Jason Black

Prev. General Partner at RRE Ventures

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 20 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States20+ investments
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Jul 2023
Introducing Kindo, the way to safely adopt and manage AI across your entire workforce. Pay only once for AI access from anywhere, in one interface. Supporting commercial, open source, and private AI models as well as 200+ SaaS integrations, Kindo elevates workforce productivity while keeping everything centralized, secure, and compliant.
Board Member
Jul 2022
Greetings and sun salutations! Were Summer, a dedicated team on a mission to make data fun, accessible, and easy to use. Collectively, we have years of experience building data infrastructure in gaming, telecom, and decentralized systems. Now weve come together to build something fresh and exciting for the world of data. As a company, were guided by a set of core values that keep us cool, colorful, and full of energy, even during the most sweltering design and development sessions. Our values are: The harder the engineering, the more excited we get. Magic happens when design and engineering are best friends We make room to be creative and explore People first, always. Enough about us, lets talk about you. Were expanding our team and are looking for sun-sational individuals to collaborate and grow with. If youre hot for data and have an unquenchable thirst for design, we want to hear from you! Follow us here or on twitter, https://twitter.com/summer_io!
Investor
Mar 2021
Modern finance teams want accuracy, speed, and control. OpenEnvoy helps them achieve it with an AI platform that verifies every dollar going out and coming in. We pioneered Autonomous Finance with an AI system of agents that capture, code, and match every invoice, bill, payment, and remittance in real time. Finance teams use OpenEnvoy to remove manual work, prevent cash leakage and fraud, and maintain a clear view of their financial position without changing their ERP. Companies choose OpenEnvoy because it improves accuracy, accelerates close cycles, and protects working capital. OpenEnvoy has prevented more than $1.8B in overbillings and currently maintains 100% customer retention.
Investor, Board Observer
Dec 2020
Tive is the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility solutions. More than 500 global shippers, logistics service providers, and retailers use Tive to monitor shipment location and condition in real time, gain actionable insights, and ensure end-customer satisfaction. Tive’s cloud platform, patented sensor technology, and 24/7 Live Monitoring services reduce excursions and delays, minimize rejected loads, and decrease theft, damage, and spoilage. Customers count on Tive to ensure that shipments are delivered on time and in full—because every shipment matters.
Board Member
Mar 2020
Boost Insurance empowers any company to engage with its customers and increase sales by offering insurance through its own digital experience. Licensed to develop and sell P&C insurance products in all 50 states, Boost provides insurance infrastructure-as-a-service that packages the necessary compliance, operational, capital, and technological components of an insurance program into a turnkey white-labeled solution, accessible via simple API integration. Businesses that choose Boost can reduce the cost and complexity of building and managing their insurance function, and quickly begin engaging their customers with valuable insurance products. For more information, please visit boostplatform.io.
mid stageInsurance
Board Member
Jan 2020
To eliminate tobacco related harm, Lucy is committed to bringing innovative nicotine products to the market. Our flagship product is an improved and cleaner formulation of nicotine gum designed for optimal taste, texture, and a quick nicotine release.
mid stageManufacturing
Board Observer
Jan 2020
Ostro was founded to help millions of people live healthier lives by creating personalized healthcare journeys that drive next-best actions for consumers and HCPs, and create value for life sciences brands. The Ostro ecosystem of products includes Ostro Tailor, which uses AI/ML to frictionlessly provide PRC-approved content right to HCPs’ fingertips, Ostro Navigate, which offers consumers and HCPs a personalized experience to help answer their questions and guide them in their healthcare journey, and Ostro Attribute, which uses detailed analytics to connect online and offline activity to increase the impact of digital spend.
Investor
Jan 2020
At Spring Health™, we help employers modernize their behavioral health benefits with the most effective, comprehensive solution for employee mental wellbeing. Our offering functions as a single front door to any type of care - from digital exercises, to EAP services, to coaching, therapy, or medication. We use a proprietary assessment and machine-learning technology to understand all of the conditions a person may be experiencing, and use those results to match them to a care plan personalized to their needs. Each member has access to a Care Navigator to help guide them through their options, assist in booking appointments with therapists, and connect them to domain experts across work-life, legal, or financial services. This innovative, personalized approach to care, paired with a seamless, high-touch member experience makes Spring Health™ the most holistic, effective behavioral health benefit for modern, people-first employers. Suicidal crisis or emotional distress – For immediate help for you or someone else, call 1-800-273-8255. Available 24/7.
Board Observer
Jun 2019
PartnerStack (YC15) is on a mission to change the way companies reach customers through channel sales. PartnerStack enables companies to reach more customers through partnerships. The platform enables some of the fastest growing companies like Asana, Intuit and Freshworks with the tools required to build, manage, and scale channel partner programs. The network brings companies and channel partners together. We pride ourselves on building something people want but our company is more than the feedback we receive from our users. Every member of our team is passionate about learning and adds something unique to our culture. We love to work with people who are consummately curious and are incredibly supportive. Visit us at: www.PartnerStack.com
Investor
Jan 2018
We are on a mission to bridge the gap between simulation and the real world, ensuring autonomous systems perform flawlessly when it counts most. As the trusted first line of defense for innovators in autonomous driving, drone delivery, eVTOL, robotics, and beyond, we empower industry leaders to rigorously test and validate their systems at scale. Our high-fidelity, fully controllable, software-in-the-loop sensor simulation API provides unparalleled realism, accuracy, and confidence. In autonomy, theres simply no margin for error.
