Rival (software company)

SilkRoad Technology, Inc., doing business as Rival, is a software company for human resources management. Rival is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company has mid-market to Fortune 100 clients, including AirBnB, Cleveland Clinic, Dairy Queen, eBay, Netflix and Stellantis.

The company ranked #4 in The Business Journal’s list of 50 Top-Performing Private Companies.

History
SilkRoad Technology, Inc. was founded in North Carolina in 2003 by Andrew "Flip" Filipowski with Eprise, and launched at the Human Resource Executive Technology Conference and Expo in Chicago in 2005.

SilkRoad Technology acquired OpenHire, based in Winston-Salem in 2004.

SilkRoad Technology acquired VTN Technologies, Inc., the creator of Olé Online Learning Environment training software, in 2008.

The company headquarters relocated to Chicago in 2010.

In 2019 SilkRoad Technology began providing Strategic Consulting Services.

In 2021, SilkRoad Technology was acquired by HighBar Partners.

In 2022, SilkRoad Technology purchased the assets of Entelo, adding market-established candidate search, candidate marketing, candidate interviewing and search/marketing outsourcing capabilities.

In 2023, SilkRoad Technology rebranded to Rival and re-launched its legacy recruiting solution, Rival Recruit, the first complete Talent Acquisition suite with more than 700M pre-loaded passive candidates powered by AI-driven insights and candidate engagement.

Locations
SilkRoad Technology operates in facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Philippines; and Belgrade, Serbia.