Plural-backed startup Rivan opens London factory – hires Blue Origin veteran

From left: Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Plural and Rivan board member; Harvey Hodd, founder and CEO of Rivan; and John Blankenship, Rivan's new manufacturing director. Image supplied.
7 Oct 2026
12:00
Synthetic gas startup Rivan, whose backers include Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus's venture firm Plural and Stripe's Collison brothers, has opened a London factory and hired a Blue Origin veteran to run it.

"We've seen demand grow 10x over the last year as natural gas costs have skyrocketed and security of supply weakens," Harvey Hodd, founder and CEO of Rivan, told Impact Loop.

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