Meet Natasha Vernier, co-founder and CEO of Cable. A compliance leader within banking, she never harbored aspirations about being an entrepreneur- until she came across a glaringly obvious problem she couldn't turn away from. And from there Cable was born.

In this episode we dive into:

• Natasha's early journey and what compelled her to start Cable
• How she started her fundraise, and why she pushed for a higher initial salary
• Compiling a diverse cap table
• Her role as an LGBTQ+ leader in tech
• Cable's operating system and how she managed to refine their principles

And much more!

About Cable: Cable is the all-in-one effectiveness testing platform that helps you comply with your financial crime requirements. Whether you add 1 control or add 1,000 accounts, Cable is your central hub for complete automated controls monitoring as your business scales — and you won’t need to add more headcount. Say goodbye to manual dip sampling; say yes to growth with confidence in your compliance. Learn more at cable.tech.

About Restive: Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow. To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

About the videocast: The Restive Perspective is a series where we tell the stories of female CEOs and the journeys they took to launch their companies. Our goal is to inspire more women to move into the CEO seat. More information about the series is here: https://www.restive.com/blog/leap-and...

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Meet Stephany Kirkpatrick, the founder and CEO of Orum. After joining LearnVest as an early employee and helping grow the company through their acquisition, she decided to strike out on her own. Always curious about why the payments ecosystem hadn't innovated in fifty years, she decided to create Orum to make money movement faster and immediate. She's overcome the challenge of being a solo, non-technical founder to raising through her Series B to investors like Inspired, Bain Capital, and Accel.

About Orum: Orum is the simplest API for fast, reliable payments. Learn more at Orum.io

About Restive:

Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow.

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

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Meet Nami Baral. Born into a conservative family in Nepal, she decided to leave for America- and eventually become a successful multi-time founder. Meet Nami Baral, the Founder/ CEO of Niural (and previously the Founder/ CEO of Harvest).

Here, we dive into Nami’s story, where she shares:

-How she has taken calculated bets all her life, which gave her the perspective and confidence to launch Harvest and then Niural.

-How she continued to iterate to find product market fit at Harvest, and that once she found her ‘aha’ moment she went all in.

-That for her second company, she decided to have multiple co-founders to have meaningful help while building.

-What she’s building at Niural and how she’s hoping to transform payroll.

Watch to learn more about Nami, and check out the other amazing interviews we’ve done with women CEOs.

About Niural:

Niural's all-in-one payroll, team management and compliance platform helps you streamline your hiring process, manage global payroll, and keep tabs on compliance.

Learn more about Niural by visiting https://www.niural.com/.

About Restive:

Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow.

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

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Meet Katrin Kaurov, the Co-Founder/ CEO of Frich, a social finance app aimed at Gen Z. Katrin became an international fashion model at age 14, and had to start managing money at an early age. As she grew up she realized that so many others were struggling to manage money, and she decided to do something about it. Luckily with her background- she knew how to make it cool.

This is our second episode in our series The Restive Perspective, a show about female CEOs and the journeys the took to launch their companies.

About Frich:

We wanted to break the money taboo and make money a social topic. That's why we created Frich. We believe in 100% transparency and raw truth. As a user, you can see how you compare to people just like you in all areas related to money. This gives you the confidence to make quick decisions that align with your financial situation. When it comes to money, sometimes there's no time for goal-setting—you just need to figure out the best thing to do as quickly as possible. That's what we aim to provide at Frich—a clear view of where you stand financially compared to your peers and potential solutions that have worked for your community.

At night, when we close our eyes, we dream of a world where everyone can feel confident about money, regardless of the school they went to or the family they grew up in. Join us at Frich, and let's make money a topic that's social and empowering!

Learn more about Katrin and Frich at https://www.getfrich.com/.

About Restive:

Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow.

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

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Meet Ana Mahoney, the Founder/ CEO of Addition Wealth. As part of our Restive Perspective series on highlighting female CEOs, we tell the stories and strategies of women in the CEO seat – especially as they made the leap to found their companies.

