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Philipp Handel is an early-stage investor at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed through growth stages and beyond to build companies that withstand the test of time. At GC, Philipp mainly invests in enterprise companies and along GC's global resilience thesis, which aims at modernizing our defense, industrial and energy sectors. He is involved in GC investments Helsing, Fever, and several unannounced companies. Before becoming an investor at La Famiglia, where he was involved in investments such as Deel, SoSafe, and Orbem, he was a researcher and management consultant. These experiences give him a strong understanding of both the development of frontier technologies and their adoption in large enterprises. As a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, he focused on projects in venture building and TMT, supporting clients during the conception and scale-up of technology businesses. He co-authored McKinsey's report on the European startup e
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 40 investors at General Catalyst are tracked.
- • 2,531 investors hold the Partner role in VCSift. Philipp Handel is one of them.
- • 845 investors are based in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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