# Ruka funding: rounds and investors

> Ruka has raised $5.7M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Crowdcube, Charlie Songhurst and Backed VC. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ruka (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ruka*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Beauty

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$1.2M** Crowdfunding **$4.5M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $4.5M May 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3.8×
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023 2024 2025 2026

**$1.2M** Crowdfunding

**$4.5M** Venture

- **First round:** Crowdfunding, $1.2M
- **Biggest round:** $4.5M
- **Between rounds:** 3.5 years

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Venture **$4.5M** *3 returning* [Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) Source recorded
- **Nov 2022** Crowdfunding **$1.2M** *4 new* [Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Tiny VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiny-supercomputer-investment-company) [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Crowdfunding** 2022 **Venture** 2026 [Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) [Tiny VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiny-supercomputer-investment-company)

## Everyone who backed them

[Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) VC firm **2** rounds

[Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) VC firm **2** rounds

[Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) VC firm **2** rounds

[Tiny VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiny-supercomputer-investment-company) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Ruka as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Samos Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samos-investments-2) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ruka

### Who invested in Ruka?

Ruka's investors include Crowdcube, Charlie Songhurst, Backed VC and Tiny VC.

### How much has Ruka raised?

Ruka has raised $5.7M across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Ruka last raise?

Ruka's most recent round was a Venture of $4.5M in May 2026.

### What was Ruka's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.5M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ruka first?

Ruka's first round on record, in Nov 2022, was backed by Crowdcube, Charlie Songhurst and Tiny VC and 1 others.

### What stage is Ruka at?

Ruka's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026.

### Where is Ruka based?

Ruka is based in the United Kingdom.

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