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▶ 6:03 · Geopolitics & Trade · European energy sovereignty drives demand for domestic synthetic fuel production
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Rivan raised a £25 million Series A: Harvey Hodd, founder at Rivan

2026-04-20 · 1 company · 3 thematic
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harvey hodd

Serial entrepreneur (first two companies were software) now building Rivan, a UK synthetic fuel startup that has built the largest synthetic natural gas plant in the UK and raised a £25M Series A led by IQ Capital to scale vertically integrated e-methane production for hard-to-abate industries.

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