RRE Ventures
Status
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Tumblr
Venmo
Verbit
Foursquare
Business Insider
Mark43
Petal
Tato
Foundation EGI
Farsight
Midas