AI-powered Data & Analytics.
The data exists. The insight arrives two weeks late, if it arrives at all. RIVER connects your systems, structures what they hold, and produces the report - board pack, ops dashboard or compliance return, whatever your industry runs on.
Sounds like you if your team spends more time assembling the report than anyone spends reading it, and the numbers are already out of date by the time it lands.
- Connects to the systems you already run - no migration
- Every figure traceable back to source
- NZ-hosted, live in weeks
The data keeps growing. The capacity to read it doesn't.
Finance teams spend roughly three hours gathering data for every one hour spent analysing it, and a board pack still takes two to three weeks to assemble by hand. The numbers live in three different systems, nobody has the complete picture, and by the time it reaches a decision-maker the moment it describes has passed. RIVER builds the layer that closes that gap.
Reporting today
With RIVER
Someone pulls numbers from the CRM, finance system and ops platform by hand.
Every source connected and pulled automatically, on the schedule you set.
The board pack takes two to three weeks to assemble, and it's stale on arrival.
Board and executive summaries generated from live data, ready to present.
A regulatory return means another week rebuilding the same report by hand.
Compliance and audit returns generated from operational data, accurate and traceable to source.
On your data, hosted in Aotearoa, and never used to train a model.
A trend only surfaces once someone happens to notice it in a spreadsheet.
Emerging patterns and anomalies surfaced as they appear, not after the fact.
"Why did that happen?" means starting the analysis over from scratch.
Every figure drills back to the transaction, record or system it came from.
Your team adds the judgement. The platform does the assembly.
What AI actually does here. Grounded in the work, not the hype.
Reports generated, sources cross-referenced, board summaries drafted - the platform does the assembly and leaves the judgement call to your team.
Take the assembly off your desk
The two biggest time drains first: pulling data from every system, and turning it into a report someone reads. Both run on the schedule you set.
Then the board and the regulator
On that foundation, the reporting governance and compliance ask for runs off the same data - formatted for the audience, not rebuilt for it.
Draft the board summary for this quarter.
Drafted from finance, ops and the CRM. Revenue is tracking 6% ahead of forecast; one risk flagged for your commentary.
Nothing goes to the board pack until your team signs it off.
You don't start from scratch. We tailor what's proven to your systems.
RIVER is over 100 prebuilt modules, tailored to the systems you already run in weeks - connected alongside your CRM, finance and operations platforms, never replacing them.
Everything a procurement or governance review asks for is in our Trust Centre
- Every figure in a report traces back to the record, transaction or system it came from.
- Board and executive summaries formatted and ready to present to governance.
- Regulatory and compliance returns generated from operational data, accurate and on schedule.
- Your data, hosted in Aotearoa, and never used to train a model.
Our business runs on what RIVER built. They have been central to our technology and our growth, and it keeps driving results.
Mark BramwellDirector, Commercial Realty · 2024Start with one report. Prove it, then connect the rest.
One report live in weeks - the board pack, or the compliance return - then add the next source when it's earning its place.
The investment
One report or dashboard, live from a single connected source.
Or run it on the Retainer from $5,000 a month. If something isn’t delivered in a month, that month is free.
Every analytics engagement includes
- A discovery that agrees your first report worth automating
- Every figure traceable back to source
- NZ-hosted, never used to train a model
- Connection to the systems you already run
- The security documentation a procurement review asks for
- Your data, your IP, yours to keep
The questions people ask when they’re ready to move.
Easy to start. Fast to prove. Built to scale.
Tell us about your your reporting, and we’ll take it from there. Prefer to look first? Ask Moana, or take the free Readiness Check.
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Teams like yours, in their own words.
A decade of work, across health, sport, finance and the public good.
RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.
Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022We crunch through complex data to generate insights, and RIVER made it simple to work through, while keeping everyone aligned on our core value proposition.
Alex OsbornCTO, trev · 2024Our business runs on what RIVER built. They have been central to our technology and our growth, and it keeps driving results.
Mark BramwellDirector, Commercial Realty · 2024RIVER listens, understands what we actually need, and gives us our time back. That is what a good partnership looks like.
Tony NaiduDevelopment Manager, Auckland Badminton Association · 2025RIVER helped us validate our market and launch our platform, and they haven't stopped since. They've been with us every step.
Mike CollinsFounder, iMatch Sport · 2025RIVER has been a trusted partner from the start, and they exceeded what we expected. We're already seeing the difference their work is making.
Ellen LekkaProgramme Specialist, UNESCO & SVSG · 2025The team at RIVER has been an incredible partner from day one. Their ongoing support helped make our success possible.
Scott TownshendFounder, trev · 2022RIVER approached every detail with care. Every decision was made with consideration and purpose.
Daemon CoyleGM, Mental Health Foundation · 2021Our new brand is bold and effective, and customers love it. The website has driven a real increase in leads.
Marcus SinGM, Cleanly · 2020We have always been ambitious about what our site should do, and RIVER take on the hardest parts of it. They make it happen, no matter how complex.
Chris HartFounder, Real Groovy · 2021RIVER are responsive and always ready to adapt. We have never had to chase them, and their support has been critical as our needs changed.
Supriya Kulkarni-PadhyeM&E Coordinator, Oceania Football Confederation · 2020We love our new brand. It reflects who we are as a team and resonates with our customers. Thank you for bringing our vision to life.
Tracy BergeGM, Greentree Advisers · 2021