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Ruya Ventures Activity

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Named a Founding VC of ETH Investor Connect, a new program bringing select European institutional investors onto the ETH Zurich campus to work with founders and researchers.

Founding VC of ETH Investor Connect

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Press

Rick Hao told Sifted that most deep tech companies stall not on the science but on crossing the gap from working prototype to a manufacturable, market-ready product.

Sifted interview on why deep tech companies stall

ruya.venturesJUL 2026

JUL 2026

New Fund

Closed an oversubscribed $50M (also reported as €43M) debut solo-GP fund to back day-zero European deep tech founders across batteries, AI, robotics, semiconductors, materials science, and novel computing.

Ruya Ventures $50M debut fund

eu-startups.comJUL 1, 2026

techfundingnews.com

JUL 1, 2026

Investment

Backed WLF Energy at day zero, before incorporation; the vertically integrated battery-to-grid energy platform emerged from stealth at Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart.

WLF Energy

WLF Energy Ruya Ventures

ruya.venturesJUN 2026

JUN 2026

News

Named Newcomer of the Year at the EUVC Summit & Awards, judged by a panel including Adams Street, GP Bullhound, HSBC, Isomer Capital, LGT, and Sofina.

EUVC Newcomer of the Year 2025 award

theemergingvc.substack.comAPR 23, 2026

APR 23, 2026

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