James Robinson
Founder and General Partner
RRE Ventures
Co-founder and General Partner at RRE Ventures with a focus on network effects, intelligence, decentralization, fintech, and crypto.
Bio
Professional summary
Vic Singh is a General Partner at RRE Ventures focused on AI, crypto, and enterprise SaaS. His official RRE profile says he has more than 20 years of experience as an operator and investor, founded four venture-backed startups, co-founded Eniac Ventures, and helped scale Eniac from a small first fund into a multi-fund early-stage venture firm. His prior startup Kanvas was acquired by AOL, and his later company Originalis works in private capital markets infrastructure. He began his career as a full-stack software developer and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
pre-seedseedearlygrowth
Sector
AIcryptoenterprise SaaSdeveloper toolingunstructured dataphysical AI
Thesis
AICryptoEnterprise SaaSAGI frontier, decentralization, LxMs, open source, unstructured data stack, and physical AI
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
CatioFoundation EGIHeights LabsLit ProtocolKindoOriginalisSummerWallarooKanvas
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Position a technical, moat-driven company around unfair technical advantage, defensibility, and founder grit, especially if tied to AI infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, crypto, or private-markets workflows.
Personalization hooks
- 1Former founder and full-stack developer who may respond to technically deep founder stories.
- 2Returned to RRE after earlier starting his VC journey there.
- 3Personal interests listed include cooking, boxing, and 90s gangsta rap.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Joined RRE Ventures in 2025 as General Partner.
Currently exploring AGI-related foundational building blocks including decentralization, LxMs, open source, unstructured data, and physical AI.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- RRE VenturesGeneral Partner2025–present
- Eniac VenturesCo-Founding General Partner~15 years
- Originalis AICEOongoing
- Kanvas (acq. by AOL)Co-Founder
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaBSE (NSF Fellow)
- Columbia Business SchoolMBA (Toigo Fellow)
Skills
early-stage investingmobileconsumerAIfund buildingcompany building
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