Dinika Mahanti

London-based Partner, Dinika, leads Cherry’s UK and Ireland investments strategy, and focuses on Cherry’s vertical software and AI investments, with key areas across Health, Commerce, Fintech. She also spends time in consumer tech. She is a former UberEats EMEA executive. She launched, managed, and scaled Uber’s e-bike brand, JUMP, in the UK, and ran finance and operations at the climate SaaS platform, Kaluza (part of the OVO group).

With backgrounds in both finance and mathematics from her two alma maters, London Business School and Northwestern University, Dinika began her professional career as a technology investment banker in New York.

Early-stage venture is a people business; Dinika’s knack for working with founders is a natural talent of hers. She has spent several years as an angel investor and advisor to female-founded startups, a deep area of passion.