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Manufacturing · New York, New York · Founded 2025 · Raised $7.9M · Formation stage

Riven Systems

Building an integrated AI platform for industrial chemistry, starting with critical mineral processing

Review noteRiven Systems is a 2025 New York startup using autonomous labs and AI to design critical-mineral and rare-earth processing chemistry, led by Chip (Kurt) Breitenkamp (ex NanoGraf president) and Orion Archer Cohen (Berkeley PhD). Source ↗

Edge

20#62 · ▼6 in 7d

2 of 8 families

Why now

  1. Filed first Form D: $4.5M sold of $4.9M in equity from 9 investors

    Capital · Aug 10

  2. Filed intent-to-use trademark RIVEN for services related to rare earths

    Regulatory · Sep 15

People

Score

Momentum27

 

Capital, regulatory

Thesis fit82

× 0.87

Matched on autonomous, critical mineral, energy, industrial, rare earth

Earliness100

× 1.00

Almost no public footprint

Team–

× 0.85

4 named people, none from a top lab or company

27 × 0.87 × 1.00 × 0.85 = 20

Edge, 12 weeks