Restive Ventures
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Restive Ventures
@restivevc
Where founders build the future. Pre-seed / Seed fintech & AI fund writing checks up to $5M. Starting a business? Get in touch!
San Francisco Katılım Ekim 2018
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the saaspocalypse is real and the escape route isn't another feature drop.
our partner @JTylerGriffin just wrote abot why better, simpler products are the only sustainable moat left in SaaS. Link in comments
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we've known @bykahlil for a long time, and when we first saw @naturalpay we knew
today they're coming out of stealth and announcing the payments infrastructure layer for the agentic era.
proud to have backed them early. this is exactly why we do this.
Kahlil Lalji@bykahlil
210 days ago, @naturalpay was just a one-pager and a memo. Today, we’re coming out of stealth. Natural is the agentic payments platform powering frictionless money movement between agents, businesses, and consumers. Wallets. Payments. Ledgering. Routing. Identity. Compliance. Credit. Observability. Risk. Everything needed to move money. Engineered for agents and designed for humans. These primitives give you the ability to transact without becoming a payments expert or stitching together a dozen fragmented tools. Huge thanks to our team of 10 (soon to be 25), our early investors, and the supporters who believed in this vision from the start. If you want to help shape how money moves over the coming decades, we’re hiring. And if you’re building agents you should probably be moving money too. Reach out. Read more about Natural and the products we’re launching in the blog below. natural.co/blog/introduci…
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Thank you to everyone who came to our Go Restive event this week! It was a reminder of how far AI has come since our first conference just last year: agents can now replace human actions, machines can communicate (and socialize!) with one another, and we're at the cusp of a new paradigm in payments.
A few takeaways from this week:
- There was a buzz among everyone building - from hallway conversations to statements on stage - about the massive infrastructure shift we're undergoing that is unlike any we've seen in decades. It's a great time to be building.
- With Erik Reppel (@programmer), @bykahlil , and Charlie Wilson, we discussed the future of agentic payments. The use cases are here, and there have already been an impressive number of transactions. The only thing that is standing in the way of a major platform shift is greater awareness and empowerment of agents. This feels inevitable.
- With @Eden__Ovadia, @ebloch, and Marco Mahrus, we discussed wealth management and AI, and its impact on legacy industries. As much as I tried to tee the conversation up to be about human-in-the-loop vs. fully autonomous models ( 😉 ), the conversation actually became much more interesting as we broke apart the advantages of human vs. agentic involvement and how different customer segments were better served by each.
Finally, the standout moment in @Ryan_Falvey's conversation with Jason Wilk was Jason's story about how Dave.com rebounded from their rollercoaster run in the public markets. By battening down and rearchitecting much of the company with AI, Jason was able to build a much more resilient company and produce much more value for his employees and shareholders.
We'll be sharing video and summaries in the coming weeks. Thanks again to all of our speakers, sponsors, and attendees. And we're always thrilled to discuss these topics, and invest with founders building in these areas!
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Awesome partnership with @restivevc co Onshore! Congrats to Onshore and @puzzlefin teams.
On the heels of announcing $31m raise, Onshore is crushing it
Puzzle@puzzlefin
Your payroll is more powerful than you think. If your company pays engineers, builds product, improves systems and solves technical problems... You’re likely eligible for R&D credits. Most founders don’t check. That’s why we partnered with Onshore. Check eligibility 👇
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On Wednesday we’re getting the CEOs of Mercury, Dave, and Flex in the same room (and many more)
these conversations don’t happen in public very often
we’re changing that
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Left block recently, want to start a company?
Give us a shout @restivevc - we invest up to $5m pre-seed and seed in AI infra and apps for financial services
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Our annual event, Go Restive, is at capacity - but we've opened up a handful of additional founder-only spots. If you want to meet the leading operators in this industry, the partners who can help you scale, and the VCs that are funding the future, you can still apply!
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Go Restive sold out faster than expected.
We're opening a few more founder spots because we hate telling builders no. Free. One day. SF. March 4th.
Speakers include the CEOs of Mercury, Dave, Flex, FINNY, Natural, Hiro and more. If you're building in fintech or thinking about it → gorestive.com
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Proud to share Onshore's $31M Series B. LFG 🚀. Invested early and knew from day 1 this team was a force.
