River
river.com
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Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms
Cryptocurrencies
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$17.3M
1 round on record
Latest round
$17.3M
Venture round · Jan 2021 · 5 yr ago
Team
109
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
6
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
IDEO CoLab Ventures www
The money's age
Long since its last round
68 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
58/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
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
Jan 28, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $17.3M · SEC Form D
Jan 19, 2021
Released an app River: Buy Bitcoin · App Store
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.02%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.9 ★
8.9k ratings
Hacker News stories
10
best: 15 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2021 | $17.3M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | River Financial Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alexander LeishmanExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Andrew BensonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview
River is a bitcoin financial services company that builds products helping clients buy, sell, secure and use bitcoin. It aims to build a trusted financial institution for bitcoin savings and corporate treasuries, and hires client operations associates, compliance analysts, a chief compliance officer and software engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
News
River that is home to crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 100 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
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NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say
It was not clear exactly how many gallons of fuel got into Anderson Creek, located in Secaucus. But none of the diesel reached the Hackensack River.
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How drought and demand pushed the Colorado River toward crisis
On August 21, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation cut the allotment of river water to Arizona, California and Nevada.
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'River' Review: This Macabre, Magnificent Horror Slasher Will Drown You in Pure Terror
Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, and Max Mattern star in River, a new horror slasher film about three siblings trapped on a river.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at River over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
81/100
Languages
SQL
Elixir
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
Other
Bitcoin
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$183k
Typical range
$70k – $250k
Open positions
4
2
Jobs
Staff
50%
Architect
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 | $250k | $250k |
| Architect | 1 | $200k | $200k |
Highest paying role
Staff Software Engineer
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Alexander Leishman
Executive Officer, Director
Andrew Benson
Executive Officer, Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
4
5 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
25 days
faster than 47% 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.
Legal
43% ▲
Operations
29% ▼
Backend
14% ▲
Communications
14% ▼
Actively hiring for Legal (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Columbus
Sep 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack
Sep 2026
Added Elixir to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
Earlier presence
Columbus, United States
Jobs
$200k – $250k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
Elixir
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Kubernetes
Web3
Bitcoin
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Financials
Total raised
$17.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | $17.3M | Details |