RRE Ventures
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 1994[1] |
Founder | James D. Robinson III James D. Robinson IV Stuart Ellman |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S.[1] |
Products | Investments |
AUM | US$2 billion (2020)[1] |
Website | www.rre.com |
RRE Ventures is an American Venture Capital firm based in New York City. The firm primarily invests in seed, series A and series B rounds and focuses on companies operating in the software, internet, communications, aerospace, robotics, 3D printing and financial services sectors.[1]
Background[]
Stuart Ellman and James D. Robinson IV were classmates at Harvard Business school where they came up with the idea of starting a venture capital firm.[2][3]
In 1994 they founded RRE Ventures with Robinson's father, James D. Robinson III who was the Chairman and CEO of American Express from 1977 to his retirement in 1993.[2][3][4] The name of the firm is derived from the first letter of each co-founder's surname.
As of 2020, RRE ventures has raised $2 billion in capital. It has made over 400 investments across 26 states in the US and Canada with over 60 exits.[5]
Funds[]
Fund[6] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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RRE Ventures I | 1997 | USD 95 |
RRE Ventures II | 1998 | USD 225 |
RRE Ventures III | 2001 | USD 225 |
RRE Ventures IV | 2006 | USD 300 |
RRE Ventures V | 2011 | USD 230 |
RRE Ventures VI | 2014 | USD 280 |
RRE Leaders I | 2015 | USD 102 |
RRE Ventures VII | 2017 | USD 265 |
RRE Leaders II | 2018 | USD 57 |
Notable investments[]
- 8i[7]
- Activate[8]
- Avant[9]
- BarkBox[5]
- Base CRM[10]
- Bitly
- BitPay[11]
- Boom Technology[12]
- Booster Fuels[13]
- Braintree
- Business Insider[5]
- Buzzfeed[5]
- Citizen[14]
- Clearpath Robotics[5]
- Clubhouse Software
- Concur[15]
- Datadog
- Digital Currency Group[3]
- Drop.io[16]
- Electric Cloud
- Giphy[5]
- Huffington Post[citation needed]
- i.TV
- Makerbot[5]
- Managed by Q
- NerdWallet[3]
- Nomad Health[17]
- numberFire[18]
- Olo[19]
- OnDeck Capital[3]
- Proofpoint[5]
- Quirky[20]
- Ripple Labs[citation needed]
- SocialFlow[21]
- Spaceflight Industries[3]
- Spire Global[3]
- Symantec
- The Outline
- The Skimm[22]
- TheSquareFoot[23]
- tvtag[24]
- Understory[25]
- Venmo[5]
- Vine[5]
- Watchguard
- Whiptail
- WisdomTree Investments
- Xobni
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "RRE Ventures". StartupHub.ai.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stuart Ellman". Payfone. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "The 2015 Fintech Finance 35: James Robinson III and James Robinson IV, RRE Ventures". Institutional Investor. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ LEE, MEREDITH. "A New York VC Spotlight: James Robinson III".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Top 10 venture capital firms: RRE Ventures | Venture Capital". Fintech Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "RRE Ventures | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (2015-10-14). "Virtual Reality Startup 8i Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Fashion-Focused Blog Aggregator Bloglovin Raises $1M From Betaworks And Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ AvantCredit. "AvantCredit Adds $225 Million Equity Funding from Elite Investor Group to Fuel its Online Lending Platform". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "CRM Service Base Raises $15M Series B To Take On Salesforce". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "BitPay Scores Record $30M in Funding, Aided by Richard Branson | Betabeat". 2014-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Trimble2017-12-05T09:47:54+00:00, Stephen. "ANALYSIS: JAL invests heavily in supersonic Boom". Flight Global. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Meet Booster Fuels: Stealthy startup refuels your car while you work, eliminates trips to gas station". GeekWire. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Banned crime reporting app Vigilante returns as Citizen, says its 'report incident' feature will be pulled". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Concur Floats Bouyant IPO". www.businesstravelnews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Facebook Acquires Drop.io, Nabs Sam Lessin". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Baum, Stephanie (2016-07-27). "Healthcare staffing startup backed by Business Insider co-founder views telemedicine as next market opportunity". MedCity News. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "NumberFire Pockets $750K To Help You Rule Your Fantasy Sports Leagues". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Tiger Global just invested $18 million in Olo, a low-flying ordering platform for more than 50,000 fast-casual restaurants". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Quirky's 23-year-old CEO finds love with the supply chain". VentureBeat. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "New Twitter Ecosystem Poster Child SocialFlow Secures The Firehose And $7 Million Round". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Shaw, Lucas. "Fox Will Fund TheSkimm's Move Into Video With $8 Million Round". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "This NYC Startup Just Squared Away $2M in Seed Funding". AlleyWatch. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Social Entertainment Network GetGlue Raises $12 Million In New Financing". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Term Sheet — Monday, February 22". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
External links[]
- www.rre.com (Company Website)
- American companies established in 1994
- Financial services companies based in New York City
- Financial services companies established in 1994
- Investment companies based in New York City
- Venture capital firms of the United States