Ana is an inspiring leader and fierce operator, and we’re excited to share her story about how she wasn’t satisfied with any job out there- and so decided to create her own. Enjoy!

About Addition:

Addition is a holistic financial health platform that supports employees in taking action to control their financial lives. We are passionate about helping individuals with their personal finances, and we are technologists and financial experts committed to making finances easier to understand so employees can make smart financial decisions.

To learn more about Ana and her company, Addition Wealth, please visit https://www.additionwealth.com/.

About Restive:

Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow.

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

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Meet Maya Dadoo. As the founder/ CEO of Worky, Maya not only brought modern payroll and HR tech to Mexico, but helped to herald a new wave of tech innovation in the country.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Realizing the major market opportunity for HR and payroll after moving with Ebay from the US to Mexico
• How she made the decision to move her product upmarket
• How she’s approached having US and Mexican investors on her cap table

And much more!

Also, excitingly, Maya raised a Series A round since we recorded the video— so a big congrats to her and the team!

About Worky: Worky is an all-in-one HR software and payroll platform for Mexican SMBs. Through Worky, a company can automate employee files, PTO management, recruiting, evaluations, payroll, employee benefits, and more. Using the wealth of employee centric and performance information generated through its software, it can better serve employees and offer fairer and more relevant financial products.

About Restive: Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow. To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

About the videocast: The Restive Perspective is a series where we tell the stories of female CEOs and the journeys they took to launch their companies. Our goal is to inspire more women to move into the CEO seat. More information about the series is here: https://www.restive.com/blog/leap-and...

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

Listen to our podcast, The Restive Perspective on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cKgWxz...\

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Meet Naré Vardanyan, founder & CEO of Ntropy. Originally from Armenia, Naré turned to entrepreneurship after college as her path to stay in the US- and she got hooked. Now on her second startup, she decided to tackle the challenge of deciphering financial data - especially across borders – and set about to fix it.

In this episode we dive into:

• Nare's excitement about AI and the advancements she’s seen since starting Ntropy
• How to build momentum in a fundraise
• Gaining confidence as a leader- particularly around managing people and saying “no”
• Her story around building traction in the company- and how close they came to stopping

And much more!

About Ntropy: Ntropy aims to democratize financial data across various sources, languages, and geographies. Ntropy's APIs and models are reshaping the landscape of financial services through building language models to understand financial data at scale, regardless of source, format, geo or language.

About Restive: Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow. To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

About the videocast: The Restive Perspective is a series where we tell the stories of female CEOs and the journeys they took to launch their companies. Our goal is to inspire more women to move into the CEO seat. More information about the series is here: https://www.restive.com/blog/leap-and...

To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

Listen to our podcast, The Restive Perspective on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cKgWxz...\

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Learn more about The Restive Perspective and Restive Ventures at www.restive.com.

Meet Trisha Kothari of Unit21. Her story is one of absolute perseverance, pushing through a challenging sales period early in the company to eventually become a leader in the fraud space. In this episode we cover:

• Trisha's early career and how she gained the conviction to launch a company
• The importance of community and accountability as she developed Unit21
• The long and challenging path to bring on her first customer
• Fundraising

And much more!

About Unit21: Unit21’s Risk and Compliance Infrastructure empowers your team to proactively combat financial crime and make informed decisions throughout the customer lifecycle. Configurable to your organization’s unique risk profile, Unit21 unifies data silos into a comprehensive, end-to-end solution that helps reduce the impact of financial crime on your organization and your customers.

About Restive: Restive is a seed stage fintech venture capital fund organized around speed. We are former founders and operators and we aim to be your most helpful investor. We help you bridge the seed to A with capital and key industry partners in financial services to give you what you need to grow. To learn more about Restive and get in touch with us, please visit us at https://www.restive.com/.

About the videocast: The Restive Perspective is a series where we tell the stories of female CEOs and the journeys they took to launch their companies. Our goal is to inspire more women to move into the CEO seat. More information about the series is here: https://www.restive.com/blog/leap-and...

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