Christian Meermann

Founding Partner

2012 - Current

Founders first. Investors second. Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of their businesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 90 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Flaschenpost, Infarm, Forto, SellerX, Juni, and Flink. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London and Stockholm.

Board Member

2021

Board Member

2016

Seed Investor

2012

Seed Investor

2012

Board Member

2016 - 2020

Managing Director & Member of the Board

2013 - 2015

Member of the Management Board responsible for the newly launched online business, CRM, omnichannel and tech. Peek & Cloppenburg is one of Europe's largest fashion retailers.

Chief Marketing Officer

2010 - 2013

Leading all marketing efforts of the firm with expansion to all European markets: Brand building, performance marketing, online marketing, social media, PR, CRM, TV, radio, OOH, etc.

Senior Consultant

2007 - 2010

Intern

2006 - 2006