Founder · Rivet

Rajat Sahni

Co-founder of Rivet, a dating & social company based in New York.

Co-founderNew YorkDating & Social
Founded
2025
New York, United States
Raised to date
$10.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
Seed
$10.5M · September 2026

About

Rajat Sahni is Co-founder of Rivet, a dating & social company based in New York, founded in 2025. Rivet's most recent disclosed round was a funding round of $10.5M in September 2026.

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Company

Est. 2025
Rivet
Dating & Social · New York · Active

Rivet is a dating and social matching network built on the idea that human intuition recognises chemistry in ways algorithms cannot. Instead of endless swiping, its algorithm proposes potential pairs and volunteer Matchers review both profiles and vote on whether they might work; pairs with high Social Matching scores are introduced, and each person then decides independently whether to match and start a conversation. Anyone can join purely as a Matcher, including people who are married, in a relationship or not looking to date, which gives the product a participant type conventional dating ap

Funding
September 2026Seed$10.5MPeak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures, Elie Seidman
Company profile →1 round on record

Journey with Rivet

2 milestones
  1. 2025Founded

    Founded by Taru Kapoor after close to a decade building and scaling Tinder and other Match Group brands across the United States, Europe and Asia, on the argument that human intuition recognises chemistry in ways algorithms cannot.

  2. Sep 2026Funding

    Launches nationally across the United States on iOS and Android after tests in selected markets, and raises $10.5 million from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures, with former Tinder and OkCupid chief executive Elie Seidman as an early investor and adviser.

Also building Rivet

TKTaru KapoorFounder · CEO→

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