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Tess Hatch

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Tess Hatch is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong investment focus on sectors like DeepTech, Space, Robotics, and AI. She has made significant investments in companies like Halter, Lumachain, and Iris Automation, and holds board positions in several innovative organizations such as Halter, Lumachain, and DroneDeploy. Hatch has a Master of Science from Stanford University and has held key roles at prominent companies like Boom Supersonic and Rocket Lab, showcasing her expertise in the aerospace and technology industries.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2017 - Current

BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.

  • Board Director

    2023

    Revolutionizing livestock farms, enabling farmers to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming.

  • Board Director

    2022

    Providing transparency, efficiency, and safety to the meat processing industry.

  • Investor

    2021

    Reinventing supersonic passenger travel.

Boom Supersonic is redefining commercial air travel by bringing sustainable, supersonic flight to the skies

  • Board Advisor

    2020

    Empowering aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations.

  • Board Director

    2019

    Leading enterprise drone software striving to put a drone on every job site.

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done.

Raised $142,552,368.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Emergence, Uncork Capital, Frontline Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, AngelPad, Energize Capital and BluePointe Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2017 - 2021

    Largest general purpose CubeSat constellation with sensors tracking maritime, aviation and weather patterns.

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 Observer

    2017 - 2021

    Frequent and reliable access to space for small satellites.

Rocket Lab is an aerospace company that specializes in satellite, rocket, and spacecraft design, construction, and launch operations.

Raised $1,232,150,000.00 from U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce and United States Space Force.

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