RIVVIR

What RIVVIR does

RIVVIR is a privately held mobile payment service founded in 2017 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, that facilitates the sale of digital drink tickets through a smartphone application. The company's sole product is an iOS mobile app distributed exclusively via the Apple App Store (listing ID 1460644499), which enables users to purchase and redeem digital drink tickets at participating events and venues using contactless payment. The app also offers a separate VIP priority line for users, positioning the service as a convenience and throughput-optimization tool for crowded event environments where traditional cash or card transactions create bottlenecks. The platform operates on a transaction-fee revenue model, charging a fee or percentage on each digital drink ticket sold through the app, though the specific economics are not publicly disclosed.

RIVVIR serves two customer segments: individual event attendees seeking faster drink service and reduced wait times, and event organizers or venue operators seeking to streamline drink ordering and reduce line congestion. Distribution is exclusively through Apple's iOS App Store, which restricts the addressable user base to iPhone owners and is a notable structural limitation for a consumer-facing payments product. The company employs between 1 and 10 people and markets through organic social channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google, with no evidence of paid acquisition, partnerships, or enterprise sales motion.

No funding history, leadership team, board composition, partnerships, customer logos, or financial performance metrics are disclosed in the available data. The company's website infrastructure runs on WordPress with a separate Squarespace-hosted "Rivvir Solutions" page targeting event organizers, suggesting an attempted but unconfirmed expansion into the B2B venue/operator segment. The site's RSS feed shows its last update on April 28, 2021, and there are no signals of recent product updates, press activity, or operational milestones.

Name

RIVVIR

Legal name

Rivvir

Website

https://rivvirapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RIVVIR is a privately held mobile payment platform that sells digital drink tickets through a single iOS app, enabling contactless transactions and VIP line access for event attendees and venue operators in the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Payments

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative Payments & Digital Wallet Acceptance (A2A, RTP, wallets) (THALAHAH)

Keywords

• Contactless payment
• Digital drink tickets
• Mobile payment app
• Event ticketing software
• VIP line access

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Digital Drink Ticket Sales: Rivvir generates revenue by facilitating digital drink ticket purchases through its mobile platform. Users purchase digital tickets via the app, which are then redeemed at venues and events. The platform likely takes a transaction fee or percentage of each drink ticket sale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RIVVIR is a mobile payment service that enables the sale of digital drink tickets directly through a smartphone app. Users select their beverage, swipe a digital ticket via the app, and receive contactless drink service at participating venues and events. The platform also grants users access to a separate VIP line for faster beverage service.

Product overview

Rivvir is a single unified mobile application that provides digital drink tickets and contactless payment solutions for beverage purchases. The product consists of one core mobile app that allows users to purchase digital drink tickets via smartphone, skip lines, and enjoy VIP treatment at participating venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rivvir Mobile App An iOS mobile payment application that lets users purchase and redeem digital drink tickets and complete contactless beverage transactions at participating venues and events, including access to a separate VIP line.

Quantifiable outcome

• Users spend less time in lines and more time having fun

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a major event ticketing and registration platform; while focused on entry tickets rather than drink tickets, it is a relevant adjacent peer given RIVVIR's focus on event attendees and venue operators.
• Cvent: Cvent is an established event management and registration platform with ticketing, attendee management, and venue sourcing, comparable on the event-registration/ticketing side though it is a broad incumbent in MICE rather than nightlife.
• Toast: Toast is a leading restaurant and bar POS/payments platform with integrated online ordering and contactless checkout, comparable to RIVVIR on the venue payment layer though it is a broad full-stack incumbent rather than a drink-ticketing specialist.
• SpotOn: SpotOn provides payments, POS, and software for bars, restaurants, and nightlife venues, overlapping with RIVVIR on contactless payment and venue-side drink ordering flows, but as a broader commerce platform.
• Vivint (formerly Ticketmaster / Live Nation entertainment ticketing stack): Live Nation / Ticketpower-style event ticketing incumbents handle at-scale ticket sales and venue integrations for concerts and live events, an adjacent capability set to RIVVIR's event-centric mobile commerce flow.
• Block (Square): Block's Square provides contactless payments, POS hardware, and software used by bars, events, and small venues, overlapping with RIVVIR's contactless payment and transaction-fee model, but as a general-purpose payments incumbent.

Others

• Stripe: Stripe provides payments infrastructure used by many event and venue platforms, including for mobile and contactless flows; it is comparable as enabling infrastructure for RIVVIR's transaction processing rather than as a direct consumer-facing competitor.

Emerging players

• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an event experience platform offering registration, ticketing, and attendee engagement tools for B2B events, comparable in attendee-management scope though targeting corporate/MICE events rather than nightlife drink tickets.
• Tock: Tock provides reservation, ticketing, and prepaid experiences for restaurants, bars, and events, overlapping with RIVVIR on prepaid drink/event commerce at venues while serving a broader reservation-driven use case.

Direct peers

• BarTab: BarTab is a digital drink ticket and pre-purchase platform used at bars, clubs, and events, making it the closest direct peer to RIVVIR's core offering of mobile drink ticket sales and redemption at venues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/rivvirapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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