Michael Aring

CEO

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany9 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building viable companies around software.
Strong focus on company culture and people development.
Proven track record in driving user growth and marketing strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Venture Capital expert with a strong focus on growth strategies.

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Venture Capital

About

company building x developer tools My main career interest is how to build viable companies around new software. You'll find me at dev tool conferences and on calls with engineering leaders in companies across the world. I build long-term partnerships with long-term people. Outside of that, I care a lot about company culture, communication, and people development. Favorite non-work rabbit holes: cultures and languages (big love for the Americas), techno-optimism, cities, architecture, and infrastructure, electronic music, athletics, figuring out a life well lived Places I return to frequently (Let's meet) London, Munich, Madrid, California It's time to build 🇪🇺📈 ONA.COM

Experience

Gitpod

3 roles

Head of EMEA - Enterprise (Agentic AI, Cloud Development)

Promoted

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Anywhere

Enterprise GTM

Aug 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Anywhere

End-to-end responsibility for enterprise revenue in EMEA

Head of Marketing

Apr 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Anywhere

Responsible for driving the growth of Gitpod's +1 million user base and brand. Managed Gitpod's marketing team, including content, community, devrel, website, events & conferences

Riverside acceleration capital

Senior Associate, RBF & Growth Equity for B2B SaaS

Oct 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Launched the European presence of Riverside Acceleration Capital, introducing our unique strategy to B2B SaaS companies across Europe. 4 new investments.
Riverside Acceleration Capital is part of the Riverside Company, a private equity investment firm based in New York, New York with a focus on the smaller end of the middle market.