Cherry Ventures

Cherry Ventures raises a new $500M fund for early stage and beyond, but will it be enough?

Venture /

It’s sometimes said that European VC doesn’t have the firepower to compete with VCs in the U.S., which regularly raise billion-dollar+ funds these days. Perhaps further evidence of this view persists in the news that Berlin-based Cherry Ventures has closed its latest fund at $500 million, to be split between early-stage rounds and follow-on rounds […]

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ETH Zurich spinoff Voliro’s flying robots save lives, but don’t tell its CEO

Robotics /

We have only touched the surface of what drones can do and how ubiquitous they will become. This is also true in industry, where they have the potential to replace human labor in risky activities such as inspection at height. Swiss startup Voliro operates in this space, with flying robots that can inspect wind turbines,

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