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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is the wealth-management software formerly called Riskalyze, best known for the Risk Number that scores an investor's risk tolerance. Aaron Klein co-founded it in Auburn, California in 2011; it rebranded to Nitrogen in May 2023, and Dan Zitting is chief executive.

FintechAuburnFounded 2011nitrogenwealth.com

The people

Dan ZittingCEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Aaron KleinCo-founder, and board memberprofile coming

What they build

Risk CenterThe Risk Number and risk-tolerance analysis, the product the company was founded onProduct page ↗
Research CenterPortfolio research and analytics for advisorsProduct page ↗
Income CenterRetirement income modelling across risk, time horizon and probability of successProduct page ↗
NucleusAI layer that connects client data across the suite and prepares advisors for meetingsProduct page ↗

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About

Riskalyze started with one measurement: put a number on how much volatility a client can actually live with, then show whether their portfolio matches it. That score, the Risk Number, became the product financial advisors knew the company for, and it stayed the anchor as the platform grew outward — proposal generation, portfolio research and analytics, retirement income modelling, tax and insurance analysis, and lead capture for the advisory firm itself. By 2023 the name had become the constraint: the company was selling a client-engagement and growth platform while being read as a risk tool. It rebranded to Nitrogen on 9 May 2023, keeping the Risk Number and the Riskalyze GPA methodology inside the new suite. The products are now organised as Centers — Risk, Research, Income, Legacy, Tax and Insurance — with an AI layer called Nucleus over them. Aaron Klein, who co-founded the company and led the rebrand as chief executive, is now a co-founder and board member; Dan Zitting is CEO.

Backers

Privately held with an institutional board; no current investor list was confirmed first-party, so none is stated here.

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What is Nitrogen?

Wealth-management software for financial advisors and firms — risk tolerance scoring, proposals, portfolio research, income modelling, tax and insurance analysis — built around the Risk Number it introduced as Riskalyze.

Why did Riskalyze change its name?

Its chief executive at the time, Aaron Klein, said the Riskalyze name tied the company to risk management while the product had become a broader growth and client-engagement platform. The rebrand to Nitrogen was announced on 9 May 2023.

Who runs Nitrogen?

Dan Zitting is chief executive, listed as CEO and a director on the company's own leadership page. Aaron Klein remains a co-founder and board member.

Who from Nitrogen is in this directory?

Dan Zitting, its CEO, who spoke at TechVancouver in February 2017 while at ACL Services — the company he later led as CEO through its rename to Galvanize and its US$1B sale to Diligent.

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