TEAM

Will Porteous

General Partner and COO

Will is a General Partner with RRE Ventures and also serves as the firm's Chief Operating Officer.

Over his 25-year career as an investor, Will has played a critical role in the firm’s focus on early-stage companies that are commercializing technological breakthroughs to redefine industries and consumer experiences. He has been a leader in the transformation of the geospatial sector, most notably as Chairman of BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) and as Lead Director of Spire (NYSE: SPIR). He is also a Director of Hyperspectral, Lovelace AI, Nanit, Paperless Post, Pattern, Pilot Fiber, Ursa, and Wave and a former Director of BuzzFeed (NASDAQ: BZFD).

Will is also the Founder and Chairman of the Dockery Farms Foundation. From 2003 to 2018, Will served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School where he taught a popular course on venture capital. Will holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. with Honors from Stanford University.

joined
2000
hometown
New Orleans, LA
focuses
AI
CONSUMER
Enterprise/Saas
Fintech
Media
Space
FUN FACT
Will was one of the youngest people ever to climb Denali (Mt. McKinley), North America’s highest peak.
PORTFOLIO
joined
2000
hometown
New Orleans, LA
FUN FACT

Will was one of the youngest people ever to climb Denali (Mt. McKinley), North America’s highest peak.