Ridwell
ridwell.com
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Waste Management
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$15M
1 round on record
Latest round
$15M
Venture round · Nov 2025 · 10 mo ago
Team
270
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +5% in a year
Hiring now
11
+3 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
41/100
hiring for its size, a new city, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.46%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2025 | $15M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Ridwell, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Aliya MarderExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Ryan MetzgerExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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How Ridwell hires
Truth index
B 84/100
Median time to fill
83 days
Ghost roles
18%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Ridwell scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 18% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 83 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Ridwell is a subscription recycling service that picks up hard-to-recycle items from members homes, including plastic film, batteries, light bulbs, textiles and reusable goods. It runs van routes and works with local partners to reuse or recycle materials and keep them out of landfill, serving cities such as Seattle, Portland, Denver, Austin, Minneapolis and Atlanta. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.
News
This company tries to recycle the really difficult plastics
Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them. But are they doing more harm than good?
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Recycling startup Ridwell hits 130,000 customers as new mail-in service takes off across the U.S.
Ridwell CEO Ryan Metzger discusses his company's recycling efforts during a community meetup in Sebastopol, Calif., one of dozens of gatherings he hosted
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From dinks to dumps? Not anymore. How Portland is turning worn-out pickleballs into a win for the planet
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Facing increasing volumes, Ridwell tweaks textile recycling
Ridwell is now asking customers to separate textiles into two streams: re-wearable and recyclable. Photo Courtesy of Ridwell After
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Ridwell strikes a chord with those worried about recycling
Baled clamshells in Ridwell's Portland facility on Aug. 15, 2024, awaiting shipment to a downstream processor. Marissa Heffernan/Resource Recycling.
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Need to get rid of your junk and your consumer guilt? There's a subscription for that
Sure, the city will pick up trash and basic recyclables. But the rest of your junk? For a fee, Ridwell promises to dispose of it - and your consumer guilt.
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WORKERS AT RIDWELL VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN TEAMSTERS
/PRNewswire/ -- More than 40 workers at Ridwell have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 305. The group of drivers and warehouse workers came together...
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$45k
Typical range
$40k – $150k
Open positions
10
6
Jobs
Middle
66.7%
Senior
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 4 | $45k | $40k – $54k |
| Senior | 2 | $148k | $145k – $150k |
Highest paying role
Acquisition Marketing Senior Manager
$150k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ridwell
By role, level and city, against the market · 10 jobs with pay
People
Aliya Marder
Executive Officer, Director
Ryan Metzger
Executive Officer, Director
Ryan Panchadsaram
Director
Saar Gur
Director
Glenn Kelman
Director
Nabeel Hyatt
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
11
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
217 days
faster than 7% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
38% ▲
Field & Service
38% ▲
Operations
13% ▼
Industrial Engineering
13% ▼
Actively hiring for Field & Service (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Bellingham
Oct 2026
New location: San Fernando
Sep 2026
New location: Atlanta
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
7
Countries
1
Busiest office
Seattle
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Seattle
United States
HQ
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $112k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales
Portland
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $111k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales
Denver
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $40k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Field & Service
San Fernando
United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $44k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Atlanta
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $40k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Bellingham
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $54k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Minneapolis
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $46k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Earlier presence
Puyallup, United States
Financials
Total raised
$15M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $15M | Details |