Cameron Peake
Partner at Restive Ventures
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