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

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