River is a Bitcoin brokerage and financial services platform co-founded by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson. River's Twitter Score is 119 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #5,544 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
River was co-founded by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson and is affiliated with River Bank & Trust. The platform raised a $5.7M seed round led by Polychain Capital, followed by a $12M Series A led by Goldcrest Capital. Additional backers include Slow Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Craft Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, DG Lab Fund, Cygni Capital, Pfeffer Capital Ltd, M13, and The Kraft Group.
River publishes Proof of Reserves; its June 2026 disclosure listed over 25,000 BTC in assets. Also in June 2026, River Financial Corporation, including River Bank & Trust, filed an SEC Form 8-K disclosing that an unauthorized threat actor gained network access and ransomware was deployed, with an investigation ongoing. River has published 8,839 posts and has 65,030 followers as of August 2026.
River has been mentioned by 343 accounts, with 1,396 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow River include 526 founders, 96 angel investors, 311 influencers and 10 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Nic Carter, CoinDesk, CL, Tarun Chitra and Tyler Winklevoss.