Philipp Handel

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)

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

Researcher

2019 - 2020

Research on human–machine hybrid intelligence and AI

VC Analyst Intern

2017 - 2017

European early-stage fund with $350mn under management

Visiting Associate

2017 - 2017

Chosen for BCG Fast Forward, a program designated for successful Visiting Associates

Mergers & Acquisitions – Working Student

2016 - 2016

Media and e-commerce company with €4bn in revenues

Group Strategy – Project Student

2016 - 2016