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Cameron Peake

Partner at Restive Ventures

Austin, Texas

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    At Restive Ventures (formerly known as Financial Venture Studio) we invest in early founders at the pre-seed and seed stages who are building the future of financial services. We combine early capital with operational expertise and a curated networking program to help fintech founders launch and grow their companies more quickly.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2021

  • Advisory Board Member

    2021 - 2022

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2019 - 2021

  • Co-Founder & COO

    2017 - 2019

  • New Ventures

    2016 - 2017

    Operations, product, business development, partnerships, & growth for new fintech startups

  • MBA Candidate

    2014 - 2016

    Class of 2016 Majors: Marketing & Operations, Statistics - Thomas A. Schwartz Fellowship for outstanding academic and professional accomplishments - Founding VP Wharton FinTech Club - Wharton Social Venture Fund-- Financial Services Sector Lead

  • Partnerships

    2015 - 2016

    - Developed Partnerships/ BD during my Fall Semester in San Francisco

  • Emerging Payments Products

    2015 - 2015

  • Director - Social Innovations

    2012 - 2014

    The Social Innovations team at Mercy Corps designs and catalyzes financially sustainable, scalable ventures -- aiming to reach one million people within five years and achieve social impact for Base of the Pyramid (BOP) populations. Over the past three years, the team has supported innovations in the banking, ICT, and mobile arenas. As the Director of Social Innovations Special Initiatives, Cameron was responsible for the identification, management and success of programs of strategic importance to the unit. She focused on: - Overseeing or supporting key digital financial services and impact investing initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. - Managing $40m social impact fund in conjunction with USAID and Skoll Foundation. - Building and managing strategic partnerships with corporate, technology, academic, government, and non-profit organizations. - Managing or supporting business development activities. - Incubating, capitalizing and launching key innovations ventures. - Presenting and representing the Social Innovations team at events and in the public domain.

  • Director- Impact Investing & Partnerships

    2011 - 2012

    As Director of Impact Investing and Social Innovations Partnerships, Cameron was responsible for agency engagement in the impact investing arena, the development of new partnerships, and supporting or managing the build out of mobile financial services programming.

  • Program Officer - Social Innovations

    2010 - 2011

  • Special Assistant

    2008 - 2010

  • Freelance Journalist

    2007 - 2008

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