# Sophia Bendz at Cherry Ventures > Sophia Bendz, General Partner at Cherry Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-bendz (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Stockholm, SE · Partner # Sophia Bendz General Partner at [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) Email Stages *Seed* Backs *Robotics* *Manufacturing* *Software* Latest rounds - **120ft Factory AB** Seed · $644k Oct 2026 Follow Sophia Bendz and see their new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fsophia-bendz) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Cherry Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sophia-bendz)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=sophia-bendz) ## The firm [**Cherry Ventures** VC firm · DE **37** cheques in 12 months **178** all time **6** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $644k - **Active:** 2026 2026 - [120ft Factory AB](https://millionrounds.com/company/120ft-factory-ab) *Seed* **$644k** *SE* Oct 2026 Joined · +3 investors By stage - Seed **1** What they backed Robotics **1** Manufacturing **1** Software **1** Alongside - [Matthias Dantone *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthias-dantone) - [Sam Baker *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-baker) - [Ted Persson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-persson) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Aiden](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aiden-2) - [Airly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/airly-2) - [Bits Technology](https://millionrounds.com/startup/bits-technology) - [Care to Translate](https://millionrounds.com/startup/care-to-translate) - [Daye](https://millionrounds.com/company/daye) - [Eastnine](https://millionrounds.com/company/eastnine) - [Grace Health](https://millionrounds.com/startup/grace-health) - [Hedvig](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hedvig-3) - [LifeX](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lifex-2) - [Mantle](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mantle-2) - [Medoma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/medoma) - [Starmony](https://millionrounds.com/startup/starmony) - [Wikifarmer](https://millionrounds.com/startup/wikifarmer) - [Zapp](https://millionrounds.com/startup/zapp) - [iubenda](https://millionrounds.com/startup/iubenda) - BOOST Thyroid ## Also at Cherry Ventures - [**Ben Kubota** Angel Investor at Expedite Ventures *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-kubota) - [**Filip Felician Dames** Founding Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/filip-felician-dames) - [**Alex Langholz-Baikousis** CFO and Operating Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-langholz-baikousis) - [**Alexander Schmitt** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexander-schmitt) - [**Carlo Schmid** Co-Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/carlo-schmid) - [**Charlotte Bruce** General Manager EMEA & APAC and Head of Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/charlotte-bruce) - [**Christian Meermann** Founding Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/christian-meermann) - [**Daniel Glasner** Founding Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/daniel-glasner) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Startup Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sifted) · 19 Apr 2024 · 47 min Sophia Bendz on why Spotify's Daniel Ek hired people with "no track record" With [Daniel Ek](https://millionrounds.com/person/daniel-ek)[Sophia Bendz](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-bendz) Mentions [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) About this episode This week on the podcast we are joined by Cherry Ventures general partner Sophia Bendz, formerly global marketing director at Spotify, who talks us through what she's seeing across the European early-stage startup ecosystem in a challenging market. She tells us about the AI effect on young… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) · 22 Nov 2019 · 36 min Slush Interview Special: Sophia Bendz (Atomico) and Markus Villig (Bolt) With [Sophia Bendz](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-bendz) Mentions [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico)[Markus Villig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/markus-villig)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode In this interview special, we talked to Sophia Bendz, partner at Atomico, and Markus Villig, CEO and co-founder at Bolt. This episode is kindly sponsored by Google Cloud for Startups and is part of an exclusive interview series with prominent people in tech, recorded live at Slush 2019. For… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Sophia Bendz in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) · 26 Aug 2026 · 31 min From the Spotify Mafia to the Lovable Mafia: inside Stockholm's founder network Mentions [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures)[Sophia Bendz](https://millionrounds.com/person/sophia-bendz) About this episode Vibe-coding darling Lovable just raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its worth in eight months. But Lovable isn’t the only Stockholm startup putting up huge numbers lately, legal AI company Legora and health tech startup Neko Health are right there with it. On this… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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