Investing Profile

Will Porteous

VCInvestor
General Partner and COO at RRE Ventures
rre.comNew York, New York
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Networks Will is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Stanford University Network
923 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
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Current Investing Position
RRE Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
111
Current Fund Size
$265M

Will Porteous is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Will Porteous's Investments On Record (47)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
HyperSpectral
Series AOct 2025$7M
Series AJun 2024$12M
$19M
Lovelace
SeedMay 2025$16M
$16M
Ursa Space Systems
Series CMar 2022$16M
Series BNov 2019$15M
Series UnknownJul 2018$6M
Series AOct 2017$7M
$51M
Co-investors: Mourad Yesayan (Paladin Capital Group), Christopher Steed (Paladin Capital Group), Keith Masback (Plum Run LLC)
Pattern Brands
Series BFeb 2022$25M
Private EquityJun 2021$60M
Series AAug 2019$14M
$99M
Co-investors: Maria Palma (Kindred Capital VC), Katie Shea (Divergent Capital), David Beisel (NextView Ventures)
Nanit
Series CFeb 2021$25M
Series BMay 2020$21M
Series BMay 2018$14M
Series AMay 2017$8M
Series AJun 2016$7M
SeedMay 2015
$130M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures), Erel Margalit (Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)), Vijay Chattha (Xtripe Angels)
Wave
Series BJun 2020$30M
Series AApr 2018$6M
SeedApr 2017$4M
SeedAug 2016$3M
$120M
Co-investors: Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Phil Sanderson (Griffin Gaming Partners), Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Damien Steel (OMERS Ventures), Devdutt Yellurkar (Propeller VC), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Jonathan Medved (OurCrowd), Peter Misek (Framework Venture Partners), Mike Dobbins (Framework Venture Partners), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital LP), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Alex Chung (Curious Capital), David Wu (Maveron LLC), Michelle Moon (Sorenson Ventures), Kevin Lin, Alice Lloyd George, Prescott Watson
Spire Global
Series DSep 2019$40M
Series BJun 2015$40M
Series AJul 2014$25M
$230M
Co-investors: Alain Rodermann (Expon Capital), Marc Gendebien (Expon Capital), Jerome Wittamer (Expon Capital), Rodrigo Sepulveda (Expon Capital), Michael McMahon (Jump Capital), Chris Fisher (GPO Fund), Helen Zelman Boniske (Lemnos Labs), Lewis Jones (Seraphim Space), Jag Singh (Angel Invest), Paul Sims, Key Compton
Managed by Q
Series CJan 2019$25M
Series BApr 2016$25M
Series AJun 2015$15M
SeedNov 2014$2M
$98M
Co-investors: MG Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), M.G. Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Josh Abramson (FirstMark Capital), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Gary Vaynerchuk (Coinbase Ventures), Zach Weinberg (Flatiron Health), Scott Belsky (A24), David Stern (Motion Technology Partners), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Jose Marin (Serendipity Investments), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Naveen Selvadurai

Will Porteous's Experience

General Partner and COO RRE Ventures2012 - Present
General Partner RRE Ventures2005 - Present
Founder and Co-Chairman Dockery Farms Foundation2004 - Present
Associate / Principal RRE Ventures2000 - Present
Founder and Co-Chairman SupplyWorksPresent
Product Manager University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder and Co-Chairman University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
VP, Marketing and Business Development Netmarket GuatemalaPresent
Product Manager NewCoPresent
Adjunct Associate Professor Columbia University in the City of New YorkPresent
Founder and Co-Chairman NewCoPresent
Board Member PilotPresent
Board Member HyperSpectralPresent
Board Member Lovelace AIPresent
Board Member BlackskyPresent
Board Member WhipTail Technologies LLCPresent
Board Member BuzzFeedPresent
Board Member WavePresent
Board Member Ursa Space SystemsPresent
Board Member SpirePresent
Board Member Pattern BrandsPresent
Board Member Paperless PostPresent
Board Member NanitPresent
Non Executive Chairman BlackskyPresent
VP, Marketing and Business Development NetmarketPresent
Product Manager SupplyWorksPresent
Director Frictionless CommercePresent
Director Tacit NetworksPresent
Director Drobo, Inc.Present
Director Skyhook WirelessPresent
Director XobniPresent
Director WHIPTAIL, part of CiscoPresent
Director HowAboutWePresent
Adjunct Associate Professor Columbia UniversityPresent
Director BuzzFeedPresent

Will Porteous's Education

Harvard University Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General
London School of Economics and Political Science Master of Science (MSc) Economics and Industrial Relations
Stanford University BA English
Stanford University Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature/Letters
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Master of Science (MSc) Economics and Industrial Relations