Will Porteous is a General Partner with RRE Ventures and also serves as the firm's Chief Operating Officer, which he joined in August 2000. He is Chairman of the board of BlackSky Technology Inc. and lead independent director of Spire Global, Inc., and also sits on the boards of Hyperspectral, Lovelace AI, Nanit, Paperless Post, Pattern, Pilot Fiber, Ursa Space Systems and Wave. He taught venture capital as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School from 2003 to 2018 and founded the Dockery Farms Foundation. He holds a B.A. in English from Stanford University, an M.S. in Economics and Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Education
B.A. in English, Stanford University
M.S. in Economics and Industrial Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
M.B.A., Harvard University
Notable Investments
Spire Global, Inc. SPIRBlackSky Technology Inc. BKSYUrsa Space SystemsNanitPaperless PostBuzzFeed, Inc. BZFD
Board Seats
BlackSky Technology Inc. (Chairman)
Spire Global, Inc. (Lead Independent Director)
Hyperspectral
Lovelace AI
Nanit
Paperless Post
Pattern
Pilot Fiber
Ursa Space Systems
Wave
Career Timeline
2000
Joined RRE Ventures in August 2000.
2003
Became an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School teaching venture capital, a role he held until 2018.
2014
Joined the board of directors of legacy Spire in May 2014.
2015
Joined the board of directors of legacy BlackSky in February 2015.
2018
Became chairperson of legacy BlackSky's board of directors in December 2018.
2021
Joined the boards of the newly public Spire Global in August 2021 and BlackSky Technology in September 2021.