 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **May** **[PayJoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/payjoy)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[PadSplit](https://millionrounds.com/company/padsplit)** US · Hypepotamus **$4.6M** *Led*
- **2018** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[SynapseFI](https://millionrounds.com/company/synapsefi)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$17M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[LoanSnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/loansnap)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Bestow](https://millionrounds.com/company/bestow)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Say](https://millionrounds.com/company/say)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Blast](https://millionrounds.com/company/blast)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Lunar Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunar-wireless)** US · FinSMEs **$4.1M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[Jiko](https://millionrounds.com/company/jiko)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$7.7M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Carrot Fertility](https://millionrounds.com/company/carrot-fertility)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.6M** With 6 others
- **2015** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Mirador Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirador-financial)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Honest Dollar](https://millionrounds.com/company/honest-dollar)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[CoverHound](https://millionrounds.com/company/coverhound)** Series C · US **$33M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Mayvenn](https://millionrounds.com/company/mayvenn)** Series A · US **$10M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Ripple](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple)** Series A · US **$28M** With 10 others
- **May** **[Vouch Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/vouch-financial)** Series A **$6.0M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[CoverHound](https://millionrounds.com/company/coverhound)** Series B · US **$14M** With 4 others
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Ripple](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$3.5M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Wipit](https://millionrounds.com/company/wipit)** Series A · US · marketwatch.com **$1000K** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **May** **[L2C](https://millionrounds.com/company/l2c)** US · finance.yahoo.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2011** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Plastyc](https://millionrounds.com/company/plastyc)** Series B · US · venturebeat.com **$2.0M** Sole investor

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 registration **4 named**

AA **Ansel Arjan Shutte** Manager i Form ADV

AS **Arjan Schutte** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

KU **Kathleen Utecht** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MH **Michael Harris** Executive Officer i Filing 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

**$768M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**1+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[Forwardplatform](https://millionrounds.com/company/forward-platform) AI voice co-pilot AI-native services business Infrastructure for verified, Modern payment solution Universal 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 listed **1 in all**

**[Wipit](https://millionrounds.com/company/wipit)** Bought by Urban FT **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$52M**

raised in Aug 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M**

Led 2 of 24 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *10*
- Seed said *5*
- Series B said *4*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Series C *1*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) 3
- [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) 2
- [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) 2
- [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) 2
- [IDG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures) 2
- [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Core Innovation Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Route 66 Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures)[**American Family Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures)[**Digital Currency Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group)[**Greylock** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**IDG Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[**Trinity Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Core Innovation Capital put money into.

[**Prism Data** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)[**Attain** $25M · Nov 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/attain)[**PayJoy** $20M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/payjoy)[**PadSplit** $4.6M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/padsplit)[**LoanSnap** $8.0M · Jul 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/loansnap)[**Bestow** $15M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/bestow)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Core Innovation Capital in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 13 Sept 2017 · 28 min 20VC: Why VC Is A Lifestyle Not A Job, Why You Must Do Post-mortems On Good and Bad Deals & Why Society Is On A Downgrade with Kathleen Utecht, Managing Partner @ Core Innovation Capital With [Kathleen Utecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/kathleen-utecht) Mentions [Core Innovation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-innovation-capital)[Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 20 Mar 2020 · 28 min 20VC: How To Assess Risk and Value Creation, Why It Would Be Better If VCs Had Smaller Portfolios & How To Optimise Internal Decision-Making with Misha Esipov, Founder & CEO @ Nova Credit Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Core Innovation Capital

### 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.

### How active is Core Innovation Capital?

24 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Core Innovation Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Delegance Brokerage (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Prism Data (Series A, Oct 2026) and Attain (Series B, Nov 2022).

### How big are Core Innovation Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $5.0M.

### Does Core Innovation Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 24 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Core Innovation Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Core Innovation Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Core Innovation Capital invest alongside?

Most often Route 66 Ventures (3 rounds together), American Family Ventures (2 rounds together) and Digital Currency Group (2 rounds together).

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