Founded in Berlin in 2012 by early Zalando executives Filip Dames and Christian Meermann together with Daniel Glasner (co-founder of CityDeal/Groupon DACH). The operators-turned-investors positioning made it a go-to first check in the German ecosystem.
Pre-seed and seed-focused, founder-operator DNA, leading first institutional rounds across Europe from Berlin, London and Stockholm.
Consumer, fintech, SaaS, logistics, climate, AI
AUTO1 Group, FlixBus, Flink, Infarm, Forto
AUTO1 Group IPO (2021), Flaschenpost (~€1B acquisition by Dr. Oetker)
Cherry's founding partners were early operators at Zalando, they pitch themselves as "founders first" because they scaled one of Europe's biggest e-commerce companies before investing.
| Company | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Forto Logistics | 1 round | $240M |
| numa PropTech | 3 rounds | $157.4M |
| Proxima Fusion Energy | 1 round, 1 led | $150M |
| SellerX E-Commerce | 2 rounds | $146M |
| Dash0 DevTools | 2 rounds, 1 led | $145M |
| Juni Fintech | 2 rounds | $121.5M |
| Q.ANT DeepTech | 2 rounds, 1 led | $79.9M |
| Qualifyze saas_b2b | 2 rounds | $68M |
| Mondu Fintech | 3 rounds, 2 led | $67M |
| Q.ANT DeepTech | 1 round, 1 led | $67M |
| Tacto SaaS B2B | 3 rounds, 2 led | $64.2M |
| Flink E-Commerce | 2 rounds, 1 led | $62.8M |
| bunch Fintech | 3 rounds, 1 led | $57.8M |
| Moss Fintech | 2 rounds | $50M |
| Medwing HR Tech | 1 round | $47M |
| Ben HR Tech | 3 rounds, 1 led | $45.7M |
| Planet A Foods foodtech | 2 rounds | $45.4M |
| Hedvig InsurTech | 1 round | $45M |
| Light Fintech | 2 rounds | $43M |
| The Exploration Company spacetech | 1 round | $40.5M |
| The Exploration Company SpaceTech | 1 round | $40.5M |
| Synera SaaS B2B | 1 round | $40M |
| Formel Skin Healthtech | 2 rounds | $39.4M |
| Goals SaaS B2B | 2 rounds | $35M |
| Morressier SaaS B2B | 2 rounds | $34.5M |
| Manual Healthtech | 1 round | $30M |
| Plato SaaS B2B | 3 rounds, 2 led | $27.5M |
| Flinn Healthtech | 2 rounds, 1 led | $26.3M |
| Maze Cybersecurity | 1 round | $25M |
| Cosi PropTech | 1 round | $21.6M |
| Climatiq Climate | 3 rounds, 1 led | $20.1M |
| Stenon AgriTech | 1 round | $20M |
| aware Healthtech | 2 rounds, 2 led | $19.7M |
| Bits Fintech | 3 rounds, 1 led | $18.9M |
| Atlas Metrics climate | 2 rounds | $18.5M |
| Hologate Gaming | 2 rounds | $18M |
| Rows SaaS B2B | 1 round | $16M |
| ELISE DevTools | 1 round | $14.9M |
| Soba Gaming | 1 round | $13.6M |
| Cosuno PropTech | 1 round | $13.5M |
| Cortea AI | 1 round | $13M |
| Operations1 SaaS B2B | 1 round | $12.5M |
| Voliro Robotics | 1 round, 1 led | $12M |
| Luminovo SaaS B2B | 1 round | $11M |
| Superlist SaaS B2B | 1 round | $10.6M |
| deeploi SaaS B2B | 2 rounds, 1 led | $9.8M |
| Fullview SaaS B2B | 2 rounds, 1 led | $9.3M |
| Curio Media | 1 round | $9M |
| Manifold Cybersecurity | 1 round | $8M |
| LifeX PropTech | 1 round, 1 led | $7.1M |
| INXM SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $6.6M |
| X10 Web3 | 1 round | $6.5M |
| Medoma Healthtech | 1 round | $6.4M |
| Carbo Culture Climate | 1 round, 1 led | $6.2M |
| Integral Fintech | 1 round | $6.1M |
| Qoa FoodTech | 1 round, 1 led | $6M |
| Zaro AI | 1 round | $5.1M |
| Lunos AI Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $5M |
| Heywa Labs Consumer | 1 round, 1 led | $5M |
| Ninetailed SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $5M |