Published: April 20, 2026 at 4:37 pm
The exited founder behind Blueprint and Relo has raised £25 million for his latest venture – synthetic fuel firm Rivan.
Harvey Hodd previously founded SMS marketing firm Blueprint, acquired by Klaviyo in 2022, and predictive repeat revenue eCommerce platform Relo, acquired by Relay Commerce in 2024-25.
The round into Rivan was led by IQ Capital. Previous investor Plural participated, with new investor Fundomo and angels including Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face), Matt Clifford (Entrepreneur First) and Markus Villig (Bolt) joining, bringing the total raised to $46m.
The new funding will support the deployment of Europe’s largest synthetic natural gas (SNG) plant, the opening of a new 50,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in London and more than double the team to 100 people.