Philipp Handel

Strategy Manager - CEO Office

2025

Product Strategy Trade Republic is backed by Sequoia, TCV, Thrive Capital, Accel, Founders Fund, Creandum.

Associate, Senior Associate

2021 - 2024

Investment Partner with focus on Enterprise & Strategic Industries/Resilience Founders that allowed me to join their journey: Helsing (Series B), Fever Energy (Seed), Deel (Series D), SoSafe (Series B), Alpine Eagle (Pre-Seed), Maven Clinic (Series E), Material Security (Series C), Flowers (Seed), Pulley (Series B), Hypersonica (Pre-Seed), Orbem (Series A)

Fellow, 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 was featured by the World Economic Forum, The Telegraph, and 12 other media outlets • Contributed to internal and pro bono consulting initiatives in addition to client work, e.g., advised startup on business model/go-to-market

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