About

About

About

Company Background

Company Background

Company Background

Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology

Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology

Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology

Riven Global Holdings exists because a handful of people who'd spent their careers building things — real estate portfolios, energy infrastructure, industrial facilities — kept running into the same overlooked problem: waste that had nowhere good to go, and energy demand that had nowhere fast enough to come from.

  • three people collaborating in open office
  • a man standing in a field of tall grass
  • people sitting on chair in front of laptop computers
  • white robot wallpaper
  • three people collaborating in open office
  • a man standing in a field of tall grass
  • people sitting on chair in front of laptop computers
  • white robot wallpaper
  • three people collaborating in open office
  • a man standing in a field of tall grass
  • people sitting on chair in front of laptop computers
  • white robot wallpaper

So we set out to change that and we built Riven to solve both at once. What started as a shared conviction — that waste and energy didn't have to be treated as separate problems — has grown into an exclusively licensed, patented technology platform and a team with decades of combined experience across real estate, energy, and industrial construction, now converting waste into power at operating sites across the Philippines, and beyond.

Our Story

Why We Started Riven

Riven began with a simple observation: the same regions generating the most waste were often the ones facing the sharpest energy shortages — and the technology capable of solving both had never been deployed at the cost and speed the problem actually demanded.


Our founding team brought together decades of experience across real estate development, energy markets, and industrial construction to change that.

Our Story

Why We Started Riven

Riven began with a simple observation: the same regions generating the most waste were often the ones facing the sharpest energy shortages — and the technology capable of solving both had never been deployed at the cost and speed the problem actually demanded.


Our founding team brought together decades of experience across real estate development, energy markets, and industrial construction to change that.

"No more landfills in our backyard — prove it's clean before you build."

"No more landfills in our backyard — prove it's clean before you build."

— Barangay Captain

— Barangay Captain

Cutcut, Tarlac

Cutcut, Tarlac

Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about

The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about

The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about

Mission

Vision

We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.

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Mission

Vision

We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.

Mission

Vision

We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.

Our Values

Our Values

Our Values

The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction

The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction

The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction

Proven, Not Promised

Seventeen years of real operating history back this technology. We don't ask anyone to take a leap of faith on unproven science — the only open question is execution, and that's ours to prove site by site.

Proven, Not Promised

Seventeen years of real operating history back this technology. We don't ask anyone to take a leap of faith on unproven science — the only open question is execution, and that's ours to prove site by site.

Built to Earn Trust, Not Assume It

Non-incineration by design, transparent about what goes in and what comes out. Communities have seen this kind of promise broken before — our job is to be the exception, not the exception that proves the rule.

Built to Earn Trust, Not Assume It

Non-incineration by design, transparent about what goes in and what comes out. Communities have seen this kind of promise broken before — our job is to be the exception, not the exception that proves the rule.

Flexible by Necessity

Waste doesn't arrive sorted and predictable. Our technology handles plastics, sludge, food waste, and more without needing a different system for each — because real-world deployment can't afford to be picky.

Flexible by Necessity

Waste doesn't arrive sorted and predictable. Our technology handles plastics, sludge, food waste, and more without needing a different system for each — because real-world deployment can't afford to be picky.

Team Members

Team Members

Team Members

Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.

Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.

Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.

Riven's leadership combines asset-based investing, institutional real estate, energy markets and large-scale industrial development.

Geoff Hawkins

General Partner

The Financier

35+ years: asset based investments. Deep experience in global fixed assets & opportunistic investments. Specialty in emerging asset classes.

Hazel Mann

General Partner

The Strategist

25+ years in real estate. Property Tech Industry Leader. Oversaw tech for 6th largest global office owner, 4th largest medical

Kevin Westergaard

Chief Commercial Officer

The Technologist

15+ years in the energy space. Global expertise in energy markets. Led internal investments in international renewable technologies.

Jason Beck

Head of Construction

The Builder

25+ years in industrial development. Directed US-Mexico growth. Expertise in sustainable, large scale industrial manufacturing/life sciences

Geoff Hawkins

General Partner

The Financier

35+ years: asset based investments. Deep experience in global fixed assets & opportunistic investments. Specialty in emerging asset classes.

Hazel Mann

General Partner

The Strategist

25+ years in real estate. Property Tech Industry Leader. Oversaw tech for 6th largest global office owner, 4th largest medical

Kevin Westergaard

Chief Commercial Officer

The Technologist

15+ years in the energy space. Global expertise in energy markets. Led internal investments in international renewable technologies.

Jason Beck

Head of Construction

The Builder

25+ years in industrial development. Directed US-Mexico growth. Expertise in sustainable, large scale industrial manufacturing/life sciences

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© 2026 Riven Global Holdings LLC. Designed by Brandsmiths Marketing.