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.
