IO River Newsroom

January 15, 2026

IO River secures $20M Series A funding to transform CDN market with multi‑edge platform

Israeli startup's new platform is making it easier for companies to boost performance and reliability by using multiple edge networks at once, without the cost or complexity that used to come with it

Ynet News

Boston startup IO River seeks CDN shakeup

IO River wants to shake up the Content Distribution Network (CDN) market by releasing organizations from lock-in to a single provider, which can lead to outages, high costs and limited performance. The Boston-based startup announced Wednesday it scored a $20 million Series A funding round to fuel that mission .

Fierce Network

IO River Raises $20M in Series A Funding

IO River, a Boston, MA-based provider of an Edge-level innovation platform for the CDN market, raised $20m in Series A funding.

FINSMES

IO River raises $20M to decouple edge infrastructure from services

Virtual edge solution startup IO River Ltd. announced today it has raised $20 million in new funding to fuel its plan to decouple infrastructure from add-on services and help new players enter the market, permanently changing how edge services are built and bought.

Silicon Angle

Cloudflare’s outage explained by IO River CTO Michael Hakimi — and how companies can stay protected.

Michael Hakimi explains the root cause behind Cloudflare’s hours-long shutdown on November 18, 2025 — and how, even today, a single provider can become a single point of failure for tens of thousands of services worldwide.

N12 Channel

November 20, 2025

Solving the Multi-CDN Puzzle

IO River is revolutionizing Edge Computing and Multi-CDN management, making it easier for businesses to optimize performance, enhance security, and streamline traffic control. In his exclusive Website Planet interview, Edward Tsinovoi, Co-Founder & CEO, shares insights into the company’s founding, its innovative Virtual Edge solution, and how IO River is simplifying CDN migration for enterprises.

Website Planet

March 26, 2025

IO River Secures $5.4 Million to Unify CDNs Networks

IO River emerged from stealth mode with $5.4 million in seed funding, led by S Capital, with participation from angel investors Aryeh Mergi and Ronni Zehavi. Their multi-CDN-as-a-Service platform aims to consolidate various content delivery networks (CDNs) into a single, cohesive network, enhancing the speed, reliability, and cost-efficiency of content distribution without introducing additional latency.

Startup Hub

October 13, 2024

IO River exits stealth with $5.4M, launches first virtual edge platform to optimize Internet content delivery

IO River effectively turns multiple CDNs into one consistent network, ensuring all users get the best, most cost-effective content experience.

Yahoo Finance

IO River raises $5.4 million Seed round to optimize Internet content delivery

The Israeli startup’s platform for managing multiple edge platforms ensures that users get the fastest, most cost-effective content served automatically by the optimal edge locations

C-Tech

IO River raises $5.4M to help internet companies use multiple CDNs with ease

A startup called IO River Ltd. announced today it has closed on a $5.4 million seed funding round, as it launches what it says is the industry’s first multi-CDN-as-a-service platform.

Silicon Angle

IO River lets you mix and match CDNs without the hassle

IO River, which is launching out of stealth today and announcing a $5.4 million seed funding round led by S Capital, is building a layer on top of CDNs to simplify switching between them without being restricted to the lowest common denominator features.

TechCrunch

IO River raises $20M to unbundle the edge and challenge CDN lock-in

IO River, a company that provides the underlying infrastructure for multi-edge and edge decoupling environments, closed a $20m Series A funding to drive multi-edge adoption and edge decoupling led by Venture Guides and New Era, with participation from S Capital and private investors.

EdgeIR

IO River Raises $20 Million Series A To Accelerate Multi-Edge Adoption And ‘Edge Decoupling’

IO River, a startup positioning itself as an “unbundler” of the legacy content delivery network (CDN) market, has raised a $20 million Series A round to expand its Multi-Edge platform, which aims to let enterprises operate across multiple edge providers through a neutral control layer.

Pulse 2.0

Startup IO River aims to virtualize the edge and break CDN vendor lock-in

Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers.

