Will Porteous — This morning Spire announced its planned merger with NavSight Holdings (NSH). Spire is the second of our geospatial companies to commit to go public through a SPAC merger after the BlackSky-Osprey Technology (SFTW.UN) deal announced on February 18th, and the fourth RRE company to announce a SPAC deal in the…

George Avetisov — It’s been 3 years since RRE Ventures led HYPR’s Series A. Today HYPR has raised more than $37 million, built a world-class team, and deployed passwordless technology to millions of users across the globe. As we continue our mission to rid the world of passwords it feels like we’ve climbed…

Raju Rishi, Charles Horner, and Nikita Singareddy — Imagine that you’re leaving your job. You wrap up your projects and final deliverables, clean out your desk and hand back a work-issued laptop and keycard. After completing your offboarding paperwork, you’re faced with the tedious process of handling your employer-sponsored retirement account. Like many Millennials who switch jobs every…

Maria Palma, Nikita Singareddy, and Charles Horner — As investors, we look for broader trends in industries that create “moments of insertion” where new and lasting entrants can be built. The switch from analog to digital forged the first era of modern fintech, allowing banks to automate manual processing, introduce digital consumer experiences, and build out electronic payments…

RRE Ventures — When it comes to racial inequality in America, not speaking out is part of the problem. We may not be the first or the loudest voice in the choir of calls for change, but we’re here to speak up and join others. Events like the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud…

Laurel Woerner — We hope everyone is staying strong and supporting themselves and their communities. We wanted to share some additional suggestions and resources to help navigate the sudden transition to remote work that most of you are facing. Working remotely is likely already a reality for significant portions of your workforce. Even…

Jason Black — Risk is not a point-in-time event, but an amorphous and constantly evolving assessment. Corporations have historically relied on one-time background checks to mitigate their risk of employing individuals who will bear their firm’s name both in the good they do as well as, in some cases, the bad. …

Jason Black — What’s in a name? Pickle Robot Co., despite its quirky title, is building some very serious tech to transform the package handling market, starting with palletization and de-palletization. While this might sound like an oddly specific task — literally just stacking items on a pallet, or removing them — the…

Will Porteous and Maria Palma — What makes a great consumer brand? We ask ourselves this question all the time as venture investors. While there are always the business fundamentals that one needs to look at when considering any investment in this space (LTV:CAC, Unit Economics, Market Size, Scalability), at the core of it, the best…