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Ventures Portfolio

We aim for quality over quantity and conviction over buzzwords.

Ruca Ventures invests and supports founders who are building companies that have the potential for good and an unquantified or unexpected secret sauce.

We are not your traditional venture fund. We are self-funded and serve as our own LP. This enables us to look beyond 10X returns and to share carry with the Ruca co-op.

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Acquired
Bright (Now )
Acquired by Maven Clinic in June 2020
Why did we get involved?
Bright began as a parenting app to help raise better humans, and today, we stand behind its acquisition and alignment with Maven Clinic's mission to support families at every stage.
mavenclinic.com
Cequence
Acquired
Cquence (Now )
Acquired by Spekit in November 2024
Why did we get involved?
Cquence earned our backing by turning messy data and raw video into fast, clear storytelling tools, empowering creators to move at the speed of ideas.
spekit.com
Yorba
Yorba
Why are we building this?
Ruca is actively building Yorba in-house because we saw the mess for what it is: an internet optimized for businesses to extract, not for people to manage. Everyone’s walking around with bloated digital baggage, and no tools to unpack it. Yorba is our answer: built for real people to reclaim control in a world of automated, unasked-for clutter and needless junk.
yorba.co
Nextgen
NextGen
Why did we get involved?
We invested in NextGen Venture Partners Fund II because we believe the future of venture lies in shared access, mentorship, and ownership, and their community-first model gives founders the ecosystem they’ve always deserved.
nextgenvp.com
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Withfriends
Why did we get involved?
Withfriends reimagines how small businesses and creators build community-driven revenue, and the founders live that mission with heart.
withfriends.co
Says
Says
Why did we get involved?
We backed Says because we believe voice will shape the next generation of online connection, and they’re building the platform to make it real.
says.app
Gridline
Gridline
Fought the good fight, now closed.
Why did we get involved?
Gridline believed that scaling the future of solar energy starts with better financial and project management platforms, and they were quietly building that foundation, but ran out of runway.
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Privacy Dynamics
Fought the good fight, now closed.
Why did we get involved?
We supported Privacy Dynamics for their novel approach to turning anonymized datasets into safe, ethical fuel for better platforms and AI.