Christian Meermann
InvestorPartner at Cherry Ventures
Berlin, Germany
Writes $580K – $4.6M checks · typically $2.6M
About
Christian Meermann, former Zalando CMO who scaled it to a multi‑billion‑euro public company and Forbes Midas List investor, co-creates detailed marketing playbooks and coaches founders on Series A fundraising craft.
Invests in
Climate TechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Cherry VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2012 — presentBerlin Metropolitan Area
- FlinkBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentBerlin, Germany
- FortoBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentBerlin, Germany
- FlixBusSeed Investorcurrent2012 — presentBerlin, Germany
- AUTO1 GroupSeed Investorcurrent2012 — presentBerlin, Germany
- flaschenpost SEBoard Member2016 — 2020Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Peek & Cloppenburg KG DüsseldorfManaging Director & Member of the Board2013 — 2015Greater Dusseldorf Area
- ZalandoChief Marketing Officer2010 — 2013Berlin
- The Boston Consulting GroupSenior Consultant2007 — 2010Munich, Germany
- LufthansaIntern2006
- Roland Berger Strategy ConsultantsIntern2005
- Volkswagen do BrasilIntern2004
- WARSTEINER Brauerei Haus Cramer Management GmbhIntern2003
Education
- WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementMSc, Intl. Business Administration2003 — 2007
- Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South CarolinaMBA, Intl. Business2005
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroMBA, Intl. Business2005
Skills & more
Online Advertising11SEM10Management7Business Strategy22Marketing22E-commerce36Marketing Strategy8Affiliate Marketing6SEO3Digital Marketing4Start-ups15Strategy24
+9 more
Business DevelopmentMobile MarketingOnline MarketingAirlinesManagement ConsultingWeb AnalyticsEntrepreneurshipMobile DevicesE-CommerceLanguages English · German · Portuguese · Spanish
From Christian's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management123
John GregerCPO & Portfolio Partner at Burda Principal InvestmentsNatalie SchmitkeManaging Director Capital Networks at Burda Principal InvestmentsFriedrich von WulffenPrincipal at Burda Principal InvestmentsSheng Xin YuInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal InvestmentsBorisFounding Partner at Version One VenturesRouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry Ventures
+ 117 more
Also attended Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina18
Anne PowersExecutive Assistant at Red Cell IncubationSarah WhitesellFinance Manager at Obvious VenturesShu YeungVice President, Human Resources at Frazier Life SciencesPaul FracassoFund Finance Manager at AtomicJohn McKennaManaging Director, Investments at EcoEnterprises FundManel NogueronFounder & Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at MVC Single Family Office
+ 12 more
Also attended Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro60
Abdul LyInvestor at Initialized CapitalAlexandre FlamantPartner at HCVCCarlos Alonso TorrasPartner at FinTech CollectiveFelipe MendesDirector of Finance Brazil at Valor Capital GroupDavid Pérez-HernándezPartner at Roble VenturesRafael SabbaghImpact Partner at Fresco Capital
+ 54 more
Shared employers
Also worked at FlixBus5
Also worked at AUTO1 Group10
Nenad MarovacInvestor at DN CapitalSteve SchlenkerInvestor at DN CapitalMatt KrnaVenture Advisor at Alpha PartnersAvi GolanCEO at Oosto at Joyance PartnersChristian MieleInvestor at HeadlineAndrin BachmannPartner at Piton Capital LLP
+ 4 more
Also worked at flaschenpost SE2
Also worked at The Boston Consulting Group730
David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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Deals · 2
Dash0Led round
via Cherry Ventures
TactoLed round
via Cherry Ventures
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Cherry Ventures
Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
CFO and Operating Partner at Cherry Ventures
Anna Sziwek
Senior Finance Manager at Cherry Ventures
Ben Newsome
VP, Talent and People at Cherry Ventures
Bruno Wisniewski
Investor at Cherry Ventures
Carlo Schmid
Principal at Cherry Ventures
Christina Käss
Executive Assistant at Cherry Ventures
Claire McDonald
Team Assistant at Cherry Ventures
Daniel Glasner
Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Filip DamesScout
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
Julien BekScout
Investor at Sequoia Capital
RossScout
Investor at Dig Ventures Management Limited
Ben Newsome
VP, Talent and People at Cherry Ventures
Carlo Schmid
Principal at Cherry Ventures
Daniel Glasner
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Jasper Masemann
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Thomas Lueke
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Investors connected to Christian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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