Tess Peters

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Principal, Northwind Ventures - venture capital · open source · developer tools

Northwind Ventures
Rotterdam, Netherlands · CET (UTC+1)
8+ years experience
Bocconi University
English, Dutch
Investing
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Overview

I invest in developer infrastructure at Northwind Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Led or co-led 29 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in developer infrastructure
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Skills
developer toolsopen sourceventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into pre-seed developer infrastructure in LatAm

Cheque size
$1M
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Developer infrastructure
Geographies
LatAm
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Rotterdam, Netherlandsventure capitalopen sourcedeveloper tools
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Northwind Ventures · 6 mo · Full-time · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Backed 30 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
  2. Regional Sales Director
    Jul 2024 - Apr 2026
    SAP · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Signed 15 channel partners that now source 40% of pipeline.
    • Opened 6 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.
  3. Senior Account Executive
    Dec 2021 - Jul 2024
    L'Oréal · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Signed 20 channel partners that now source 39% of pipeline.
  4. Partnerships Manager
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
    Revolut · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Built the public sector team from 2 to 32 reps.
    • Closed 246% of quota two years running.
  5. Enterprise Account Executive
    Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
    Supercell · 2 yr · Full-time · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Opened 10 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. Bocconi University
    BSc, Engineering
    2015 - 2018

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