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Restive Ventures
Venture capitalSan Jose · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Also known as Restive · RESTIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Restive Ventures partners with founders building technology companies aimed at transforming financial services. The firm emphasizes that no company is too early for it, and it works to provide capital, connections, and industry knowledge to help startups scale quickly. As former founders and senior operators, the team believes success in fintech requires more than capital, drawing on its operating experience and relationships to help founders navigate an industry shaped by relationships, regulation, and complex technologies. Restive also cultivates a network of fintech entrepreneurs who collaborate and learn from one another in real time.
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Team · 6 people
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What they invest in
from 71 of 80 portfolio companiesFintech ×49AI & Machine Learning ×31SaaS ×30Enterprise Software ×20Consumer ×16InsurTech ×7Data & Infrastructure ×6Cybersecurity ×5
HQs:United States×43United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 41 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×182 founders×153 founders×8
Where their founders studiedfrom 51 founders with education data
Stanford University ×6Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3University of Chicago ×3Brown University ×2Duke University ×2Harvard University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 45 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×22Engineering ×9Business & Management ×7Economics ×6Finance & Accounting ×3Humanities ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 58 founders with career history
Facebook ×3McKinsey & Company ×3Clara Lending ×2Earnin ×2Hippo Insurance ×2Morgan Stanley ×2Southparkcommons ×2Traba ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 8 hold an MBA (of 53 with degree data)
Investments · 80 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 22021 · 42019 · 22016 · 217 dated
Addition Wealth is a financial health platform for employees that provides personalized guidance and resources to help manage personal finances, reduce financial stress, and make informed financial decisions.
AI & Machine LearningFintechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Ana Mahony(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureCore Venture CapitalCorrelation VenturesFinancial Venture StudioNycaNyca Partners+1 more
Agentero provides a technology platform and carrier appointment access for insurance agents to manage P&C (property and casualty) insurance policies through a unified portal.
InsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalFinancial Venture StudioMundi VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Foundation Capital
AiPrise provides AI-powered compliance and risk management software for KYB/KYC processes, covering fraud prevention and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Chaitanya Sarda(CEO & co-founder)inRushabh Shah(Founder/Co-CEO)in
Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesFinancial Venture StudioY CombinatorHeadlineSixThirty VenturesWedbush Ventures
GoToAisle is a mobile marketing platform that enables retail businesses to engage customers through SMS and MMS messaging, offering features like cashback incentives, location-aware promotions, and customer data synchronization to drive sales and repeat purchases.
Marketing TechRetail Tech
Tiffin ✌️(Founder)in
Co-investorsCalano VenturesFinancial Venture StudioFJ LabsMidnight
Anvil provides software for collecting and sharing information through digital workflows, replacing manual paperwork-based processes.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Mang-Git Ng(Founder, CEO)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioGradient VenturesMenlo VenturesCiti VenturesScript Capital
Ascend is a financial operations platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, wholesalers, MGAs, and carriers, combining AI-powered accounting automation, payments, and premium financing.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Praveen Chekuri(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoxGroupDistributed VenturesFinancial Venture StudioMGV.VCNFPNyca+8 more
Atlas is a membership card and app that provides access to reservations at high-end restaurants, luxury hotels, sold-out concerts, and sporting events for members.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFintechSan Francisco, US
Patrick Mrozowski(Founder)inSid Parihar(Founder)Kenan Pulak(Founder)in
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAccelChapter OneEvolution VC PartnersFinancial Venture StudioKindred Ventures+11 more
Atlas offers a membership-based bundle of consumer financial services centered on a credit-building rewards credit card, with a deposit account featuring early paycheck access, credit score tracking, savings automation, subscription management, and cash-back rewards.
ConsumerFintechBerkeley, US
Vetri Balaji(Founder)inZane Salim(Founder)
Co-investorsData Techf7 VenturesFinancial Venture StudioGMO VenturePartnersGurtin VenturesAccel
Atlas Health uses AI-driven patient assistance to help health systems connect patients to financial resources and reduce barriers to care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Ethan Davidoff(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFinancial Venture StudioOptum VenturesPurpose Built VenturesGlobal Founders CapitalGreatPoint Ventures+2 more
Beltic provides modular APIs for identity and trust verification, serving platforms, marketplaces, and API providers who need to verify users, businesses, and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Allan Pellin(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCollide CapitalLatitud Ventures
Fido Estates (Bequest) is software for estate and probate administration that automates client intake, autofills court forms and precedent letters, and generates fiduciary accounting reports, including California court-formatted ones.
FintechLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioMark Cuban CompaniesNyca Partners
Blue Studios operates an edutainment streaming platform for families that combines educational content with games and interactive classes, broadcasting globally.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3EdTechMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US
Emile Cambry Jr.Kelley Cambryin
Co-investors500 GlobalAvesta FundFinancial Venture StudioTechstarsOwl Ventures
BlueArc.ai performs automated business verification and Know Your Business (KYB) checks by analyzing web domains and operational presence, using large language models and agentic AI to gather signals and map entity relationships into a risk knowledge graph.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
John Canfield(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
BlueQubit provides a cloud platform and SDK for running large-scale quantum circuit simulations on managed GPU-based simulators, along with quantum machine learning algorithms.
Cloud ComputingDeep TechQuantum ComputingLos Angeles, US
Hayk Tepanyan(Director)inHrant Gharibyan(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsChaac VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)DEPO VenturesFinancial Venture StudioFormula VCGranatus Ventures+5 more
Brico provides software that automates the financial licensing process for banks and fintech companies, simplifying applications and renewals through automation.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioFlourish VenturesPear VC
Canary provides technology and services that let employers, nonprofits, community foundations, and philanthropic donors deliver emergency relief payments to workers and community members.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSWellness & Fitness
Rachel Schneider(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioSorenson Impact FoundationVery Serious VenturesAccess Venture PartnersGreycroftNoro-Moseley Partners+1 more
Cofia provides AI-driven automation software that analyzes internal business processes and automatically deploys workflows that deliver the highest return on investment.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US
Moses Wayne(Founder)inPaola Martinez(Founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalTMVY Combinator
Copilot Money is a personal finance app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web that automatically tracks a user's bank accounts, spending, budgets, investments, and net worth.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechChicago, US
PATRICK G. RYAN(CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR)Andres Ugarte(Founder)inROBERT LEVIN(CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioLudlow VenturesPath VenturesPathlight VenturesShrug CapitalAdjacent Ventures Llc+1 more
Copper is a mobile app that pays users with points redeemable for gift cards and cash (e.g.
Consumer
Stefan Berglund(Co-founder)inEddie Behringer(CEO / Co-founder)in
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesFinancial Venture StudioLaunchpad CapitalMaven VenturesOperator StackSamsung Next+4 more
Corbel Pay provides embedded monthly payment financing solutions for industrial equipment sales, enabling buyers to see financing options at the point of sale to reduce purchase friction.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioJoule VenturesSelah Ventures
Coverwatch places product recall insurance for brands that make, sell, and ship consumable and CPG products, covering first-party costs to pull, replace, and dispose of defective or contaminated products.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechInsurTech
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioCoFound Partners VentureKfund
Crossmint builds developer tools that let companies, AI agents, and users work with blockchain and stablecoin rails without dealing with the underlying complexity.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas(Founder)inRodri Fernández Touza(Founder)in
Co-investors6th Man VenturesAbstract VenturesBig Brain HoldingsCommerce VenturesFactionFinancial Venture Studio+9 more
Dave is a financial app offering members cash advances of up to $500 with no credit check, along with budgeting and banking features aimed at making financial services more accessible.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintech
Jason Wilk(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioNorwest Venture PartnersThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)
Decaf is a crypto wallet and stablecoin banking platform that enables financial services via blockchain, with a focus on serving underbanked communities, remote workers, and individuals in high-inflation economies who lack traditional banking access.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesFinancial Venture Studio
Diesta provides AI-driven reconciliation software for insurance companies, managing premium payments, bank transactions, and remittance matching across multiple payment channels.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaSLondon, GB
Co-investorsAntlerCommerce VenturesFinTech CollectiveSixThirty Ventures
Digit offers a personal savings app called Set & Save that analyzes a user's income and spending habits to automatically move affordable amounts into savings toward custom goals.
