
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!




Allen is one of the hardest working founders we've had the honor of partnering with. Excited that they're finally taking the wraps off a business that created a new category in fintech. If you're a bank, fintech or cypto co that doesn't have an escheatment solution, reach out! fortune.com/2026/05/19/eis…




Coming up at Tech Weekend June 2026 VC Office hours with: @ben_glenney , Associate at @restivevc Investment Focus: FinTech, AI, SaaS (with emphasis on AI apps and infrastructure for financial services) Preferred Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed Comfortable with Napkin Stage, MVP/Beta, Traction, and Revenue Check Size: $500K – $5M Scope: US-based teams only Business Model: B2B & B2C 📅 Thursday | June 18, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Location: 75 Arbor Rd, Menlo Park, CA Ben Glenney is an investor with Restive Ventures, based in San Francisco. Restive writes checks from $500K to $5M for exceptional founders building AI apps and infrastructure for financial services at the earliest stage. With Restive's focused thesis at the intersection of AI and financial services, Ben is a wonderful partner for founders looking to build the next generation of intelligent infrastructure for the financial world. What are VC Office Hours? VC Office hours are 20-minute, pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings between founders and investors at Tech Weekend, matched by sector, stage, and business model to ensure focused, high-signal conversations. What is Tech Weekend? A 48-hour fundraising sprint by Founders Village where pre-seed to Series A founders meet dozens of investors in back-to-back sessions to accelerate fundraising and decision-making. If you are a US-based founder building AI applications or infrastructure for FinTech and financial services, Ben would be a wonderful investor to meet. Sign up for Tech Weekend: techweekend.org If you're an investor looking for deal flow and would like to discover high-quality startups, please sign up to participate as an investor.

1/ Today @Mercury received conditional approval from the OCC to establish Mercury Bank, N.A. I started Mercury in 2017 to build the bank I wish had existed as a founder. Nearly a decade later, we’re getting there. 🧵





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This team has been at the cutting edge of design and tech since day 1. The result: @patrickmro and @atlascardhq have built the most exciting consumer finance product in the country. Welcome to the club! Let’s go!




