# Cherry Ventures

10 private markets startups to watch, according to VCs

Europe's secondaries hype is heating up private markets

Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders

The incoming partner talks why the Nordics are so hot, the "rough time" in VC and being flexible with round sizes

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups

The European founders who’ve set up funds

Nik Storonsky, Taavet Hinrikus, Daniel Ek: we list the founders who have set up funds

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

Google backs Proxima Fusion in €411m raise

Google has previously said it wants to “send a demand signal to the market for fusion energy”

European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation

From Paris to Zurich, Sifted's market map of Europe’s robotics landscape categorises 90 startups building across the industrial, logistics, defence and healthcare industries

Why aren't more European VCs making moves in America?

Remarkably few of Europe’s best-known VC firms have a permanent presence in the US. Those that do say it's a big competitive advantage

What VCs think is overrated — and overlooked

Investors from Firstminute, Project A, Cherry Ventures and NGP share what they think is hot — and not

Europe must hit pause on the AI Act

Startup leaders and investors call on EU to 'stop the clock' on sweeping new rules