Arjan [pronounced ARE-yon] is a trusted and experienced venture investor and the founder of Core Innovation Capital, a leading venture capital fund investing in financial services companies that democratize prosperity. He is a passionate advocate for market-based financial access and empowerment. His investments include Ripple, NerdWallet, PayJoy, Klover, PadSplit, and Atomic. He is a Senior Advisor to the Financial Health Network, the nation’s leading authority on financial health, which he helped start in 2004. He is the only VC to have served on the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board and the Fed’s Consumer Advisory Counsel. Arjan has served on over 15 private and public corporate boards. A