# Cherry Crypto

> Cherry Crypto is a VC fund in Berlin backing Blockchain, Web3 and Database. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.cherry.xyz

Cherry Crypto is a first-check fund dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs from the beginnings of their journey in web3. Cherry Crypto’s approach to investing is stage-focused, concentrated, and geography agnostic.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 75% |
| Web3 | 1 | 25% |
| Database | 1 | 25% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tenor Labs | Tenor helps people borrow and lend money at a fixed rate without needing permission. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Hylé | Hylé is the modular ZK stack's core layer, providing a secure, decentralized, and censorship-resistant settlement layer for all ZK proofs. | $2.6M | Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Rated | Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance. | $12.8M | Series A | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Rated | Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Placeholder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/placeholder-55ca) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Semantic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/semantic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Archetype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrylic-b04d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archetype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetypefund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chorus One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chorus-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cherry Crypto invest in?

Cherry Crypto invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Database startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Cherry Crypto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cherry Crypto closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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