Driving Impact Through Financial Expertise
Case studies showcasing bespoke strategies, actionable insight, and proven outcomes.
Equity Investor
BD Partnership
Fundraising & GTM
M&A Advisory
$10M RaiseEquity InvestorThe Challenge
Polli had a genuinely differentiated product — a staking optimisation and liquidity platform solving real inefficiencies in the validator market — but lacked the marketing infrastructure, community presence, and investor narrative to match its technical ambition. The founders needed a partner who could own growth end-to-end while they stayed focused on building.
The Solution
- • Full-stack GTM execution: KOL campaign management across 30–50 influencers in crypto trading and alpha communities
- • Alpha group partnerships and onboarding across Solana, Cosmos, and Avalanche ecosystems
- • Social media ownership, narrative development, and co-marketing campaigns with Lava, Kii, and Osmosis
- • Conference strategy and on-the-ground execution at Cosmoverse and Breakpoint 2025
- • Investor materials, fundraising positioning, and warm introductions to institutional targets
The Impact
A growing investor pipeline, an activated KOL network, and a community presence built from scratch. After an extended embedded partnership, Riverstone's conviction in the founders and the market led to a direct equity stake in Polli — the kind of outcome that only happens when advisory becomes genuine alignment.
BD PartnershipThe Challenge
Bolt needed more than a business development hire — it needed someone with the ecosystem relationships and commercial instincts to move fast, open the right doors, and turn conversations into live integrations. In DeFi, growth is won on partnerships, and the window to establish position doesn't stay open long.
The Solution
- • End-to-end sales strategy and pipeline ownership
- • Active sourcing of protocol integrations across the DeFi ecosystem
- • Liquidity partnership facilitation with foundations and institutional players
- • Performance-linked deal structure ensuring Riverstone's incentives are tied directly to outcomes generated
The Impact
An active engagement where Riverstone operates as an embedded BD partner — not an external advisor. The pipeline continues to grow.
Fundraising & GTMThe Challenge
Zynta (formerly GlobaChain) is building regulated stablecoin rails for cross-border payments across Africa, Canada, and the EU — a credible business in a large and underserved market. To reach their next phase, they needed both a sharper institutional narrative and the right capital partners behind them.
The Solution
- • Full institutional narrative and messaging architecture across enterprise, regulated FI, and public sector audiences
- • Pitch materials, investor positioning, and outreach strategy built end-to-end
- • Curated introductions to strategic and corporate investors
- • Full process management across the fundraising process
The Impact
Riverstone secured strategic and corporate investment for Zynta's raise — and continues to support the business as it scales its GTM and corridor expansion.
M&A AdvisoryThe Challenge
An Andreessen Horowitz portfolio company bringing debt infrastructure on-chain faced a pivotal decision: acquire a target company to accelerate its roadmap, or build the capability internally? They needed more than an opinion — they needed a structured framework, a defensible valuation, and someone to sit in the room and guide the negotiation.
The Solution
- • Full business valuation and multi-scenario sensitivity analysis
- • Dynamic acquire-vs-build decision modelling
- • Mediation between buyer and seller through the full negotiation process
- • Data room coordination and legal team alignment
- • Strategic guidance through to transaction close
The Impact
Riverstone delivered a clear, confident decision aligned with long-term strategic goals. What started as M&A advisory became a standing partnership — TrueFi continues to work with Riverstone on research, strategy, and special projects.
$10M RaiseThe Challenge
A high-potential Web3 gaming startup in the TON ecosystem needed to justify a $100M valuation to professional investors — and needed it done in under a week. The ask was complex: model both token dynamics and product revenue, benchmark against Web2 and Web3 comparables, and present it all in a way that sophisticated investors would find credible rather than inflated.
The Solution
- • Full valuation discovery: revenue-based, asset-based, and hybrid modelling
- • Web2 and Web3 comparable benchmarking across key metrics
- • Dual revenue model covering product revenue and token dynamics
- • Dynamic, investor-ready financial model built for real-time scenario adjustments
- • Narrative integration — valuation findings woven directly into the investor pitch
The Impact
Delivered in seven days. The financial model became a core component of the investor pitch, helping the founders move conversations forward with clarity and confidence — supporting the path to a $10M raise.