ConsumerFintech
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesFinancial Venture Studio
DIRO provides an open banking platform that enables real-time verification of financial, utility, and government data across 195 countries for financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSector AgnosticNew York, US
Vishal Gupta(Founder)inPer Jirstrand(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioO1ex
Everlance provides productivity tools that help businesses and independent workers automate routine tasks to save time and money.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Gabriel Garza Rodríguez(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersClocktower VenturesFinancial Venture StudioTeamworthy VenturesBloomberg Beta
FairPlay applies AI to consumer loan underwriting to help lenders assess hard-to-score borrowers and improve financial inclusion.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Kareem Saleh(Founder & CEO)inJohn Merrill(Co-Founder & CTO)inAdrian Lai(VP of Marketing & Growth)inAbby Hogan(SVP of Legal Affairs)inMark Jones(VP of Engineering)Patrick Cadic(COO)in
Co-investorsFin CapitalFinancial Venture StudioInfinity VenturesNazcaNycaNyca Partners+3 more
FarmRaise provides technology and advisory services to help farmers increase profitability and sustainability.
AgTechFintechRiverside, US
Albert(Co-founder)Sami Tellatin(Executive Officer, Director)inJayce Hafner(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesFinancial Venture StudioPear VCUlu VenturesCendana CapitalSusa Ventures
FINNY is a growth platform that identifies and targets financial prospects for advisors through data aggregation and automated outreach, enabling personalized client acquisition at scale.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Eden Ovadia(Founder)inTheodore Janson(Founder)inVictoria Toli(Founder)inAlexander Bush(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Gandolfo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBreakpoint CapitalFinancial Venture StudioMaple VCVenrockY Combinator
Finventure Studio is an early-stage venture studio that works with founders to build technology companies in financial services.
Fintech
Co-investorsTemerity Capital Partners
Flex provides a platform that allows renters to make flexible and predictable rental payments, helping households manage financial volatility while providing property managers operational stability.
ConsumerFintechImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
YeTong Shao(Founder)inShragie Lichtenstein(Founder)in
Co-investorsCamber CreekCoatue ManagementFinancial Venture StudioGMO VenturePartnersLudlow VenturesMatrix+1 more
Flex provides flexible credit and financing solutions to business owners using AI technology.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Zaid Rahman(Founder)in
Co-investors53 StationsBeyond CapitalCarnrite VenturesChapter OneCompanyon VenturesFlorida Funders+13 more
Flowglad is a platform that unifies cross-system automations, context, and knowledge for professional service teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Agree Ahmed(Co-Founder)inHarrison Telyan(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioSouth QuadY CombinatorEssence Venture Capital
Frich is a personal finance app for Gen Z that lets users compare their financial habits and spending to people similar to them, helping them make money decisions around credit, saving, and everyday expenses.
ConsumerEdTechFintechNew York, US
Pam Rodriguez(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioK20 FundLair East LabsAvestria Ventures
Pie provides growth and business management tools designed to help small business owners reduce reliance on expensive agencies and complex platform management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
The page is an affiliate/marketing site promoting 1win, an online gambling and betting platform offering sports betting, online casino games, and a poker room, targeting players in India.
ConsumerGaming
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
Glade.ai builds AI automation tools that integrate with service businesses' existing systems to convert administrative work into automated processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSMenlo Park, US
Kiran Bellubbi(Founder, CEO)inMarcus Garceau(Co-Founder, Head of Product)inTed Mao(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsHumba VenturesPruVen Capital Partners
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Acorns offers a consumer finance app for automated investing, retirement (IRA), banking with checking and high-yield savings, and custodial accounts for kids.
ConsumerFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Co-investorsNat TurnerTechstarsAndav CapitalLakehouse Venture Partners
Hedge provides direct access to specialty insurance markets for retail agents, offering dedicated account teams that handle policies from intake through renewal without sub-brokering layers.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Luke Button(Co-Founder, CEO)inLuke Rosa(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Hiro built an AI personal CFO to help individuals plan for and manage their finances, having supported clients across more than $1 billion in assets.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesFinancial Venture Studio
Infinity Loop provides an AI tool that analyzes past, current, and upcoming contracts, grading them across commercial, legal, and operational terms and flagging risks and savings opportunities.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioGlasswing Ventures
Ivella offers financial products and accounts tailored for couples at different relationship stages, including shared savings and account options designed for partners to manage money together.
