Sophia Bendz

General Partner

2020 - Current

Cherry Ventures is a seed-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 brightest and most daring 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 75 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Flink, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and SellerX. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with local presence in London and Stockholm.

Advisor

2020

Partner

2018 - 2020

Founded by Niklas Zennström, Atomico manages funds which focus on investing in the technology sector. We are a tightly-knit, truly international team of investment and business professionals whose relationships span Europe, the US, South America and Asia. Atomico brings unparalleled experience, both as entrepreneurs and professional investors, to realize out-sized returns.

Member of the Board of Directors

2018

Art and science work together at Viktor Rydberg foundation’s middle school and three upper secondary schools. We prepare our students for further studies and a working life in Sweden and abroad.

Member of the Board of Directors

2017

RACE FOR THE BALTIC works to bring together all the stakeholders affected by the degradation of the Baltic Sea, and by doing so create a coalition of leadership made up of NGOs, businesses, concerned citizens and forward thinking politicians who are determined to see this situation reversed and environmental health restored. www.raceforthebaltic.com www.balticseacityaccelerator.com www.zennstrom.org

Member of the Board of Directors

2018 - 2019

The Ink Factory is an independent studio with global reach, founded by Stephen and Simon Cornwell. We believe in telling original and exciting stories reaching a wide audience, partnering with talent who inspire, challenge and innovate. We work across television, film, games and immersive experiences, developing these from inception to release, through long-term relationships with authors and creators. We take bold creative and financial decisions and seek out opportunities for ambitious and genre-defining work.

Member of the Board of Directors

2015 - 2019

Avanza Bank is the leading online bank for savings, investments and pensions in Sweden. We promise our customers to get better return on their savings and investments than with any other bank och life insurance company in Sweden, through offering lower fees, a wider range of savings and investment products and better tools than any other bank or life insurance company. In 2013, Avanza was awarded Sweden's most satisfied savings customers for the fourth consecutive year.

Member of the Advisory Board of Telia Division X

2017 - 2019

Accelerating the creation of a new generation telco by exploring, building, commercializing and scaling new business opportunities. IoT, eHealth, Data Insights and a whole raft of things we haven't even thought of yet.

Member of the Board of Directors

2014 - 2018

Unibet is one of the fastest growing online gaming operators in Europe with industry leading Sportsbook, Casino and Games, Poker and Bingo products via desktop, tablet and mobile with more than 10 million customers in over 100 countries. Unibet is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, more information about Unibet Group plc can be found on www.unibetgroupplc.com.

Member of the Board of Directors at Norstedts

2013 - 2016

Norstedts is Sweden’s oldest publishing house, founded in 1823. The publishing program comprises fiction, non-fiction, academic, reference books and dictionaries. Children’s books are published under the Rabén & Sjögren imprint. The publishing house with annual revenues of approximately 50 m € and 140 members of staff, is a subsidiary of Kooperativa Förbundet (KF), the Swedish Co-operative Union.

Venture Partner

2015 - 2016

BetaAngels is a venture capital group formed by experienced tech-entrepreneurs, executives and investors. We invest in highly differentiated tech-driven ventures with potential to lead their respective markets. With strong venture-building experience in companies such as Ancestry.com, Autotrader, eDreams, Magine, Siri, Spotify and Unity Technologies we seek to invest in and closely partner with the world's most compelling entrepreneurs. Our group has a strong foot-print in several of the world's leading tech hubs including London, New York, Stockholm, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv where we work closely with the top tech entrepreneurs and investors.