Cloudberry Ventures DeepTech Fund

About Cloudberry Ventures DeepTech Fund

Cloudberry Ventures launched a €50M DeepTech fund led by Mahir Sahin, ex-Google Moonshot X advisor, with an 86% gross IRR track record. Invests seed to Series A in industrial infrastructure, advanced materials, energy, autonomous manufacturing, and edge AI.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Deep Tech

Energy Tech

Manufacturing

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Seed-stage deeptech founder building quantum, photonics, edge AI, or advanced materials hardware

deeptech

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industrial-infrastructure

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hardware-first

Bullish Signals

86% gross IRR and 2.4x MOIC in 16 months from predecessor vehicleblog

€50M fund already backing Quantum Brilliance and Xavveo with €1-2M checksblog

LP base includes Google, Qualcomm, and De Beers executivesblog

Contrarian Signals

Explicitly rejects AI SaaS; bets physical infrastructure beats software long-termblog

Solo GP managing high diligence burden across 25-35 portfolio companiesblog

Founder Do's

Pitch at the physical infrastructure layer of the tech stack

Highlight hardware-software intersection in your product

Show long development timeline awareness and capital discipline

Leverage Google/Qualcomm network for technical validation asks

Apply if global but with European presence or sourcing angle

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pure SaaS or software-only plays

Don't expect fast SaaS-style development timelines to be your framing

Don't pitch without clear deeptech differentiation at the infrastructure layer

Key GPs & Partners

Mahir Sahin

Founding Partner

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Ehsanul Islam

VP & Advisor

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€50M

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Key People

Mahir Sahin

Mahir SahinFounding Partner

Ehsanul IslamVP & Advisor