FintechLos Angeles, US
Kahlil Lalji(Founder)inVishal Dubey(Founder)inEric Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioY CombinatorSoma Capital
Chargeback offered AI agents using computer-use automation to cancel unwanted consumer subscriptions on users' behalf, having canceled over 400,000 subscriptions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintech
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
Neobanque is a global directory of neobanks (digital-only banks) that helps consumers compare and find online banking options available in their country.
ConsumerFintechMedia & Entertainment
Stéphane Luethi(Founder)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
FintechInsurTechDenver, US
Co-investorsAmplio VenturesATX Venture PartnersFinancial Venture StudioMatchstick VenturesTechstarsAccion Venture Lab+1 more
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Impact & Social GoodKansas City, US
Ewing Marion Kauffman(Founder)
Payment solution for the unbanked population in Latin America; acquired by Shift4.
Co-investorsMantis CapitalBase PartnersIndex VenturesUpHonest Capital
Lunch is a fintech program that cities and counties offer to provide early payment and credit building for local businesses contracting with government.
FintechGovTechSaaSSanta Monica, US
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioJHH vcJoint EffectsMudita VentureNomad Venture Partners, LlcEdovate Capital
Manif provides financial infrastructure and a control plane for agentic commerce, enabling payments and financial operations for AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsInfinity Ventures
Maza is a financial technology company offering a mobile app that syncs with users' existing financial tools to consolidate their financial information in one place.
Fintech
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesFinancial Venture StudioKube VCTitanium VenturesAndreessen HorowitzGlobal Founders Capital+3 more
Mercantile helps fintechs, brands, and trade associations launch affinity credit card programs that increase customer engagement and value.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBoston, US
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioIndex VenturesLiam Horne
Natural builds payment infrastructure ("rails") designed for AI agents to execute transactions autonomously.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US
Kahlil(Founder)Walt Leung(Founder)inEric Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAntiFinancial Venture StudioForerunner VenturesMirana VenturesTerrain+10 more
Glade is an AI-powered case management platform for law firms that builds and maintains case files as work progresses, handling client intake, document collection, billing, scheduling, and court filing through CM/ECF.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioQED InvestorsAlumni VenturesBlackRockElectric Feel Ventures LlcGingerbread Capital+3 more
Onshore provides tax and R&D credit advisory services for engineers, farmers, and manufacturers.
AgTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Dominic Vitucci(Founder)in
Co-investorsCounterpart VenturesFinancial Venture StudioFPVPruVen Capital PartnersVertex VenturesY Combinator+1 more
This page is the "Our Verticals" section of Pear VC, a venture capital firm, listing the market sectors it invests in, including SaaS, enterprise tech, deep tech, fintech, climate tech, and consumer.
Sector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Pejman Nozad(Founding Managing Partner)inMar Hershenson(Founding Managing Partner)inAjay Kamatin
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesNimble PartnersSGH CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Pear VCPlug and Play Ventures
Pie provides a suite of marketing products that help small and local businesses reach high-intent customers and appear in search results, including AI search tools like ChatGPT.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsMercury FundSciFi VC
Point offers alternative home equity solutions, providing homeowners with lump sums of cash in exchange for a stake in their property, as an alternative to traditional home equity loans or refinancing.
FintechPropTech
Eddie Lim(CEO and cofounder)inEoin Matthews(cofounder)inLim(CEO and cofounder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDag VenturesFinancial Venture StudioAlpaca VCBloomberg BetaMontage Ventures+2 more
Power reimagines global commerce and payments infrastructure for brands, offering alternative financial systems and loyalty solutions.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Gurveer LaliinTyler SowersinEric JalbertinAlex SteinerinBrian GurkainEric Pearson
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Financial Venture StudioAnthemis Venture
Propel builds technology that improves government benefits access and management for Americans facing financial hardship.