Investor
Jan 2018
We are thrilled to announce that Wallaroo.AI is a finalist for the 2023 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award (AI and Machine Learning Development)! We are excited to share weve been selected for the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program! We are excited to work closely with Microsoft to further scale our business and reach more customers worldwide. Learn more at startups.microsoft.com.
Board Member
Jan 2017
PebblePost is the leading performance marketing company specializing in Programmatic Direct Mail and CTV. Our proprietary technology leverages online and offline data to drive measurable, incremental outcomes at scale for the world’s top brands. With the ability to identify and reach nearly every U.S. household, and exclusive access to $100B+ in annual transactions and hundreds of billions of real-time intent signals, PebblePost delivers unparalleled precision, scale, and performance for marketing campaigns. For more information about PebblePost’s Performance Marketing Engine and how your brand can benefit, visit www.pebblepost.com.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Connecting to more than 4,500 healthcare organizations, Redox products create a composable software experience across the healthcare ecosystem. Payers, providers, and product teams use Redox to produce differentiated experiences for patients and clinicians. Welcome to composable healthcare.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Latch makes spaces better places to live, work, and visit. Apartment buildings haven’t changed in decades. People spend thousands of dollars every month for an experience that is outdated, inconvenient, analog, impersonal and leaves a lot to be desired. Leveraging our knowledge from product companies like Apple, we’ve rethought how people interact with space. Latch delivers a full-building operating system designed to help owners, residents, and third parties like guests, couriers, and service providers seamlessly experience the modern building. We’ve done this by combining software, products, and services into a holistic platform that make spaces more efficient, enjoyable, and profitable. Founded in 2014, we started by defining the smart access category. We then went on to create our own hardware and software for a range of smart building devices, built integrations with Google Nest, Sonos, Honeywell, ecobee, Real Page, UPS, and more, and in 2020 unveiled LatchOS, our full-building operating system. Today, more than 1 in 10 new apartments in the U.S. are being built with Latch products, 7 out of 10 of the NMHC largest developers are Latch customers, and 36 states feature Latch buildings. We are a global team of 200+ team members working to reimagine the modern buildings of today and drive the evolution of the cities of tomorrow.
Board Observer
Jan 2016
READY Robotics is the developer of ForgeOS, the industrial OS for robots and automation, and a pioneer in cutting-edge automation solutions that overcome the obstacles faced by manufacturers. Our commitment to putting people first drives our mission to empower everyone with intuitive interfaces for controlling robots and automating tasks, as well as providing educational resources to help transition workers into the world of automation. At READY, we don’t make robots. We make robots better.
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2023
Investor
Jul 2023
Introducing Kindo, the way to safely adopt and manage AI across your entire workforce. Pay only once for AI access from anywhere, in one interface. Supporting commercial, open source, and private AI models as well as 200+ SaaS integrations, Kindo elevates workforce productivity while keeping everything centralized, secure, and compliant.
2022
Board Member
Jul 2022
Greetings and sun salutations! Were Summer, a dedicated team on a mission to make data fun, accessible, and easy to use. Collectively, we have years of experience building data infrastructure in gaming, telecom, and decentralized systems. Now weve come together to build something fresh and exciting for the world of data. As a company, were guided by a set of core values that keep us cool, colorful, and full of energy, even during the most sweltering design and development sessions. Our values are: The harder the engineering, the more excited we get. Magic happens when design and engineering are best friends We make room to be creative and explore People first, always. Enough about us, lets talk about you. Were expanding our team and are looking for sun-sational individuals to collaborate and grow with. If youre hot for data and have an unquenchable thirst for design, we want to hear from you! Follow us here or on twitter, https://twitter.com/summer_io!
2021
Investor
Mar 2021
Modern finance teams want accuracy, speed, and control. OpenEnvoy helps them achieve it with an AI platform that verifies every dollar going out and coming in. We pioneered Autonomous Finance with an AI system of agents that capture, code, and match every invoice, bill, payment, and remittance in real time. Finance teams use OpenEnvoy to remove manual work, prevent cash leakage and fraud, and maintain a clear view of their financial position without changing their ERP. Companies choose OpenEnvoy because it improves accuracy, accelerates close cycles, and protects working capital. OpenEnvoy has prevented more than $1.8B in overbillings and currently maintains 100% customer retention.
General Partner
Jan 2021
RRE Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. Since our founding in 1994 we have sought out and partnered with extraordinary entrepreneurs who seek to disrupt and transform industries. RRE is a long-term lead investor. We are active strategic, operational and financial partners with the companies we finance. We also bring to bear a highly distinctive network of relationships across multiple industries and countries, proactively assist in recruiting top-tier talent, and provide innovative PR and marketing support. You can learn more about our team and senior advisors. RRE manages over a billion dollars of capital across five funds. Our operation is structured, from both a team and capital standpoint, to enable us to invest in early stage companies while remaining active and participatory throughout the financing life of a venture. We define the scope of our investment horizon as products or services enabled by information technology. This has historically included virtually all expressions of software and internet technology as well as hardware and technology-enabled services. We invest across the United States and in select overseas geographies. We view New York’s burgeoning innovation economy as critically important to the creation of the next wave of large technology companies. With over fifty portfolio companies based in the New York Metro region, we are among the area’s most active investors.
2020
Investor, Board Observer
Dec 2020
Tive is the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility solutions. More than 500 global shippers, logistics service providers, and retailers use Tive to monitor shipment location and condition in real time, gain actionable insights, and ensure end-customer satisfaction. Tive’s cloud platform, patented sensor technology, and 24/7 Live Monitoring services reduce excursions and delays, minimize rejected loads, and decrease theft, damage, and spoilage. Customers count on Tive to ensure that shipments are delivered on time and in full—because every shipment matters.
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