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Cherry Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2012 · Berlin, Germany

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Early-stage venture firm backing European founders solving key societal, environmental, and business challenges

158 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $4.7B invested · 294 investments · Investor rank #632 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 158 ↑ 76% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 6
Power Law #206Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 · Top 2%
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Estimated holdings

Cherry Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Cherry Ventures’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where Cherry Ventures is a named shareholder, worth about $260M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 SwapMarketing · Colt 22.35% $600M $134M
  2. 2 FortoEnterprise Software · Unicorn 6% $2.1B $126M

Estimated value = Cherry Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Cherry Ventures also appears inside investor groups in Flink, Flix, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Exits

Cherry Ventures’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Cherry Ventures’ transaction record.

AUTO1 Group
$13B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $7.1BFintech
Cazoo
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $101KTransportation
Xometry
$1.9B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $4.8BSemiconductors
Flaschenpost
$1.1B acquisition · 2020
Entered SeedFood
Portfolio analysis

Where Cherry Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 158 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Germany74
  2. USA25
  3. UK23
  4. Denmark6
  5. Sweden6
  6. Austria4
  7. France4
  8. Switzerland3
  9. Finland2
  10. Netherlands2
  11. UAE2
  12. Australia1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software43
  2. Fintech35
  3. Transportation15
  4. Health14
  5. Food11
  6. Marketing10
  7. Education7
  8. Gaming7
  9. Energy5
  10. Jobs Recruitment5
  11. Legal5
  12. Media5
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed127
  2. Series A29
  3. Series B+1
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage71
  2. Early Growth66
  3. Late Growth21
Portfolio market map

Inside Cherry Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 158 tracked.

Flink
Transportation
$900M
Cazoo
Transportation
$101K
AUTO1 Group
Fintech · Unicorn
$7.1B
Flix
Travel · Unicorn
$3.3B
Proxima Fusion
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
Forto
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.1B
SellerX
Marketing
$110M
Infarm
Food
Amboss
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
The Exploration Company
Space
$495M
Xometry
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$4.8B
Juni
Fintech
$400M
Spryker Systems
Marketing
$500M
Dash0
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Swap
Marketing
$400M
Moss
Fintech
$550M
Sanity Group
Health
$138M
Moss
Food
$330M
Numa
Travel
$236M
Lesara
Fashion
$132M
Medwing
Health
$194M
Wunder Mobility
Transportation
$150M
Qualifyze
Health
$100M
Flaschenpost
Food · Unicorn
$1.1B
Q.ant
Semiconductors
$32M
HappyFresh
Food
$205M
Hedvig
Fintech
$32M
Voy
Health
$155M
Qlub
Fintech
$120M
TWAICE
Energy
$120M
Mondu
Fintech
$215M
Morpho
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
TourRadar
Travel
$200M
Goals
Gaming
$100M
Tacto
Enterprise Software
$220M
Synera
Enterprise Software
$160M
Entire
Enterprise Software
$300M
bunch
Fintech
$140M
Alta Ares
Security
$220M
REKKI
Food
$244M
Planet A Foods
Food
$120M
Drover
Fintech
$136M
Ben
Fintech
$110M
Stenon
Food
$79M
Cosuno
Real Estate
$150M
Fizz
Education
$100M
Light
Fintech
$110M
Quandoo
Food
$231M
Move24
Home Living
$57M
Morressier
Education
$67M
Courtyard
Fintech
$120M
Robeauté
Health
$119M
Rows
Enterprise Software
$80M
Flinn
Health
$74M
Watchmaster
Fashion
$44M
Formel Skin
Health
$132M
Maze
Security
$100M
Caroobi
Transportation
$80M
Voliro
Robotics
$44M
Carbo Culture
Energy
$72M
Portfolio founders

Where Cherry Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

198 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Germany92
  2. United Kingdom22
  3. United States18
  4. Sweden12
  5. Peru10
  6. France9
  7. Austria5
  8. Switzerland5
  9. United Arab Emirates5
  10. Denmark3
UniversityCount
  1. WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management22
  2. Technical University Munich16
  3. Stanford University8
  4. ETH Zurich6
  5. London School of Economics and Political Science6
  6. University of California, Berkeley6
  7. Harvard Business School5
  8. Technical University Berlin5
  9. University of Cambridge5
  10. ESCP Business School4
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company16
  2. Boston Consulting Group14
  3. Alphabet | Google11
  4. Rocket Internet8
  5. Siemens7
  6. Roland Berger6
  7. Bain & Company5
  8. N265
  9. Airbus4
  10. Apple4
How Cherry Ventures stacks up

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Key people

Key people at Cherry Ventures.

Christian Meermann
Christian Meermann
Co-Founder
 Filip Felician Dames
Filip Felician Dames
Founder
 Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
CFO
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.