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Simon Grünenwald

Simon Grünenwald

CEO & Digital Operator | PE-backed Scale-ups | Consumer Subscription

Berlin Metropolitan Area, GermanyComputer Software
Company
Greenwood Ventures
Title
Managing Director
Seniority
C Suite
Department
Master Operations
Location
Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany
Industry
Computer Software

About

I scale digital businesses and value driven teams. As CEO of Gymondo, I built a value driven team and culture that grew the company from €1m to €30m in annual revenue and €10m EBITDA, built a 100+ person team across 20+ nationalities, and operated within a Private Equity structure (Oakley Capital) with full P&L ownership. What I bring to the table: → Subscription & SaaS Economics: Built a business with 6.8x CLTV/CAC ratio, industry-leading retention, and a performance marketing engine that scaled profitably across DACH, UK and US. → Operational Leadership: Hired, developed and led cross-functional teams across Product & Engineering, Marketing, Content Production, Business Intelligence and B2B Sales. 95% CEO approval on Glassdoor. → PE & Investor Relations: Experienced in board-level reporting, strategic alignment with shareholders, and driving operational value creation within defined investment horizons. → Venture Building: Co-founded 3 e-commerce ventures (hundeland.d…

Experience

Managing Director

Greenwood Ventures · Berlin, Germany

Present

→ Venture Building (since 10/2025 Co-Founder of a Consumer Hardware Product) / Investments / Consulting

Ceo

Gymondo GmbH · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Scaled Gymondo from a €1m early-stage startup to €30m annual revenue and €10m EBITDA, establishing the leading digital fitness platform in the DACH region with international expansion into UK and US markets. → P&L Ownership & Unit Economics: Built a subscription business with a 6.8x CLTV/CAC ratio, industry-leading retention metrics, and a scalable performance marketing engine driven by influencer partnerships and data-driven campaign optimization. → Team & Organization Building: Recruited, developed, and led a cross-functional team of 100+ across Product & Engineering, Growth Marketing, Content Production, Business Intelligence, and B2B Sales. Team spanned 20+ nationalities. → Leadership & Culture: Established a values-driven leadership culture centered on empowerment, transparency, and radical candor. Achieved 95% CEO approval, 99% recommendation rate, and 4.6/5 overall rating on Glassdoor. → Product & Technology: Drove product innovation including multiplatform app development (iOS,…

Associate Director Investments

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE · Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

Commercial lead for strategic digital commerce investments, including the €170m Verivox acquisition – one of the largest digital commerce transactions in Germany in 2014. → Led commercial due diligence for the Verivox transaction from initial screening through closing. → Built and managed a strategic deal pipeline focused on digital commerce, marketplace, and platform business models. → Worked at the intersection of corporate strategy and M&A, evaluating growth opportunities across digital verticals.

Venture Partner

Venture Stars GmbH · Munich

→ Co-founded and launched 3 e-commerce ventures: hundeland.de (merger in 2016), miflora.de (exit in 2017), vitafy.de (exit in 2021). → Built and evaluated a deal pipeline for Pre-Seed and Seed investments

Management Consultant

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants · Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

→ Consulted in multiple projects on growth strategy, operational performance programs. → Worked with cross-functional teams on a large-scale European energy infrastructure project.

Education

University of Mannheim

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

Universidad de Belgrano

Gymnasium Plochingen

Abitur

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