About
Philippa Martinelli is a venture capital investor focused on growth-stage companies, and she also runs a strategy business that helps companies internationalise and scale up. At the UNICEF Innovation Fund she has supported portfolio companies through acquisitions and follow-on funding rounds. Originally from London, she has previously lived in Hong Kong and Switzerland.
Experience
- Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business SchoolHead of Climate & Transition Financecurrent2024 — present
- PhronesisFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2018 — present
- EnveraDirectorcurrent2024 — present
- UNICEFStrategy - Venture Fund2020 — 2026
- FinTech Growth FundInvestor2022 — 2024
- Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) ForumAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2024
- Science CouncilTrustee2020 — 2023United Kingdom
- Department for International Trade (DIT)Independent Advisor, Global FinTech & Innovation Specialist2018 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- Newable Private InvestingInvestor2018 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- StartupbootcampLead Entrepreneur/Expert in Residence2020 — 2021
- FINTECH CircleEcosystem Lead2018London, United Kingdom
- PremiaLabDirector2017 — 2018Hong Kong
- Bank of America Merrill LynchAssociate - Delta One and Financing Sales2017Hong Kong
- Bank of America Merrill LynchAnalyst - Equities Structured Finance2014 — 2017Hong Kong
- Bank of America Merrill LynchSummer Intern2013London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Delta One1Sustainable Business1Climate Change Adaptation1Climate Change ScienceClimate PolicyTransition PlanningVenture Capital1Leadership8Negotiation4Marketing10International Business1Strategy3
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EntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyStart-upsAnalysisSales & MarketingProduct DevelopmentRisk ManagementFinancial AnalysisFinancial MarketsStructured FinanceFinanceProject ManagementLanguages English · French
- The Future of Sustainable Business: Enterprise and the Environment — Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford
- Paper 9 — Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
- Paper 8 — Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
- Paper 7 — Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
- Paper 1 — Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
From Philippa's professional profile.
Colleagues at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Amogh Banta
Blockchain Specialist at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Aparna Bhushan
Data Security & Privacy Mentor at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Arun Maharajan
Blockchain Lead at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Candela Gonzalez
Programme Associate at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Cheryl Ng
Startup Ecosystem Consultant at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Daniel Alvarez
Data Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Desiree Lim Sim Yee
Portfolio Strategist at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Halim Jun
DS/ML Advisor at UNICEF Innovation Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Philippa Martinelli?
- Philippa Martinelli is a venture capital investor focused on growth-stage companies, and she also runs a strategy business that helps companies internationalise and scale up. At the UNICEF Innovation Fund she has supported portfolio companies through acquisitions and follow-on funding rounds. Originally from London, she has previously lived in Hong Kong and Switzerland.
- Where does Philippa Martinelli work?
- Philippa Martinelli is Business Strategy Mentor at UNICEF Innovation Fund.
- Where did Philippa Martinelli go to school?
- Philippa Martinelli studied at Imperial College London (Master of Science (MSc), Physics with a Year in Europe); EPFL (Research placement specialising in Biophysics, Physics).
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Also attended Imperial College London591
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Shared employers
Also worked at Department for International Trade (DIT)6
Also worked at PremiaLab1
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