Dennis Cherian
Associate
RRE Ventures
RRE Associate and generalist investor with prior BCG and Strategic Cyber Ventures experience.
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Bio
Professional summary
Raju Rishi is a General Partner at RRE Ventures. Publicly indexed RRE profile content describes his focus as enterprise software, healthcare IT, and artificial intelligence, with an interest in startups disrupting large markets through complex and meaningful problem-solving. Before joining RRE, he was a Venture Partner at Sigma Prime Ventures in Boston. Earlier, he founded and led multiple venture-backed companies in mobile and enterprise software and held senior leadership roles at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Bell Laboratories. The same RRE profile content states that he has served on more than 30 company boards, including Bitly, Sailthru, Hyla, Latch, and Tive. He earned BS and MS degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
early stageventure
Sector
enterprise softwarehealthcare ITAImobileenterprise software
Thesis
Enterprise software, healthcare IT, and artificial intelligenceStartups disrupting large markets with differentiated technology and strong teams
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
BitlySailthruHylaLatchTiveDatadogBrightwheelGetlabsRedoxSpring HealthPartnerStackWallaroo
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Relevant for enterprise software, healthcare IT, or AI founders who can emphasize market disruption, technical differentiation, and strong team quality.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his founder/operator background before venture capital.
- 2For MIT-connected founders, mention his MIT education and ongoing MIT community involvement only if independently verified before outreach.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- RRE VenturesGeneral Partner2015–present
- Sigma Prime VenturesPartner
- AT&T / Lucent Technologies / Bell LabsEngineer/Executive
Education
- MITBS, Materials Science
- MITMS, Materials Science
Skills
deep techenterprise softwarehardwareboard leadershipcompany building
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