$200B+ in tax incentives go unclaimed every year. Onshore (formerly SPRX) is fixing that with an AI-native platform that's already delivered $600M+ in results for 500+ companies.
axios.com/pro/fintech-de…
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When we release our docs & product you'll realize we're the only real option for agents to reliably move money at scale
Chris Barber@chrisbarber
claude code adjacent / agent operating system list: for end users: - central: claude code, claude cowork, codex - cloud machines: @zocomputer, @usebits_inc - slack: @get_viktor_com - web agents: @TaskletAI, @getlindy, @yutori_ai - sandboxing: packnplay (gh: obra/packnplay), leash (strongdm), vibe (@lynaghk) - context engineering: specstory (@awakenjake), @Context7AI - orchestration: codelayer, taskmaster - utilities: wispr flow, superwhisper, handy (@cj_pais) for startups building claude code/cowork alternatives: - infra: /dev/agents, @daytonaio, @terminaluse, @e2b, @HornetDev, @baseline_labs, @mixedbreadai, @ZeroEntropy_AI - payments: @catena_labs, @PaymanAI, @naturalpay, @stripe, @nearprotocol, @crossmint, @trySkyfire, @PayWithLocus - security: agentsh (@erans), @getsalus_ai, @cascade_intel, sprites (@flydotio), @coderhq, @deno_land, nsjail, sandbox-runtime - web infra: @browserbase, @p0, @ExaAILabs, @SimularAI, @orthogonal_sh, @apify, @crustdata, @tavilyai, @use_dari, @ValyuOfficial, @try_channel3, @Linkup_platform, @kirha_ai, minerva (@TheRealDanSaedi), @freesolo, @clay, @Quercledev - monitoring: @modaflows, @sentrial_dev what else is adjacent to cc for end users, or is relevant to startups building cc/cowork alternatives?
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Two weeks until Go Restive.
Focused on early product, distribution, and scaling questions.
Apply → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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Flex is a winner for GPs of funds. One card for personal and the fund management entity. Allocate transactions after swipe.
Turner Novak 🍌🧢@TurnerNovak
Optimal venture firm tech stack: -Fund Admin: @hanoverpark -Bank/Cards: @FlexSuperApp -CRM: @NotionHQ -Sales tax for port co’s: @numeral -Ski passes: @VailResorts -Travel: @NetJets / @FourSeasons -Everything else: @claudeai
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You’re about to start hearing a lot about @naturalpay
Cameron Peake@cameronpeake
Thanks to @VCJournal for featuring my takes on agentic commerce and the agentic infrastructure layer that is being created right now! We're at an exciting point where those of us operating and investing at the earliest stages are seeing infrastructure being created for an entirely new system of purchasing, discovering, an engaging with products. With that scaffolding in place, the whole commercial experience will start to shift. Shout out to @bykahlil of @naturalpay as one of our portfolio companies featured in the piece! More on this to come from me... and in the meantime, let me know if you are building in or excited about this new layer- I'd love to chat. venturecapitaljournal.com/agentic-ai-gai…
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Announcing lobster.cash. The open payment standard for OpenClaw agents.
There's no secure way for OpenClaw agents to pay for things. Until now.
Powered by @crossmint, @Visa Intelligent Commerce, @solana, @circle, and @stytchauth.
🧵👇
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@cameronpeake @VCJournal awesome @cameronpeake!
Founders: we have been and will continue to invest heavily in this transition. Definitely reach out!
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Thanks to @VCJournal for featuring my takes on agentic commerce and the agentic infrastructure layer that is being created right now!
We're at an exciting point where those of us operating and investing at the earliest stages are seeing infrastructure being created for an entirely new system of purchasing, discovering, an engaging with products. With that scaffolding in place, the whole commercial experience will start to shift. Shout out to @bykahlil of @naturalpay as one of our portfolio companies featured in the piece!
More on this to come from me... and in the meantime, let me know if you are building in or excited about this new layer- I'd love to chat. venturecapitaljournal.com/agentic-ai-gai…
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