About Ruthless For Good
Ruthless For Good is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of New Orleans, United States. As of Sep 2024, Ruthless For Good has invested in 6 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to EdTech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of ClassBank A lot of funds co-invest with Ruthless For Good, with names like Tenzing Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ruthless For Good has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Ruthless For Good's List of Top Investments
Ruthless For Good has a portfolio of 6 companies. Their most notable investmentis in TotemTheir portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, EdTech, FinTech and 2 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Ruthless For Good:
1. WorkTorch
Online job board platform for the multi-industry. It allows candidates to browse and apply for vacancies posted by companies based on experience,e skills, etc. It enables employers to post jobs, source, and track applicants, automate scheduling, etc. The offering sectors include retail, services, hospitality, etc. It is available to download from google play and the apple store.
Key facts about WorkTorch
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Sandalphon Capital, Revolution and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 07, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Guava
Developer of a digital bank for minority-led businesses. It provides a partner bank's license to offer business banking services through digital channels with little/no branch infrastructure. Its features include a banking community, an online chatting platform, and tracking their account activity and managing their cash flow.
Key facts about Guava
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.05M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Precursor Ventures, Heron Rock and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 09, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Totem
Digital bank for native Americans. It provides users with a digital retail banking platform providing financial products and educational benefits for native Americans. Its features include transaction management, spending analysis, and payment categorizing.
Key facts about Totem
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Tulsa (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.2M
- Investors: Alloy Alchemist Fund, Candide Group and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 29, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of after-school activity management solutions for schools. It allows schools to create a program profile, publish it, and share it with parents. It also helps schools to manage registrations, fee collection, attendance management, and more.
Key facts about AfterSchool HQ
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Fishers (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.38M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Dec 09, 2025
- Investors: Elevate Ventures, Flywheel Fund and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 25, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Reportwell
Provider of school compliance reporting platform. It provides a completion guides to schools in tracking all of their reporting.
Key facts about Reportwell
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.12M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Detroit Venture Partners, Everywhere and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 16, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Ruthless For Good's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ruthless For Good has invested in 6 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 3 years. Its most recent first time investment was in ClassBank.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Ruthless For Good's Investments by Stage
Ruthless For Good has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.98M.Ruthless For Good's Investments by Sector
Ruthless For Good has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, EdTech, FinTech, Education and Gig Economy. Notably, it has invested in 5 Tech companies, 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2 Consumer (B2C) companies and 2 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
EdTech | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Education | 1 |
Gig Economy | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ruthless For Good's Investments by Geography
Ruthless For Good has made most investments in United States (6).Ruthless For Good's recent investments
Ruthless For Good has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Ruthless For Good:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 17, 2024 | United States | Seed | 8438 | [+1] | |
Aug 16, 2024 | United States | Seed | 8519 | ||
Jun 02, 2023 | United States | Seed | 9615 | [+5] | |
Nov 29, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3329 | ||
Nov 07, 2022 | United States | Seed | 8059 | [+11] |
Team profile of Ruthless For Good
Ruthless For Good has a team of 1 member located in United States. Ruthless For Good's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Ruthless For Good
Over the past 4 years, 40 investors have co-invested in Ruthless For Good's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ruthless For Good: Sixty8 Capital, MATH Venture Partners and 11 others have invested in rounds before Ruthless For Good. There are 2 companies where Sixty8 Capital has invested before Ruthless For Good and 1 company where MATH Venture Partners has invested before Ruthless For Good.
- Top Co-investors of Ruthless For Good: 26 investors entered a company along with Ruthless For Good. These include investors like Tenzing Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Ruthless For Good: Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Ruthless For Good's portfolio after their investments.
Recent News related to Ruthless For Good
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HR platform WorkTorch raises $2.2M seed roundTechCrunch+•Nov 07, 2022•Tenzing Capital, Bloomberg, MATH Venture Partners, Ruthless For Good and 16 others