FintechGovTechImpact & Social GoodSocialBrooklyn, US
Jimmy Chen(CEO, Co-Founder)inJeff Kaiser(COO, Co-Founder)inRam Mehta(CPO, Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFinancial Venture StudioInspired CapitalKleiner PerkinsNew York Life VenturesNyca+1 more
Surus is a financial infrastructure platform offering qualified custody, reserve management, and token issuance for digital asset builders, backed by its own North Carolina-chartered trust company.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechWashington, US
Bradley Gibson(Chief Technology Officer)inBethany Wheeler(Chief Trust Officer)inJennifer Hoopes(Chief Legal Officer)inRachel Trujillo(Chief Compliance Officer)inPatrick Murck(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNic Carter(Director)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioProtagonistCastle Island Ventures
Corpay One (formerly Roger) is a spend management and bill pay platform that automates ACH, check, and wire payments, invoice scanning, expense approvals, and vendor management, with real-time accounting sync to QuickBooks Online.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christian Rasmussen(Executive Officer, Director)Cathrine Andersen(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Risley(Director)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio9Yards CapitalBootstrapLabsQED Investors
Sieve provides a data quality platform that combines AI and human validation to clean and verify financial datasets for investment teams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioY Combinator
Snout provides infrastructure for veterinary clinics to offer monthly wellness plans, letting pet owners enroll without credit checks while clinics are paid upfront at the time of care.
FintechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Emily Dong(Founder & CEO)inJennifer YipDavid(Chief Operating Officer)Kyle(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investors500 GlobalBread And Butter Ventures, LlcFinancial Venture StudioFootworkMuse CapitalSterling Road+1 more
SPRX (Onshore) provides tax and R&D tax credit services, combining software with credentialed professionals who own each account and sign off on filings.
AgTechFintechSaaS
Co-investorsADP VenturesK20 FundPruVen Capital PartnersVertex VenturesY Combinator
Stand uses physics-based simulation, satellite imagery, and field inspection to model per-property natural-peril risk (wildfire, wind, hail, water, and earthquake) and translates it into insurance coverage.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechInsurTech
Dan Preston(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvective CapitalEqual VenturesFinancial Venture StudioFjor FoundersInspired CapitalLeap Forward Ventures+5 more
Telivy provides continuous risk management and vulnerability monitoring for managed service providers (MSPs), combining asset monitoring, vulnerability prioritization, and automated remediation tracking aligned to security frameworks and CIS controls.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Naren Sathiya(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioMGV.VCY CombinatorThomvest Ventures
Token Transit develops fare collection technology and solutions for municipal and regional transit agencies across North America, enabling flexible and convenient rider payment systems.
FintechGovTechMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US
Morgan Kikuchi-Conbere(Founder/CEO)inZachary Browne(Founder)inEkate Kuznetsova(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsCamp One VenturesFinancial Venture StudioTrucks VCY Combinator
Homa is a real estate platform that assists home buyers through the purchasing process with a team of specialized experts handling tours, negotiations, and closing, while charging a flat fee to help buyers recover up to 2% at closing instead of paying traditional commissions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplacesPropTech
Arman Javaherian(CEO & Co-Founder)Federico Campeotto(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture Studio
Varos uses AI agents to automate business analysis work by conducting micro-interviews with employees to extract knowledge and generate decision-ready outputs like roadmaps and process optimization.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Yarden Shaked(Founder)inLior Chen(Founder)inGil Shaked(Founder)in
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioIbex InvestorsMosaic General Partnership, LLCY CombinatorRed Swan Ventures
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latest coverage across their companiesFlexbase · techfundingnews.com · Jul 14, 2026
Hedge · ycombinator.com · May 8, 2026
Cofia · ycombinator.com · Mar 5, 2026
Onshore · finsmes.com · Feb 19, 2026
FINNY AI · fintech.global · Dec 22, 2025
Flowglad · ycombinator.com · Dec 10, 2025
Brico · fintech.global · Oct 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Restive Ventures made?
- Restive Ventures has 80 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Restive Ventures invest at?
- Restive Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Restive Ventures's typical check size?
- Restive Ventures typically writes checks of $50K – $2.5M.
- What sectors does Restive Ventures focus on?
- Restive Ventures focuses on Fintech.
- Where is Restive Ventures located?
- Restive Ventures is headquartered in San Jose, US.
- Does Restive Ventures lead rounds?
- Restive Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Restive Ventures co-invest with?
- Restive Ventures most often shares deals with Financial Venture Studio, Y Combinator, Nyca, among 135 tracked co-investors.
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