About
Yu Bai has a rare triple-major from Tsinghua, Columbia and UCLA in automotive and mechanical engineering, hands-on control-systems and modeling expertise, and experience bridging European industrial tech and China.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsSemiconductors
Experience
- Cherry VenturesHead of Legalcurrent2025 — present
- Cherry VenturesLegal Counsel (Secondee)2025
- YPOGSenior Associate2024 — 2025
- YPOGAssociate2023Berlin, Deutschland
- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinPostdoctoral Researcher2021 — 2023
- Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerAssociate2018 — 2021
- European CommissionTrainee (Rechtsreferendar)2018
- Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerTrainee (Rechtsreferendar)2017 — 2018
- Federal Ministry of Economics and TechnologyTrainee (Rechtsreferendar)2017
Colleagues at Cherry Ventures
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Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
CFO and Operating Partner at Cherry Ventures
Anna Sziwek
Senior Finance Manager at Cherry Ventures
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Ben Newsome
VP, Talent and People at Cherry Ventures
Bruno Wisniewski
Investor at Cherry Ventures
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Christian Meermann
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Christina Käss
Executive Assistant at Cherry Ventures
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Claire McDonald
Team Assistant at Cherry Ventures
Dimitri Sedashev
Investor at Cherry Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yu Bai?
- Yu Bai has a rare triple-major from Tsinghua, Columbia and UCLA in automotive and mechanical engineering, hands-on control-systems and modeling expertise, and experience bridging European industrial tech and China.
- Where does Yu Bai work?
- Yu Bai is Head of Legal at Cherry Ventures.
- What does Yu Bai invest in?
- Yu Bai invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Hardware, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- Where did Yu Bai go to school?
- Yu Bai studied at Kammergericht Berlin (2. Juristisches Staatsexamen); European University Institute (Master of Laws - LLM); Bucerius Law School (1. Juristisches Staatsexamen, Recht).
Same school
Also attended European University Institute5
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Also attended Bucerius Law School16
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cherry Ventures47
Dominik EsenPrincipal at NorthzoneRicardo SchaeferFounder/General Partner at Zone 2 Ventures LlcValerie AelbrechtInvestment Manager at AlbionVCSophia BendzInvestment Committee member at Bonnier CapitalMarie OuttierGeneral partner at OVNI CapitalRicardo Sequerra AmramPartner at Point Nine
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Also worked at YPOG7
Tobias FlattLegal Counsel at PICUS CAPITALDr. Elias Börgmann-DehinaGeneral Counsel & Portfolio Manager at HeadlineThilo WurstAssociate Legal Counsel & Risk Manager at HeadlineToby LovettGeneral Counsel at World FundJoel El-QalqiliGeneral Counsel at VidiaYu BaiInvestment Director at Robert Bosch Venture Capital
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Also worked at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin6
Also worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer47
James CameronPartner at AirTree VenturesWendy ChowLegal & Compliance Associate at The Spartan GroupHaley JohnsonPrincipal, Structured Capital at Level EquityJoe SaundersChairman, General Partner at Green Visor CapitalConstantin RobertzInvestor at FEBE VenturesDiego RecondoGeneral Partner at Acurio Ventures
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