Bastiaan Peters
Venture Architect (Freelance)
Bastiaan Peters
Venture Architect (Freelance)
I support venture studios, founders, and VC teams by translating venture ideas into a coherent, structured system.
What I Do
What I Do
I help organisations introduce direction and structure before a next phase. This work focuses on the following areas:
I help organisations introduce direction and structure before a next phase. This work focuses on the following areas:
Making Choices Explicit
Making explicit the assumptions and trade-offs that are decisive for the venture.
Venture & Operating Structure
Product & Workflow Logic
Structural Risk & Decision Framing
Making Choices Explicit
Making explicit the assumptions and trade-offs that are decisive for the venture.
Venture & Operating Structure
Product & Workflow Logic
Structural Risk & Decision Framing
Making Choices Explicit
Making explicit the assumptions and trade-offs that are decisive for the venture.
Venture & Operating Structure
Product & Workflow Logic
Structural Risk & Decision Framing
Who I Work With
Who I Work With
Teams and entrepreneurs working on the creation of new ventures or business units.
Teams and entrepreneurs working on the creation of new ventures or business units.
Relevant Experience
Relevant Experience
Experience that informs how I set up and structure ventures.
Experience that informs how I set up and structure ventures.
Entrepreneurship
Founded, scaled, and successfully exited multiple ventures in hospitality, software, and maritime contexts.
Complex Environments
Led organisations in capital-intensive and regulated contexts, where early financial, legal, and governance choices were decisive.
Venture Structuring
Structured ventures around capital structures, ownership arrangements, financial mechanisms, and incentives.
Governance & Stakeholders
Gained hands-on experience with governance structures in multi-stakeholder and public–private contexts, where interests converged.
Software & AI Systems
Designed software- and AI-driven systems and workflows with a focus on consistency, quality, and control.
Entrepreneurship
Founded, scaled, and successfully exited multiple ventures in hospitality, software, and maritime contexts.
Complex Environments
Led organisations in capital-intensive and regulated contexts, where early financial, legal, and governance choices were decisive.
Venture Structuring
Structured ventures around capital structures, ownership arrangements, financial mechanisms, and incentives.
Governance & Stakeholders
Gained hands-on experience with governance structures in multi-stakeholder and public–private contexts, where interests converged.
Software & AI Systems
Designed software- and AI-driven systems and workflows with a focus on consistency, quality, and control.
Entrepreneurship
Founded, scaled, and successfully exited multiple ventures in hospitality, software, and maritime contexts.
Complex Environments
Led organisations in capital-intensive and regulated contexts, where early financial, legal, and governance choices were decisive.
Venture Structuring
Structured ventures around capital structures, ownership arrangements, financial mechanisms, and incentives.
Governance & Stakeholders
Gained hands-on experience with governance structures in multi-stakeholder and public–private contexts, where interests converged.
Software & AI Systems
Designed software- and AI-driven systems and workflows with a focus on consistency, quality, and control.
© 2026 Bastiaan Peters | Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, working with teams across Europe.
© 2026 Bastiaan Peters | Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, working with teams across Europe.
© 2026 Bastiaan Peters | Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, working with teams across Europe.