Restive Ventures Fund III

United States
Pre Seed
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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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agentic-payments
autonomous-underwriting
AI-financial-ops

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

RF
Ryan Falvey
General Partner
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TG
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

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