Pioneering The Future Of
Finance Energy Computing

Empowering innovative founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to a global network across financial technology, climate solutions, and advanced computational systems.

Our Philosophy Building The Future

We believe in bold ideas that reshape industries with resilience and innovation. At Cloudberry, sustainability and long-term impact are at the core of everything we do.

Our founder-first approach prioritizes passion and impact over convention. We operate globally, unconstrained by mandates, investing wherever vision aligns with ours. The only boundary we set is our ticket size, capped at €1 million.

Thesis

Our fund invests in transformative startups across Fintech, Renewable Energy, and High-Performance Computing. We focus on companies driving innovation in areas like tokenization of real-world assets, scalable renewable energy technologies, and next-generation computing breakthroughs, including photonics and quantum computing. By targeting early-stage leaders, we aim to create long-term impact and deliver exceptional returns.

Portfolio

Our portfolio companies are reshaping industries by tackling complex global challenges. From advancing edge AI compute and revolutionizing global payments to driving the transition to clean energy, they embody bold thinking and transformative impact. At Cloudberry Pioneer Investments, we empower these trailblazers to create lasting change and redefine the future.

Investment Thesis

At Cloudberry Pioneer Investments, we invest in startups solving the world’s toughest challenges in Fintech, Renewable Energy, and High-Performance Computing. Our focus is on transformative ideas that balance innovation, scalability, and impact.

Companies that are driving efficiencies and enabling faster, more secure payments through compliant solutions, with a particular emphasis on the tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA). Our focus is on businesses that are leveraging this technology to solve specific challenges in cross-border payments, lending, and trade finance, thereby creating value by reducing transaction costs, increasing transparency, and enhancing liquidity.

Companies at the forefront of creating disruptive technologies that harness advancements in material science, robotics, artificial intelligence, low-carbon energy sources, and agriculture. These innovations are not only pivotal in supporting global decarbonization efforts but also play a critical role in reducing operational costs and driving sustainable economic growth. Our focus is on scalable solutions that address the growing demand for sustainability, with a strong emphasis on market leadership and long-term impact.

Companies that are pioneering the key enablers of next-generation high-performance computing technologies. Our focus is on technologies making semiconductors more performant and efficient either through new breakthroughs in photonics or material innovation, specifically companies specializing in photonic integrated circuits, silicon photonics, and optical communication components.  Quantum Computing is another area that we are following in particular advancements in quantum error correction (QEC), cryptography, quantum networks—including repeaters and quantum key distribution (QKD)—and the development of new materials aimed at reducing qubit error rates. These innovations are essential for unlocking the full potential of quantum computing, driving transformative applications across various industries. We believe that by backing these leaders today, we are positioning ourselves at the forefront of a revolution that will redefine the future of computing.

Why we do this

We believe technology can drive global progress, and founders with bold visions need partners who share their ambition. By aligning our investments with critical global trends, we aim to catalyze change while delivering exceptional returns.

Team Members

The founding members include a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits, offering invaluable experience in scaling ventures, and a tech executive with two decades of leadership experience at Google and Oracle. Together, they bring a powerful combination of expertise to identify, support, and grow high-potential startups.

Mahir Sahin

Managing Partner

Christopher Krischnig

Advisor & Investment Committee Member