Philipp Herkelmann is Chief Executive Officer of ICEYE Intelligence GmbH, the German subsidiary of ICEYE, the world's largest operator of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. He established the company in 2026 and leads ICEYE's German activities in space-based intelligence, analytics, research and development and government affairs. He partners closely with Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions, the joint venture that brings sovereign SAR reconnaissance capability to the German defence market, and is the founding lead of ICEYE's Intelligence as a Service business, which turns satellite collection and data fusion into decision-ready intelligence for governments and armed forces. Before ICEYE he spent fifteen years in technology companies: as VC backed founder, in enterprise sales at Google, as program lead on rotation at X, and as Managing Director and Partner of Entrepreneur First in Berlin, where he incubated 35 companies. He co-initiated the EU Inc. policy initiative and has backed more than 70 technology ventures as LP and Angel.
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