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Will Porteous

Principal at RRE Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Will Porteous is the General Partner and COO at RRE Ventures in New York, with a strong background in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships. Highlights of his career include serving on the Board of Directors for various successful companies and making strategic investments in startups like HyperSpectral, Ursa Space Systems, and Pattern Brands.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner and COO

    2012 - Current

  • General Partner

    2005

  • Associate / Principal

    2000

  • Non Executive Chairman

    2018

    Leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence.

  • Board Member

    2015

  • Board Member

    2017

    Smart baby monitor platform supporting parents and infant development.

Nanit is a startup developing smart baby monitors and sleep tracker devices.

Raised $74,600,000.00 from RRE Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, Upfront Ventures, Rho Capital Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Google Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2019

    Online invitations to celebrate all of life's moments.

Paperless Post is an online events platform that exists to help people gather more easily and meaningfully in real life.

Raised $32,350,000.00 from Venvest Capital.

  • Board Member

    2019

    A platform to identify, acquire and scale Shopify brands to create long term value.

Pattern is a family of brands that acquires, operates, and grows leading Shopify home goods brand on a single platform.

Raised $99,000,000.00 from Verlinvest, RRE Ventures, Victory Park Capital, Toba Capital, BAM Elevate and Primary Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2015

    Pilot is a modern connectivity company providing businesses of all sizes with reliable internet backed by the best customer experience in telecom.

Pilot is a fiber-optic ISP that raises the bar for telecom and provides better business internet.

Raised $33,075,000.00 from Union Square Ventures, RRE Ventures, Foundry Group and Operator Partners.

  • Board Member

    2014

    Leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services.

Spire Global is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.

Raised $672,334,302.00 from UK Space Agency.

  • Board Member

    2018

    Geospatial intelligence software platform

  • Board Member

    2020

    Interactive virtual concerts.

  • Founder and Co-Chairman

    2004

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