Cherry Ventures

Cherry Ventures (Cherry Ventures Management ) is a prominent German early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany (with additional offices in Stockholm and London). The firm invests in seed-stage and pre-seed-stage companies operating in technology, internet, consumer, fintech, enterprise software, climate-tech, and adjacent European-technology themes. Cherry Ventures was founded by Co-Founders Filip Dames (prior Zalando executive, one of the early founding-team members of the Berlin e-commerce giant), Christian Meermann (prior Zalando co-founder), and Daniel Glasner (prior CityDeal / Groupon executive) aEUR" all with significant operational / founder backgrounds in the Berlin / European technology ecosystem. Cherry has raised multiple institutional funds (Cherry Ventures I, II, III at EUR 150 million in 2019, Cherry Ventures IV at approximately EUR 310 million in 2023) with aggregate AUM exceeding EUR 750 million to EUR 1 billion+ across vintages. Notable portfolio companies include Flixbus (German mobility unicorn, largest European bus operator), Auto1 (Berlin-listed used-car unicorn / XETRA: AG1), Infarm, Forto, Bitwala, and many other leading European technology start-ups producing multiple exits.