Cherry Ventures

Quick read

Cherry Ventures is an early-stage VC firm founded in 2012, headquartered in Berlin with offices in London and Stockholm. The team is made up of former operators and entrepreneurs who built companies like Zalando and Spotify — they typically come in as a founder's first institutional investor. In February 2025, they closed $500M across a flagship early-stage fund and an opportunity fund for follow-on bets at Series B and beyond.

Key facts

Founded

2012

Employees

28

Sectors

generalist, consumer, saas, ai

Website

cherry.vc/

Investment thesis

Cherry backs Europe's most ambitious founders at pre-seed and seed, typically as their first institutional investor, and writes follow-on cheques through Series B and beyond via its opportunity fund. The team draws on direct operating experience at Zalando, Spotify, and similar companies to support portfolio founders hands-on from day one.

Recent activity

• Feb 2025fundraise
  Cherry Ventures closed its fifth fund, Cherry V, at $500 million. The capital is split between new early-stage deals and follow-on rounds at Series B and beyond. The firm stated its goal is to back Europe's first trillion-dollar company. bestofai.com
• 2026press
  Cherry Ventures held its annual Summit in London, bringing together founders, LPs, and co-investors. Sessions included conversations with Dash0 founder Mirko and Clay founder Varun on building AI-first companies. linkedin.com
• 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures co-led a Series A in a company founded by Francesco, described internally as a candidate for Europe's first trillion-dollar company. The firm noted this as a rare co-lead at Series A for the fund. linkedin.com
• Jul 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures invested in Q.ANT, with the deal recorded on 17 July 2025. easyvc.ai
• Jul 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures backed Kiku, with the investment recorded on 16 July 2025. easyvc.ai
• Jun 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures invested in Proxima Fusion, recorded on 11 June 2025. easyvc.ai
• May 2026investment
  Cherry Ventures most recently participated in the Series B round of bunch, bringing its total portfolio to 158 companies with 15 new investments in the prior 12 months. tracxn.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Cherry Ventures led Riplo's £2.3M round. Riplo is building an AI-powered consulting operating system to replace PowerPoint. cherry.vc
• Feb 2026investment
  Cherry Ventures backed Plato, an AI-native software company operating inside the European wholesale industry. cherry.vc
• Feb 2025fundraise
  Cherry Ventures closed its latest fund at $500M, split between early-stage rounds and follow-on rounds at Series B and beyond. The previous fund, raised in early 2022, closed at €300M ($312M). techcrunch.com
• Jul 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures invested in Q.ANT's $80M Series A round. Q.ANT develops photonic chips aimed at AI infrastructure. zoominfo.com
• Jul 2025investment
  Cherry Ventures backed Kiku at seed stage. easyvc.ai

Notable investments

• bunchSeries BMay 2026tracxn.com
• Q.ANTUnknownJul 2025easyvc.ai
• KikuUnknownJul 2025easyvc.ai
• Proxima FusionUnknownJun 2025easyvc.ai
• Dash0Unknown2025linkedin.com
• RiploSeed (£2.3M)Mar 2026cherry.vc
• PlatoSeedFeb 2026cherry.vc
• Q.ANTSeries A ($80M)Jul 2025zoominfo.com
• KikuSeedJul 2025easyvc.ai
• Proxima FusionSeedJun 2025cherry.vc
• telliPre-Seed ($3.6M)2025zoominfo.com
• PhoebeSeed ($18.1M)2025zoominfo.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Christian Meermann · Partner
  LinkedIn
• James Hunter · VP of Finance and Investor Relations
  LinkedIn
• Nadja Reischel · Investor
• Martin Dimitrov · Investor
  LinkedIn
• Tom Amthauer · Analyst / Associate
  LinkedIn
• Filip Dames · Founding Partner
• Daniel Glasner · Founding Partner
• Sophia Bendz · Partner
• James Wise · Partner

Sources

• Cherry Ventures – Founders first. For companies that last.
• Cherry Ventures Latest News
• Cherry Ventures – Tracxn Investor Profile 2026
• Cherry Ventures – LinkedIn
• Tech.eu on Cherry Ventures' Nadja Reischel at Summit London 2026
• Cherry Ventures – Venture Capital Archive
• https://cherry.vc/news/welcoming-our-new-investment-hires-and-venture-partners
• https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/cherry-ventures-raises-a-new-500m-fund-for-early-stage-and-beyond-but-will-it-be-enough/
• https://www.zoominfo.com/c/cherry-ventures/370215944
• https://easyvc.ai/investor/cherry-ventures/
• https://bestofai.com/article/cherry-ventures-raises-500-million-to-seed-europes-first-trillion-dollar-company
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-meermann/

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