About Us
Financial clarity for everyone
Fikata is an independent financial planning platform built for people who believe you shouldn't need a financial advisor to understand your own money.
Our Mission
The financial planning industry has a transparency problem. Most tools are designed to funnel you toward paid products - managed accounts, insurance policies, or subscription services that benefit the company more than they benefit you.
Fikata exists to help people take control of their own finances, reach financial independence, and plan for retirement with numbers they can actually check.
Why I Built Fikata
Erik Bielefeldt
Founder
I studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley and spent more than twenty years building enterprise software. In 2025 I reached my FIRE number and left the corporate world.
Planning that exit is what started Fikata. The tools I tried either hid their math or got it wrong. One showed my net worth hitting zero, recovering twenty years later, and still reported a 90% chance of success. I wanted a planner I could check: one that shows every number, models taxes properly, and says plainly what it doesn't account for.
So I built it. Fikata is independent and self-funded. There are no products to sell you and no investors to answer to.
I read every email: erik@fikata.com
What We Believe
The principles that guide every feature, calculation, and design decision.
Accuracy First
Accurately modeling every financial scenario is our top priority. We sweat the details so you can trust the numbers.
Transparency
No hidden agendas. We put your interests first - we're not here to sell you third-party products or services.
Accessibility for All
Professional-grade financial planning shouldn't require professional-grade fees. The tools are here for everyone.
Privacy by Design
Your financial data stays yours. We'll never sell your information, and any account integrations you connect stay optional and under your control.
Why Fikata?
The name joins two ideas. Fi is for finance and also for financial independence. Kata is a martial arts term: a pattern practiced over and over until it's second nature.
That's how we think about planning. Every simulation in Fikata is a rehearsal, your retirement played out hundreds of times across a century of real market history, through crashes and recoveries, before you have to live it once. The goal isn't to predict the future - it's to be prepared for it.
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