Ruck

Ruck founder Lee Chang was featured in The Daily Herald's recent article. We're thankful for the feature and are proud that since the article's initial interview at the beginning of the year, Ruck has nearly tripled its operations and expanded to Phoenix, AZ after closing a $1.3m pre-seed round. News organizations like The Daily Herald are critical outlets for startups like Ruck to share awareness and refine public messaging. Ruck is here to create harmonious industry innovation for construction workers and vendors. LRG - Let's Rucking Go!

Over the last several months, Ruck has been growing its team with fierce individuals after an exciting round of funding. Co-founders Shaun and Lee are excited to welcome the following: William Ng as Director of Revenue Carlos Romero as Director of Driver Ops Chandler McFarland as Director of Marketing Michael Huff as the first Software Engineer Grant Rencher as Software Development Intern Noah Jensen as Sales Rep Nick Taylor as Sales Rep Austin Thayn as Product Manager Several more sales reps are coming online soon. Let's grow the "grit culture". Time to Ruck around and find out.

Ruck CEO Lee Chang shares his story and approach to starting a business on the No Instructions podcast with host, serial entrepreneur, and investor Chad Ingram. #vc #startups #construction

Ruck’s CEO and Co-Founder Lee Chang presented Ruck’s vision and progress at the Gold House Ventures event in NYC last week. As a participant of the Fall 2023 GHV Accelerator cohort, Ruck developed and launched its secondary revenue stream through new partnerships, grew its Phoenix market 2x, and found multiple channels of scalable marketing strategies. Ruck’s GHV advisors: - David Chen (former partner at Lightspeed) - Shawn Tsao (Caviar, Inc. founder and DoorDash exec) - Eric Feng (founding CTO of Hulu and former Kleiner Perkins GP) Advice, connections, and directions from these advisors generated valuable VC meetings, partnerships, and meaningful growth acceleration. Thanks again to Gold House Ventures for having us in this cohort. We look forward to continuing our involvement in the Asian, Pacific Islander community built by Gold House.

Customer Experience (CX) drives product innovation and iteration pacing for the Ruck team. It’s an honor to be highlighted as an example of listening to our customers.

Our team is in Phoenix cranking away. Let us know if you want to say hi!

Ruck has been officially accepted into the Fall 2023 Gold House Ventures Futures Accelerator. In addition to financial investment, GHV will be providing Ruck the opportunity to network into the Asian entrepreneurial community and the larger startup commhnity in general. While all the mentors and team members have stellar experience-based backgrounds, particularly notable individuals involved in GHV include Garry Tan (President and CEO of Y Combinator), Eric Yuan (Zoom Founder), Simu Liu, Tony Xu (DoorDash founder), and many many more. With this opportunity, Ruck will double down on our goal to streamline and strengthen the construction materials purchasing and delivery market. Our push into Phoenix, AZ and our growth in Utah has shown that our model succeeds in different markets and serves diverse customers. We are privileged to be part of this acclaimed program. With GHV accelerator's acceptance rate lower than 2%, our team is grateful that our vision and hard work has been recognized as a valuable and worthy pursuit. RUCK ON. Follow our page and Lee Chang's profile for more updates here on LinkedIn as things continue to progress. #startup #vc #construction #tech #siliconslopes

Ruck has launched in Arizona. Offering 2-3 hour delivery available for Mesa and Gilbert, and Same-Day & Next-Day Delivery options available for rest of the surrounding Phoenix metro areas. Many thanks to Titan Restoration of AZ, LLC for being an awesome launch partner. #arizona #construction #delivery #startups

Why have we been quiet? Because we've been building out AZ. We've had a good batch of beta users actively ordering in Phoenix, AZ in the last couple of weeks! If you're in the Phoenix area and want to meet with Lee, our founder, for coffee, let us know! #construction #startups #buildingconstruction #arizona