Iris Goossens

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Partner at Kiteline Partners · AI applications

Kiteline Partners
Amsterdam, Netherlands · CET (UTC+1)
11+ years experience
University of Amsterdam
English, Dutch
Investing
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Overview

17 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Backed 57 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: L'Oréal and Bosch. Most at home with applied ML and venture capital. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

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  • Founders building in developer tools
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Skills
productventure capitalapplied ML
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into Series An AI applications in Southeast Asia

Cheque size
$500k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Developer tools, climate
Geographies
LatAm
Lead or follow
Co-lead
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Usually the first cheque in. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

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Experience

  1. Partner
    May 2026 - Present
    Kiteline Partners · 5 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Shipped 14 launches on the developer experience team without a rollback.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 44 minutes to under 2.
    • Brought on-call pages for developer experience down from 24 a week to 4.
  2. Account Executive
    Aug 2023 - May 2026
    L'Oréal · 2 yr 9 mo · Contract · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Signed 19 channel partners that now source 18% of pipeline.
    • Opened 9 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.
  3. Senior Account Executive
    May 2022 - Aug 2023
    Bosch · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Opened 5 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.
  4. Enterprise Account Executive
    Aug 2018 - May 2022
    ING · 3 yr 9 mo · Contract · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Shortened the mid-market sales cycle from 9 months to 3.
  5. Senior Account Executive
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2018
    Glovo · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Built the channel team from 5 to 34 reps.
    • Signed 23 channel partners that now source 15% of pipeline.

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Education

  1. University of Amsterdam
    BSc, Economics
    2006 - 2009

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