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River for Startup Founders

Fundraising, board prep, investor updates, and company planning. Run them from one workspace, with an AI that knows your company.

The status quo

What slows startup founders down today

  • Fundraising across 30 tabsFundraising lives across Notion, Google Drive, Pitch, and 30 browser tabs.
  • Rebuilt every raiseYou rebuild the same deck and investor CRM every raise.
  • Months between updatesInvestor updates skip months when you are busy, then take a week when you write them.
  • Board prep fire drillBoard prep is a four-day pre-meeting fire drill.
  • No single source of truthThere is no central place where your narrative, metrics, and assets live together.

The work, organized

What startup founders use River for

Fundraising Data Room

Deck, model, cap table, and investor CRM in one fundraising Space.

Investor Pitch Deck

River drafts each slide from your narrative and metrics.

Monthly Investor Update

Drafted from your KPIs and model. Review and send in under 30 minutes.

Board Meeting Prep

Board package, talking points, and decisions you owe them.

Financial Model

Assumptions, ARR, burn, runway, and cohort analysis in one model.

Strategic Planning

Annual plan, OKRs, and quarterly review in one working Space.

Start here

Fundraising Data Room

Start here. Deck, model, cap table, investor CRM, and due diligence checklist in one fundraising Space. River drafts the investor memo from your inputs.

Included

  • Seed pitch deck
  • Financial model
  • Investor CRM
  • Investor memo
  • Due diligence checklist
  • Monthly investor update template

How River works

Everything lives inside a Space

A River Space holds all your documents, models, data, and context in one place. River AI reads across everything when you ask for a draft.

Docs
Sheets
Notes
Canvases
Decks
Tasks
Dashboards
Automations
Mail
AI chat
Files
River AI

The shift

Before vs after

Before
  • Fundraising scattered across Notion, Drive, and Pitch
  • Deck rebuilt from scratch every raise
  • Investor updates skip months
  • Board prep is a last-minute scramble
After
  • One Space per fundraise with the deck, model, and CRM wired together
  • Reusable fundraising template that carries forward
  • Monthly updates that write themselves from the KPI dashboard
  • Board package ready two days before the meeting

How it works

From a blank page to a working Space

1

Start with a template

Pick a template that matches the work. Pro forma, package, dashboard, or tracker.

2

Drop in your context

Add your project files, notes, client info, or a short description of what you are working on.

3

River organizes the inputs

The Space gets the right docs, sheets, checklists, and dashboards. River AI reads them automatically.

4

River drafts the artifacts

Memos, models, follow-ups, and reports come out of the Space, ready for your review.

5

Review, edit, and send

You stay in control. Export to PDF, push to your tools, or share a read-only link.

6

The Space stays live

Come back next cycle. Updated numbers, new docs, and River AI picks up where you left off.

Guides

Guides for startup founders

FAQ

Common questions

Yes. Connect your KPI dashboard and financial model to the update Space. River drafts the update, you edit the tone and context, and send. Most founders get it down to 30 minutes.

Start your Founder Space

Pick a template and River builds the Space for you. Docs, sheets, checklists, and an AI assistant that already knows the work.