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Creating a trillion dollars in new wealth for everyday Americans
We invest up to $5M in mission-obsessed founders with decacorn ambition.
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We invest across six core wealth drivers
Our investments range from $500K to $5M across pre-seed, seed, and series A.
Wealth
Expanding financial access, ownership, and upward mobility for Americans.
Health
Extending healthy lifespans through accessible and preventative healthcare.
Housing
Making home ownership affordable and generationally wealth-building.
Insurance
Modernizing protection for families, workers, homes, and small businesses.
SMB enablement
Empowering small businesses with tools to grow and compete.
Work
Redefining employment and the future of earning in the age of AI.
Our path to $1 trillion in new wealth created
Since 2010, Core companies have created $415 billion in new wealth for 75 million Americans.
$415 billion in new wealth created since 2010
Our mission is to create $1 trillion by 2030
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We write $500K to $5M lead checks at pre-seed, seed, and series A in B2B and B2C startups.
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They are relentlessly modernizing the most significant forces of everyday life.
Tim Chen
Core understands financial services at a really deep level. They’re able to cut through the noise, focus on what actually matters, and more importantly have been aligned with our mission from early on.
Chris Larsen
Core believed in us when Ripple was still very early and made a bold bet with the largest seed check, by far. They've been with us since the very beginning.
Cynthia Chen
Core is an investor every ambitious, mission-driven founder should bring onboard. They have an unparalleled focus on the mass market and a very thoughtful approach, not to mention a deep network.
Doug Ricket
I am forever grateful for Core's belief in PayJoy, but even more for the team never being afraid to give tough feedback and tell me when I needed to go back to the drawing board, to try harder, to do better.
Trisha Kothari
When we launched our new AI product, Core helped us get it in front of the right people. That early feedback helped us sharpen the product and made sure we were building something customers really wanted.
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