Restive Ventures Fund III

About Restive Ventures Fund III

Restive Ventures Fund III is a $45M vehicle focused on AI-native financial services companies. The firm boasts a standout track record with Fund I (2019) marked at 6.3x and Fund II (2021) at 4x. Fund III's first disclosed portfolio company, Hiro, was acquired by OpenAI three months out of stealth. The fund invests at pre-seed and seed with first checks into agentic payments, autonomous underwriting, and AI-driven financial operations.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Fintech

Payments Embedded Finance

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Pre-seed AI-native fintech founder disrupting financial services

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Bullish Signals

Fund I at 6.3x, Fund II at 4xblog

First portfolio co Hiro acquired by OpenAIblog

Strong strategic LP demand from banks, insurersblog

Contrarian Signals

$45M concentrated, high single-bet riskblog

Narrow AI-fintech thesis limits deal flowblog

Founder Do's

Build AI-native financial services

Show agentic or autonomous product angle

Target incumbent disruption in payments or insurance

Demonstrate strategic ecosystem relationships

Founder Don'ts

Pitch traditional SaaS fintech without AI

Ignore the 6.3x Fund I benchmark

Expect late-stage follow-on from this fund

Key GPs & Partners

Ryan Falvey

General Partner

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Tyler Griffin

General Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$45M

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Key People

Falvey, Griffin

Ryan FalveyGeneral Partner

Tyler GriffinGeneral Partner