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Philipp Handel

Partner at General Catalyst

Germany

Overview

Philipp Handel is a Partner at General Catalyst in Germany, specializing in venture capital investments across various sectors including Supply Chain Tech, Wellness & Fitness, and Pharmaceuticals. With a background in computer science and software engineering, he has successfully invested in companies like Fever at the Seed stage and has experience working with top firms like McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group.

Work Experience

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General Catalyst

Partner
2021 - Current
Focus: Series A/B/C, Enterprise & Global Resilience GC Investments: Fever, Helsing LF Investments: Deel, SoSafe, Flowers, Material Security, Maven, Fever, Orbem, and Helsing (LF merged with GC in 10/2023)

General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.

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McKinsey & Company

Associate
2020 - 2021
Management consultant at McKinsey & Company and part of McKinsey Digital • Functional focus on Digital (esp. LEAP, McKinsey's digital business building approach) • Industry focus on TMT (esp. FUEL, McKinsey's venture capital and entrepreneurship practice) • Supported clients during the conception and scale-up of tech businesses • Co-authored report on European startup ecosystem, which became the most-visited TMT article ever with 40K visits and 5K downloads within two weeks and was featured by the World Economic Forum, The Telegraph, Die Welt, and 12 other media outlets • Contributed to internal and pro bono consulting initiatives in addition to client work, e.g., advised startup on choice of business model

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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