Michael Mitterlehner
Founder of Aries
Michael Mitterlehner
Founder of Aries
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2023 - Current
Partnering with founder-owned software companies within vast cloud ecosystem at Aries Global: - Focused on three themes (Vertical Business Applications, Modern Work and Data & AI) - Building the leading federation of software companies within our ecosystem - Accelerate growth through dedicated growth platform Investing $50-100M each year in a vast cloud ecosystem.
Partner & Co-Founder of Tech Investing
2020 - 2024
Partner at L Catterton, a large global growth investment platform with over $35 billion assets under management. Focussed on focussed on Software and Growth Technology investments in disruptive technology businesses in North America and Europe, and opportunistically in other geographies. Growth technology portfolio includes: Gloss Genius, R365, Sendcloud, Forter, Better Mortgage, Freetrade, SellerX, GetyourGuide, and FlashParking.
Senior Investment Team
2014 - 2020
Led growth investments in fast growing technology companies globally, primarily into marketplace, fintech and software businesses. Vitruvian Partners is an international growth equity firm headquartered in London with offices across London, Stockholm, Munich, Luxembourg, San Francisco and Shanghai. Vitruvian focuses on dynamic situations characterized by rapid growth and change across asset-light industries. Vitruvian has c.$6bn AUM and has backed a number of global technology leaders including: Just Eat, Farfetch, Smava, Darktrace, WalkMe, Doctari, Snow Software and Bitdefender. Further information can be found at www.vitruvianpartners.com.
Social Enterprise Consultant / Sabbatical
2013 - 2013
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2012 - 2012
Southeast Asia's leading horizonal marketplace
Private Equity Investment Professional
2009 - 2012
Private Equity Investment professional in GS' $20 billion Corporate Private Equity fund, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners VI https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-relations/press-releases/archived/2007/2007-04-23.html