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About
Partner supporting portfolio companies on go-to-market after nearly three decades in operating roles. He held senior GTM leadership positions at Slack, Dropbox and Google, and earlier founded and sold two SaaS companies in the US.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaS
Experience
- Visionaries ClubPartnercurrent2023 — present
- ArdoqNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — present
- MentimeterNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — present
- Xentral ERP SoftwareNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — present
- DeepLBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
- SlackSVP Sales2021 — 2023
- SlackVP EMEA2019 — 2021
- SlackHead of EMEA2017 — 2019
- Searchmetrics (part of Conductor)Non Executive Director2016 — 2021
- DropboxHead of EMEA2013 — 2016
- Holtzbrinck Publishing GroupExecutive Board Member, CEO Holtzbrinck Digital2010 — 2012
- GoogleSenior Director, AdSense EMEA2009 — 2010
- GoogleDirector, AdWords DACH + Nordics2008 — 2009
- RichFXRe-Founder & CEO2002 — 2007New York
- Digital World Services / BertelsmannFounder & CEO1998 — 2002New York
- Bertelsmann AGVP, New Technologies1997 — 1998Hamburg / New York
- Bertelsmann AGDirector Technology Strategy1995 — 1997
Skills & more
Enterprise Software5Salesforce.com2Google Adwords1SaaS8Software as a Service (SaaS)4Online Marketing13Digital Strategy30Business Development20E-commerce53SEO2Sales15Start-ups38
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Digital MarketingProject ManagementStrategic PartnershipsOnline AdvertisingDigital MediaMobile MarketingMarketing StrategyEntrepreneurshipWeb AnalyticsAnalyticsPublishingSEMFrom Johann's professional profile.
Colleagues at Visionaries Club
Damian Zaker
Analyst at Visionaries Club
Daniel Fuchs
Legal Counsel at Visionaries Club
Friedrich Droste
Managing Partner at Simon Capital
Isabella Yamamoto
Principal at Visionaries Club
Judith Dada
Investor at La Famiglia
Judith Dada
General Partner at Visionaries Club
Justus Hagebölling
Vice President at Visionaries Club
Marton Sarkadi Nagy
Partner at Visionaries Club
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Johann Butting?
- Partner supporting portfolio companies on go-to-market after nearly three decades in operating roles. He held senior GTM leadership positions at Slack, Dropbox and Google, and earlier founded and sold two SaaS companies in the US.
- Where does Johann Butting work?
- Johann Butting is Partner at Visionaries Club.
- What does Johann Butting invest in?
- Johann Butting invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, HR Tech, SaaS.
- What check size does Johann Butting write?
- Johann Butting typically writes checks of $900K.
- Where did Johann Butting go to school?
- Johann Butting studied at University of Oxford; Heidelberg University; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Same school
Also attended University of Oxford1,756
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended Heidelberg University97
Mojca SkoberneEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Keita Yazakiシニア・アソシエイト (Senior Associate) at CyberAgent CapitalGrace SchattnerChief of Staff at TitletownTechLena ThiedeCo-Founder & General Partner at Planet A VenturesFabian HeilemannFounder & CEO at AENUJan MarchewskiPrincipal at Hitachi Ventures
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Also attended Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)131
Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgTobias SandfortSenior Technology Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures AgThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcThomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve VenturesJonas SchneiderAdvisor at NGP Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Xentral ERP Software8
Maximilian StadlerJunior Finance Manager at BONVENTUREAlex ClaytonPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersRobert LacherFounding Partner at Visionaries ClubFrank ThelenFounder and CEO at Freigeist CapitalNiklas HebbornPartner at Freigeist CapitalMarc SiebergerFounder and COO/CFO at Freigeist Capital
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Also worked at DeepL12
Ajay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sebastian GranizoVenture Capital Associate at Plum Alley InvestmentsDaniel GutenbergVenture Partner at VI PartnersViktoriya TigipkoFounding and Managing Partner at TA VenturesNiko WaeschePartner and Co-Founder at German Media Pool
+ 6 more
Also worked at Searchmetrics (part of Conductor)1
Also worked at Holtzbrinck Publishing Group6
Florian HeinemannPartner at Project AMarc-Orell DedorathHead of Group M&A at Holtzbrinck Digital GmbHMira DechantChief Marketing Officer at QAI VenturesNick KindAsesor independiente at CREAS IMPACTO GLOBAL SGEICJorg DornemannPartner at b2ventureDr. Krischan von MoellerSenior Partner at Paragon Partners
