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ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Israel
  • India
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
Industries
  • Enterprise Software
  • Consumer
  • FinTech
  • AI
  • Robotics
  • Web3
  • Crypto
  • Defense Tech
  • Physical AI
About
RRE Ventures is a New York-based VC focused on early-stage technology companies. Their focus spans enterprise software, consumer, FinTech, AI, robotics, and Web3 across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, and India. The firm supports founders from Seed through Series B.
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Investment Thesis

RRE Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across enterprise software, AI, FinTech, consumer, and frontier technology sectors. They invest in visionary founders building transformative companies across the AI and physical infrastructure value chains. The firm differentiates itself through its 30+ year track record as one of NYC's oldest institutional VCs, multi-generation father-son GP team led by James D. Robinson III and IV, $2.5B+ AUM across 400+ companies, and systematic theses on Physical AI and Decentralized AI.
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Manager's Experience

James D. Robinson III (Co-Founder) co-founded RRE Ventures in 1994 after serving as Chairman and CEO of American Express bringing unparalleled financial services and corporate leadership; his son James D. Robinson IV (Co-Founder & General Partner) co-leads the firm representing a rare multi-generation father-son VC partnership. Stuart Ellman (Co-Founder & General Partner) co-founded the firm bringing deep enterprise and consumer venture expertise. The firm has built a 400+ company portfolio across 10 funds with 14 unicorns including Palantir (IPO), Datadog (IPO), Buzzfeed (IPO), Venmo (acquired by PayPal), Spring Health, and BarkBox.

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Team

James D. Robinson IV - Co-Founder & General Partner

William Porteous - General Partner

Stuart Ellman - Co-Founder & General Partner

Adam Ludwin - General Partner

Steve Schlafman - Partner

Raju Rishi - General Partner

Jason Black - General Partner

Portfolio

Palantir

Spring Health

BarkBox

Hammerhead

BlueGarnet

Buzzfeed

Datadog

Giphy

OnDeck

Paperless Post

Ringly

Skycatch

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Venmo

Verbit

Foursquare

Business Insider

Mark43

Petal

Tato

Foundation EGI

Farsight

Midas

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