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.
Professional summary
Will Porteous is a General Partner and COO at RRE Ventures. According to RRE’s official profile, he has spent more than 25 years as an investor and has helped shape the firm’s focus on early-stage companies commercializing technological breakthroughs. The profile highlights his role in the geospatial sector, including serving as Chairman of BlackSky and Lead Director of Spire. RRE lists him as a director of Hyperspectral, Lovelace AI, Nanit, Paperless Post, Pattern, Pilot Fiber, Ursa, and Wave, and as a former director of BuzzFeed. He is also Founder and Chairman of the Dockery Farms Foundation and previously taught venture capital as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. He holds an MBA from Harvard University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA with Honors from Stanford University.
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Framing and angles for outreach
Relevant for early-stage companies commercializing hard technology, geospatial data, space infrastructure, or AI-enabled technical products.
Career, education, and skills
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