EXHIBIT 31.1

RULE 13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION

I, Howard Taylor, certify that:

| 1.     | I have   reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of River Capital Group, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 2.     | Based  on    my knowledge,  this  report    does  not  contain    any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material   fact necessary to make the statements made, in light  of the circumstances under which such   statements  were  made, not    misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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| 3.     | Based  on my    knowledge, the  financial   statements, and other financial information included  in    this report, fairly  present   in  all material respects the   financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small   business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                       |
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| 4.     | As the sole   certifying officer, I am responsible for establishing and maintaining   disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules   13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business   issuer and have:                                                     |
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|   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | designed   such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls   and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material   information relating to the small    business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made   known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period   in which this report is being prepared; |
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | designed   such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal   control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to   provide reasonable assurance regarding the    reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial   statements for external purposes in  accordance   with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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|   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | evaluated   the effectiveness of  the small   business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this report my conclusions   about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the   end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | disclosed in   this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over   financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most   recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in   the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably   likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control   over financial reporting; and |
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| 5.     | As the sole   certifying officer, I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of   internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s   auditors and the audit committee of small business issuer’s board of   directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):                                                                           |
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|   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | all   significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation   of internal control  over financial   reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business   issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;   and |
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | any fraud,   whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have   a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over   financial reporting. |

Date:  August 14, 2007

|   | /s/ Howard   Taylor                                   |
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|   | Howard   Taylor                                       |
|   | Chief   Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
|   | (Principal   executive and financial officer)         |

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