Restive Ventures

Restive Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting early-stage fintech companies. The firm provides foundational capital, deep operational expertise, and systematic connections to help founders launch and grow their businesses more quickly. Restive Ventures partners with entrepreneurs who have an unrelenting vision to improve financial technology and build world-changing companies.

The firm's investment strategy focuses on seed and early-stage companies, particularly those utilizing artificial intelligence to transform financial processes. Restive Ventures is especially interested in startups where AI is used to rethink legacy financial processes and empower small, lean teams to build products exceptionally fast. The firm seeks engineering-led teams with a deep understanding of the technical problems they are solving, and businesses that touch regulated spaces, enterprise workflows, or consumer financial experiences.

Since its launch in 2018, Restive Ventures has invested over $25 million into industry-changing companies. These investments have enabled portfolio companies to raise over $800 million in follow-on capital and create over $5 billion in enterprise value. The firm's unique engagement model combines early capital with a structured fintech program designed to help early-stage companies navigate critical elements of the financial services industry and scale rapidly.

Restive Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and operates with a team of experienced professionals committed to empowering fintech founders to build the future of financial services.