Stephen Sikes is a former U.S. Army cavalry officer who deployed to Afghanistan before transitioning to finance, giving him a military background that's rare among early-stage fintech investors and informs his leadership style at Socially Financed. He was on the founding team of SoFi Invest and later served as its Business Lead, providing hands-on experience building a mass-market retail investing product from zero that he now brings to backing early-stage consumer fintech founders. Stephen Sikes is a former U.S. Army cavalry officer who deployed to Afghanistan before transitioning to finance, giving him a military background that's rare among early-stage fintech investors and informs his leadership style at Socially Financed. He was on the founding team of SoFi Invest and later served as its Business Lead, providing hands-on experience building a mass-market retail investing product from zero that he now brings to backing early-stage consumer fintech founders.