VC firm

Cherry Ventures

Kingmaker Tier

Kingmaker Tier: 93 out of 100

Also known as Cherry, Cherry Decentral, Cherry Decentral I GMBH & Co. KG, Cherry Ventures Fund III (US), L.P., Cherry Ventures Fund III US, Cherry Ventures Fund IV (US), L.P., Cherry Ventures Fund IV US

Advanced manufacturing
AI models & AI infrastructure
Banking & lending
Biotech & therapeutics
Carbon & climate software
Care delivery & digital health
Clean energy & storage
Cloud & networking
Consumer apps & social
Crypto & blockchain
Cybersecurity
Data & analytics
Developer tools
E-commerce & D2C brands
Family, parenting & kids
Finance operations
Food & beverage brands
Health IT
HR & future of work
Insurance
Legal, compliance & govtech
Media, entertainment & gaming
Medical devices & diagnostics
Mental health & wellness
Payments
Productivity & collaboration
Quantum & frontier science
Robotics & automation
Sales & marketing tech
Semiconductors & computing hardware
Space, aerospace & defense
Sustainable materials & circular economy
Travel & hospitality
Vertical software
Wealth & investing
Women's & family health
Pre seed
Seed
Series A
Climate positive
Deeptech
Hardware
Europe
VC
B2B

Investor type: VC
Investing status: Activeas of 2026-09-18Source (opens in a new tab)
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2012
Assets under management: $906MForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2024-03-14Source (opens in a new tab)
Funds: 5
Check size: Typically, we invest between €2 million and €7 million.Source (opens in a new tab)
Legal name: Cherry Ventures Management GmbH

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About

Cherry is an early-stage, pan-European venture capital firm with teams in Berlin, London and Stockholm.

Investment approach

Thesis: We don’t invest in companies. We invest in founders.Source (opens in a new tab)
Reserves policy: More than 50% of our fund is reserved for championing founders on their growth journey.
Eligibility: Based in Europe’s key tech hubs — Berlin, London, and Stockholm — we invest throughout Europe and in early-stage startups, often as a founder's first institutional investor standing alongside them.
Traction requirement: We have previously invested in startups pre-product and pre-revenue
Investing status notes: We make around 10-12 early-stage, namely seed, investments per year.

Funds

Cherry Decentral I GMBH & Co. KG: $17.1MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
Cherry Ventures Fund IV (US), L.P.: Vintage 2021Main fund
Cherry Ventures Fund III (US), L.P.: Vintage 2019Main fund
CHERRY VENTURES FUND III GMBH & CO. KG: Main fund
CHERRY VENTURES FUND IV GMBH & CO. KG: Main fund

SEC registration

Registered adviser: CHERRY VENTURES MANAGEMENT GMBH (AIFM)
CRD number: 301494 (opens in a new tab)
SEC file number: 802-115293
Registration: Exempt reporting adviser
Regulatory AUM: $906Mas of 2024-03-14
Private funds reported: 3
Principal office: BERLIN, Germany
SEC CIK: 1762608, 1898140, 1908733

Locations

Office: Berlin, Germany
Office: London, United Kingdom
Office: Stockholm, Sweden

Programs

Newsletter: newsletter (opens in a new tab)

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