Network World

IO River Raises $20 Million Series A to Scale Multi-Edge CDN Platform and Open Edge Ecosystem

IO River has secured a $20 million Series A round led by Venture Guides and New Era, with participation from S Capital and several private investors, to accelerate deployment of its Multi-Edge content delivery platform and push a structural shift in the CDN market away from single-provider, vertically integrated models.

Tip Ranks

IO River Secures $20M to Push Multi-Edge Forward

IO River has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its multi-edge platform and push forward its work on edge decoupling. The funding will support product development and broader adoption as more companies look for flexibility and resilience at the edge.

Channel E2E

IO River Raises $20 Million to Accelerate Multi-Edge Adoption and Edge Decoupling

BOSTON, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IO River, the company unbundling the legacy CDN market through Edge-level innovation, today announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Venture Guides and New Era, with participation of S Capital and private investors including Ofir Ehrlich and Pavel Gurvich. The round fuels IO River’s plan to decouple infrastructure from add-on services and enable new players to enter the market, permanently changing how Edge services are built and bought.

Yahoo Finance

Akamai alumni secure $20 million Series A for IO River to challenge single-provider reliance

The multi-CDN platform opens advanced infrastructure previously reserved for tech giants.

CalcalistTech

IO River raises $20M to manage content and edge networks

IO River, a startup that lets customers use multiple content delivery and edge networks, raised a $20 million Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era, co-founder and CEO Edward Tsinovoi tells Axios Pro.

Axios

Multi-Edge Was Always Right—It Was Just Out Of Reach

The idea of distributing traffic across multiple edge and CDN providers has never been radical. Among the largest digital platforms, it’s been accepted practice for years. If you care about availability, performance and cost control at global scale, you don’t tie your fate to a single network. You spread the load. You plan for failure. You assume things will break.

Forbes

The Growth Compass Podcast

The Growth Compass Podcast - Edward Tsinovoi, CEO @ IO River

In this episode of The Growth Compass, Blake Newcomer sits down with Edward Tsinovoi, co-founder and CEO of IO River, to explore the intersection of deep tech, edge computing, and entrepreneurial storytelling.

May 14, 2025

How to build a high-impact team for long-term success?

Join Oleg Sadikov at the Devico Breakfast Bar Podcast Series as he chats with Edward Tsinovoi, the co-founder and CEO at IO River, to explore the journey of revolutionizing the content delivery industry.

Devico

December 23, 2024

Virtual Edge Solution Allows Users to Split Their Traffic Across Multiple Edge Providers

Traffic congestion can cause the worst delays. But what if there were traffic control to point you in a less crowded direction and speed up your travels? IO River acts as that traffic control for online services in need of better CDN and edge management. IO River connects companies to CDN providers and enables them to leverage complex multi-edge architecture without doing the legwork.

HostingAdvice.com

October 14, 2024

The Next Wave of Internet Infrastructure

We talk about the next wave of internet infrastructure, focusing on the essential role of content delivery networks and how they have been evolving. We discuss why this evolution is important for the Open Web, and break down the concepts of Multi-CDN-as-a-service and the impact of Hyper Cloud vendors.

Agile Drop

May 30, 2024

$5.4M Seed Round to Ensure Traffic Gets to Your Website

I, your host Ben, am thrilled to have a conversation with Edward Tsinovoi, the co-founder and CEO of IO River.

The SaaS CFO

June 18, 2024

Interview With Edward Tsinovoi- Co-Founder and CEO of IO River

In this SafetyDetectives interview, we sit down with Edward Tsinovoi, co-founder and CEO of IO River, to explore the growing need for Multi-CDN solutions in today’s digital landscape.

Safety Detectives

September 10, 2024

IO River and MainStreaming announce their integration to meet clients’ business needs

For many years, the video streaming industry has been at the forefront of the shift to Multi-CDN solutions.

Main Streaming