Cherry Ventures
Cherry Ventures, established in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, is an early-stage venture capital firm led by entrepreneurs who have built fast-growing companies like Zalando and Spotify. The firm invests in Europe's boldest startups, often serving as their first institutional investor, and provides support ranging from go-to-market strategy to business scaling. Cherry Ventures has backed over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, and Infarm. With operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm, the firm invests across Europe, focusing on sectors such as consumer, fintech, health-tech, industrials, and software as a service.
Top Stages
Past deals in CAD
Trace.Space
Seed Round in 2025
Trace.Space is an AI-enhanced requirements management tool designed to streamline the product development process for engineers in sectors such as automotive, industrial, aerospace, and defense. The platform features a user-friendly interface that supports robust traceability, time-based and custom versioning, and item-level attributes, allowing for flexibility in adapting to various workflows. By leveraging AI-powered tools, Trace.Space enables clients to manage critical aspects of their development cycle more effectively, resulting in improved productivity, accelerated development timelines, and enhanced product quality. The company focuses on delivering solutions that empower engineers to build and launch new products to market more rapidly.
Synera (ex-ELISE)
Series A in 2022
ELISE GmbH, established in 2018 as a spin-off from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, is based in Bremerhaven, Germany. The company specializes in software development aimed at enhancing the product development process for engineers. Its innovative platform enables users to visually create comprehensive workflows for automated product development, integrating established modeling and simulation tools with Generative Design. This approach allows engineers to efficiently design the technical DNA of their products, streamlining the entire development cycle.
Synera (ex-ELISE)
Seed Round in 2019
ELISE GmbH, established in 2018 as a spin-off from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, is based in Bremerhaven, Germany. The company specializes in software development aimed at enhancing the product development process for engineers. Its innovative platform enables users to visually create comprehensive workflows for automated product development, integrating established modeling and simulation tools with Generative Design. This approach allows engineers to efficiently design the technical DNA of their products, streamlining the entire development cycle.
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