Berlin, Berlin, Germany
You didn’t end up in circular economy by accident. You’re here because you believe profit and planet aren’t a trade-off - and you’ve decided to prove it. The hard part isn’t the conviction. It’s finding the right circular practices for your context - and translating them into something a commercial stakeholder supports and a customer pays for. Lacking the right strategy? Unsure about all the commercial benefits? Struggle to get internal buy-in? Let me help. → [email protected] WHO AM I I’m Patrick Hypscher, Berlin-based circular economy practitioner, podcast host, systems thinker and half-marathon runner. For 8 years, I’ve worked on bringing circularity and profitability together. Not in theory. Not by designing presentations. Instead, by being in the trenches, navigating corporate management, and delivering commercial results. I’ve scaled a circular Product-as-a-Service business across Germany and the Netherlands - 20-person team and millions in revenue. Through Circularity.fm I’ve had 100+ in-depth conversations with circular economy practitioners. I advise startups, SMEs, and corporates - and invest in the ones I believe in. WHY ME Most circular economy advisors come from consulting or academia. I come from the inside - scaling a circular startup inside a corporate. I know what internal blockers actually feel like. As host of Circularity.fm, I learn every week from practitioners who’ve solved them. Having built two startups and knowing how to navigate corporate politics make my strategies work in practice. WHAT I OFFER ➰ Circular Business Consulting - for circularity and sustainability leads at OEMs and hardware suppliers. I don’t replicate frameworks. I start with your blockers, your stakeholders, and your company’s actual capabilities. 🎙️ Podcast Sponsorship - Circularity.fm reaches 15,000+ listeners across 50+ countries. Want to sponsor a series? → [email protected] 🌱 Advisory & Angel - active in circular economy venture. Open to VC advisory mandates. → [email protected]
Circularity.fm is the podcast about understanding, building and managing circular business models - not theory, not idealism, but the numbers, trade-offs, and tactics behind what actually works. 100+ in-depth conversations with founders, executives, and investors across Europe, the US, and beyond. Series covers expert topics such as Product-as-a-Service, Venture Capital for Circularity, and Circular Design. The audience: circular economy professionals, sustainability leads, and business innovators at companies taking circularity seriously. 15,000+ listeners across 50+ countries. Series partners included HolyPoly on Recycled Plastics for Premium Brands (with guests from Vorwerk, Bosch, V-ZUG) and INDEED Innovation in Irresistible Circular Business (guests from vitra, Whirlpool, Philips, Breitling, Johnson & Johnson and Airbus). Want to sponsor a series? → [email protected]
HolyPoly helps responsible brands to keep plastic within the circular economy. As a full-service partner, HolyPoly provides support for integrating recycled plastics into high-end applications and creating innovative recycling programmes. As Senior Business Designer, I support HolyPoly clients in crafting take-back and recycling schemes that drive revenue and profitability.
I help circularity and sustainability leads at OEMs and hardware suppliers turn circular strategies into commercial reality - with the right business case, the right narrative, and key stakeholders on board. I don’t replicate consulting frameworks. I start with your blockers, your stakeholders, and your company’s actual capabilities. Projects typically cover regulatory screening and opportunity mapping, circular business model validation, stakeholder alignment and narrative development, and go-to-market strategy for circular offerings. Past clients include Porsche, Liebherr, and Lobbe Gruppe. Delivered solo or as senior expert in boutique circular consultancies. Beyond consulting: I advise VC GPs on circular economy market dynamics and deal flow, and invest as an angel in circular startups - including Cirkular, fainin, Poppy Furniture, and Sea Ventures. Open to VC advisory mandates.
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