Tess Hatch
InvestorPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $500K – $100M checks
About
Aerospace engineer-turned-investor who worked on Falcon 9 payloads and was in mission control for Curiosity's Mars landing, she brings experience at space companies and backs frontier hardware with recurring revenue.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Stifel BankManaging Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityCo Lead, Stanford Threshold Venture Fellows Programcurrent2026 — present
- STVP - the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship CenterBoard Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- Bessemer Venture PartnersPartner2017 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- HalterBoard Director2023 — 2025
- LumachainBoard Director2022 — 2025
- DroneDeployBoard Director2019 — 2025
- SpireBoard Director2017 — 2021
- Rocket LabBoard Observer2017 — 2021
- SpaceXMission Management2014 — 2015
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Aerospace
- University of MichiganBachelor's degree, Aerospace
- Harvard-Westlake School
Skills & more
English10Analysis37Leadership14Public Speaking17Facebook18Microsoft Office30Matlab16LabVIEW8Press Releases15Statistics24Proposal Writing11Physics20
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Aerospace EngineeringSpace SystemsEvent PlanningCustomer ServiceResearchAerospaceSocial NetworkingSocial MediaFrom Tess's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bessemer Venture Partners
Adam Fisher
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aditya Nidmarti
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Aia Sarycheva
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Ferrara
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alex Yuditski
Investor at Bessemer Venture Partners
Alexandra Sukin
Senior Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners
Amit Karp
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Anant Vidur Puri
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Network5
Dan Altschuler MalekScout
Managing Partner at Unovis Asset Management
David CowanScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Matt OckoScout
Founder and Managing Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Neeraj BerryScout
Founder, General Partner at Tet Ventures
Daniel Chapellin Castillo
Investor at Wealthing Vc Club
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tess Hatch work?
- Tess Hatch is Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.
- What does Tess Hatch invest in?
- Tess Hatch invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Tess Hatch write?
- Tess Hatch typically writes checks of $500K – $100M.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended University of Michigan489
Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaHannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Also attended Harvard-Westlake School37
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stifel Bank37
Phil GagerManaging Director at Service Provider CapitalMinh LeManaging Director at Service Provider CapitalTed CavanManaging Director, Technology at Runway Growth CapitalMatt TrotterManaging Director at Stifel Venture BankingNathaniel StoneManaging Director & Founder at Stifel Venture BankingKelly BelcherManaging Director at Stifel Venture Banking
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Also worked at Bessemer Venture Partners146
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Also worked at Halter9
Spencer PunterPartner and COO at DCVC (Data Collective)Christina FaPrincipal at NewView CapitalSunil NagarajFounder and Managing Partner at Ubiquity VenturesConnor WiltshireData Analyst at Blackbird FoundryAmin MirzadeganPartner at Founders FundSamantha WongPartner at Blackbird Ventures
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