Stuart Ellman

Stuart is a General Partner at RRE Ventures, which he Co-Founded with Jim Robinson in 1994. RRE Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with ten funds raised to date, $2.5 billion in assets and over 400 portfolio companies under management. Stuart is currently a director of Anomaly, Domain Money, Fi, Groups, Lucy, and Originalis.

Stuart has invested in a number of startups, including Business Insider, Proofpoint, Clarity Money, Kroll Bond Ratings, Venmo, Clearpath Robotics, Concur, Prove, VTS, Betaworks, MessageOne, GIPHY, DOTS, Ember, Watchguard, Netcentives, Extricity, Bark, and Bread Financial.

From 2003-2018, Stuart taught at Columbia Business School where he is also on the investment board of the Tamer Fund. From 2010-2020, Stuart was a trustee and officer of The Browning School. Since 2021, Stuart has served on the Nelson Center Advisory Council at Brown University, and since 2022 he has served on the Board of Trustees for Wesleyan University. Stuart was named to Insiders 2021 and 2022 Best Early-Stage Investor list, was named to Insiders 50 most important VCs in New York, received the #CoachingColumbia Award (inspired by Bill Campbell's mentorship), and was named to the Top 100 Harvard Business School Alumni in Finance & Investing.

In addition to professional work, Stuart served as president of the 92nd Street Y (92Y) from 2012-2015 and Chairman from 2015-2018. During his tenure, Stuart was instrumental in launching initiatives including #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving; 7 Days of Genius, a multi-platform, multi-venue festival of ideas; 92Y’s first MOOC, “How to Change the World,” offered in partnership with Wesleyan University; 92YOnDemand, a new content website with more than 100k+ followers; and an expanded partnership with NYCEDC to host the NYC Venture Fellows program.

Previously, Stuart worked at Morgan Stanley, McKinsey, and Dillon Read.

Stuart holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University where he was a Gilbert Clee Scholar and a Horace White Fellow. Stuart also holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard University.