Press
Everything you need to write about Arden.
Wordmark, icon, palette, official copy, and contact in one place. All assets are licensed for editorial use. For anything else, email hello@ardenmoney.com.
Facts
At a glance.
- Consumer name
- Arden
- Legal name
- Arden Money LLC (Wyoming, formed 2026)
- What it is
- Privacy-first personal-finance software: envelope budgeting, net worth tracking, investment holdings. CSV-first import with optional bank sync via Plaid.
- Pricing
- Privacy plan $5/mo or $50/yr (manual + CSV). Plus plan $12/mo or $120/yr (adds Plaid sync). Plus ships with a 30-day free trial — no credit card required. Privacy is upfront-pay with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Founded
- 2026 — first launched as Verdant Finance, renamed to Arden 2026-04-21.
- Team size
- One person — Tyler. No investors, no growth team, no advertisers.
- Headquarters
- United States. Remote, self-funded, no office.
- Press contact
- hello@ardenmoney.com
- Security disclosures
- security@ardenmoney.com
Brand assets
Wordmark + icon.
Two assets carry the identity. The wordmark is “Arden” in Instrument Serif italic; the icon is a serif capital A on Moss. Use the wordmark for editorial citations; use the icon where a square mark is required.
Full brand guide: BRAND.md. Color palette as JSON: arden-colors.json. Always-fresh 1024×1024 icon PNG: https://app.ardenmoney.com/api/brand/app-icon-1024.
Palette
Editorial Indie.
Nine named colors. Moss (#4F7C4A) is the designated brand color for any third-party integration that asks for one (Plaid, Stripe, social platforms).
- Vellum
#FAF7F2Background — light mode - Ink
#14171AForeground — light mode - Loam
#0E0F0CBackground — dark mode; sidebar in both modes - Bone
#F2EFE9Foreground — dark mode - Moss
#4F7C4ABrand primary — light mode - Sapling
#7BA876Brand primary — dark mode - Hearth
#C97A4FAccent (terracotta) - Hearth-deep
#985838Accent text — AA on Vellum - Hearth-lifted
#D8956FAccent in dark mode
Official copy
Boilerplate for citations.
One sentence
Arden is a privacy-first personal-finance app — envelope budgeting, net worth tracking, and investment holdings — with CSV-first import and optional bank sync via Plaid, built by one person and funded by paid subscriptions.
One paragraph
Arden is a privacy-first personal-finance application built by a single engineer, with no investors, no advertisers, and no data resale. It combines envelope budgeting (Ready to Assign, per-category goals), net worth tracking across every asset class, and investment-holdings tracking. CSV / XLSX / OFX import is the primary path; Plaid bank sync is an optional paid-tier feature. Privacy plan starts at $5/mo; Plus with Plaid sync is $12/mo and includes a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.
Tagline
Personal finance, no bank login required.
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