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Tess Hatch

Partner
Redwood City

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Biography

Tess invests in technology and people who believe as strongly as she does that frontier technology will develop solutions for societal problems. She is a partner based in San Francisco fostering entrepreneurship of frontier technology, specifically the commercialization of space, drones, autonomous vehicles, and defense technology.

Tess has partnered with Boom SupersonicDroneDeployIris Automation, Halter, Lumachain, Rocket Lab, and Spire Global. She was included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital. She speaks and is published regularly on Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and other publications on space and frontier technology.

Tess earned a Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from Stanford. She went on to work for Boeing and then SpaceX where she worked with the government on integrating its payloads with the Falcon9 rocket. She remains close to her alma mater by co-teaching a class at Stanford, serving on the board of advisors for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and founding the Stanford Aero/Astro Alumni Association.

Tess is passionate about space exploration and imagines a future where we all travel to space. She hopes to one day take a trip herself.

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“Imagine a future where we travel to space with the same frequency in which we currently travel in an aircraft.”

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Rocket Lab

NASDAQ: RKLB
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Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab delivers a range of complete rocket systems and technologies for fast and low-cost payload deployment.

Rocket Lab announced to go public in merger with SPAC Vector Acquisition Corp in March 2021.

Rocket Lab went public in August 2021 (NASDAQ: RKLB).

NASDAQ: RKLB

Founded

2006

Partnered

2014

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Spire

NYSE: SPIR
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Spire

Spire is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking. Spire Global went public in August 2021 (NYSE: SPIR).

NYSE: SPIR

Founded

2012

Partnered

2015

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Investment Memo

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