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Four Rivers Group

Venture capital

San Francisco · Growth · 4 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Four Rivers Group is a venture capital firm investing in expansion-stage technology companies across global markets, offering flexible financing structures with no minimum check size or ownership requirements.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Growth
HQ
San Francisco, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2007
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$210M
VC funds
4
Tracked investments
8

Team · 4 people

from public directories
Lew Cirne· Partnerin𝕏

What they invest in

from 6 of 8 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×4Developer Tools ×3Enterprise Software ×3HR Tech ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1Cybersecurity ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1

HQs:United States×7

Investments · 8 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 22022 · 12021 · 12015 · 12014 · 16 dated

New Relicnewrelic.comin𝕏Oct 2015SEC filinghigh confidence

New Relic provides a full-stack observability platform that allows engineering teams to monitor and troubleshoot software systems across their entire stack.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Lewis Cirne(Executive Officer, Director)Robin Schulman(Executive Officer)Chris Cook(Executive Officer)Jim Gochee(Executive Officer)Mark Sachleben(Executive Officer)Hilarie Koplow-McAdams(Executive Officer)

Board seatAdam Messinger· per SEC Form D · $8.2M raise · filed Nov 2015

Co-investorsAccelCapitalGDag VenturesFrancisco PartnersGolub GrowthInsight Partners+4 more

AgilOneApr 2014

Cloud-based predictive marketing platform that helps marketers connect with the individual.

Mountain View, US

Omer Artun(Executive Officer, Director)Anselme Le Van(Executive Officer)Dominique Levin(Executive Officer)Bill Kiriakis(Executive Officer)Saravanan Chettiar(Executive Officer)

BoardRajeev Batra(Director)

Co-investorsTenaya CapitalMayfield FundNext World CapitalSequoia Capital

BotCitybotcity.devin𝕏Sep 2025 · $12M

BotCity provides a centralized platform for managing Python scripts created by AI or human developers, offering orchestration, monitoring, security controls, and governance capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Lorhan Caproni(Founder)inGabriel Archanjo(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlexia VenturesAstellaFirestreak VenturesNorte VenturesY CombinatorUpload Ventures

DotCloudin𝕏Mar 2022

Build, Ship, Run (Docker); originally dotCloud: "The first Platform as a Service that lets you deploy and scale ALL your apps in the languages and frameworks you already use."

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

Solomon Hykes(Co-Founder (dotCloud); creator of Docker; former CTO, Docker, Inc.)Sebastien Pahl(Co-Founder, dotCloud)Kamel Founadi(Co-Founder, dotCloud)Don Johnson(CEO, Docker, Inc.)Mark Cavage(President and Chief Operating Officer)Vinh Le(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesAtlassian VenturesBain Capital VenturesCiti VenturesCoatue ManagementGoldman Sachs+13 more

Findemfindem.aiinOct 2025 · $51M

Findem provides talent intelligence and people analytics for leaders and hiring teams, helping them understand candidate backgrounds and potential beyond resume information to make better hiring and team-building decisions.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSRedwood City, US

Raghu Batta Venkat(Executive Officer, Director)Hariharan Kolam Govindarajan(Executive Officer, Director)Hariharan Kolam(Founder)in

BoardGaurav Garg(Director)inShawn O'Neill(Director)

Co-investorsAcadian Ventures Management, LlcHarmony PartnersWing

Instartakamai.comAcquired

Instart was a Palo Alto-based web content delivery and application performance company whose assets Akamai acquired in 2020.

Hariharan Kolam(Founder)Manav Mital(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGeodesic CapitalMillennium Technology Value PartnersStructural CapitalTenaya CapitalWing+4 more

Instaworkinstawork.comin𝕏Jul 2021

Instawork is a marketplace that connects local businesses with hourly workers for short-term staffing needs.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Sumir Meghani(Founder/CEO)inSaureen Shah(Co-Founder & CTO)Mark Wallace(Chief Financial Officer)Debarshi Kar(Chief Technology Officer)Keith Chapman(Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel)Cathy Hardin(Chief Revenue Officer)

Co-investorsAfore CapitalAmino CapitalCorner VenturesCrunchFundGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)+13 more

PowerReviewspowerreviews.comin𝕏

PowerReviews provides a user-generated content platform that helps brands and retailers collect, analyze, and benchmark customer product ratings and reviews to improve conversion, product quality, and customer experience.

E-commerceMarketing TechSaaSChicago, US

MATT MOOG(Executive Officer, Director)PAUL MARIANI(Director)RALPH TERKOWITZ(Director)ROBERT SCHUR(Executive Officer)BUD ROSENTHAL(Director)KIM FEIL(Director)

Co-investorsABS Capital PartnersAugust CapitalTenaya CapitalMenlo Ventures

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Four Rivers Group invest at?
Four Rivers Group invests at the Growth stage.
What sectors does Four Rivers Group focus on?
Four Rivers Group focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is Four Rivers Group located?
Four Rivers Group is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Who does Four Rivers Group co-invest with?
Four Rivers Group most often shares deals with Greylock Partners, SV Angel, Y Combinator, among 29 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 13

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InstaworkDotCloud
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SV Angel

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Both backed · 2
InstaworkDotCloud
Harrison Metal

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Both backed · 1
$200K – $2M
Astella

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Both backed · 1
First Round Capital

First Round Capital is an early-stage venture firm that backs companies at their earliest moments, often before they are named, across enterprise, AI, consumer, healthcare, fintech and hardware sectors.

$1M – $7M
Canvas Ventures

Canvas Prime (formerly Canvas Ventures) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in AI transforming digital health and fintech, leading Series A and B rounds in companies ready to scale.

$5M – $20M
01 Advisors

01 Advisors is led by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, and Facebook's former Chief Revenue Officer David Fischer, who bring first-hand experience scaling Twitter, Google, and Facebook from early revenue to tens of billions in sales. They operate as "venture coaches" who deliberately avoid taking board seats so they can provide candid advice without formal constraints, focusing on Series A and B companies that have product-market fit but need help building professional sales organizations and revenue operations.

$1M – $10M
EXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITAL

Exponent is co-founded by two operators who were early revenue and growth leaders at multiple breakout fintech companies like Plaid, Ramp, Robinhood, and Stytch, and most of their returns flow to nonprofit endowments and hospitals for scholarships, research, and pediatric healthcare rather than traditional wealthy investors. They keep an unusually small portfolio of just a few companies per year while writing lead checks and providing hands-on go-to-market support through their operator network, focusing on companies that rewire financial and data infrastructure in legacy industries.

$100K – $1M
305 Ventures

305 Ventures is a founder-run venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed stage (0 to 1) companies globally.

10x Genomics

10x Genomics is a life sciences company that develops and manufactures single-cell, spatial, and in situ genomics technologies for research institutions worldwide, with products cited in over 10,000 scientific papers across oncology, immunology, and neuroscience research.

1 more co-investors

Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc

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