Cherdak

What Cherdak does

Cherdak (Чердак) is a Moscow-based, direct-to-consumer storage and moving operator founded in 2018. The company runs a full-service 'cloud storage' model: professional movers pick up customers' belongings, transport them to a climate-controlled Class A warehouse in the Dmitrovsky district (~20 km from MKAD) maintained at a constant 20°C with 24/7 surveillance, and return items on demand. Pricing is volume-based rather than unit-based, with storage tariffs ranging from 990 rubles/month for seasonal items such as tires and bicycles to 9,990 rubles/month for full-content 'Many Things' storage, plus a usage-based pickup/delivery charge of 1,490 rubles per cubic meter and free self-service drop-off at a terminal on Skladochnaya street.

The technology layer is a warehouse-management stack rather than an AI platform: a web application, native iOS and Android apps, a Telegram bot, and WhatsApp for ordering; behind them, every item is photographed, QR/barcode-tagged, and assigned to an individual customer pallet, with all interactions managed through a personal account UI that exposes the stored inventory. Notable components include the climate-controlled facility (15,000+ sq.m), per-customer photo inventory, and multi-channel order capture. The company also offers turnkey moving services for apartments, offices, cottages, and country relocations, leveraging its trained mover workforce.

Commercially, Cherdak serves primarily Moscow and Moscow Oblast residents with secondary exposure to small-business office relocations, has reportedly served 30,000+ customers with 13,000+ completed moves and 10,000+ active accounts, and has raised ~$2.6M across a 2018 seed and a 2019 follow-on round. It is a Skolkovo Innovation Center resident with media coverage in Inc. Russia, Vedomosti, VC.ru, Kommersant, and Forbes Russia. As of the most recent operational signal, the company has temporarily suspended pickup/return and moving services and is communicating status only via its Telegram channel.

Name

Cherdak

Legal name

Общество с ограниченной ответственностью «Чердак»

Website

https://cherdak.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cherdak is a Moscow-based, direct-to-consumer 'cloud storage' and moving service that picks up, warehouses, and returns customers' belongings on demand, using volume-based ruble-per-cubic-meter pricing and a mobile/web inventory platform. It primarily serves Moscow and Moscow Oblast households for seasonal and temporary storage, with secondary small-business office relocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Self Storage and Moving Services

NAICS

General Warehousing and Storage (49311), Used Household and Office Goods Moving (484210), Other Warehousing and Storage (49319)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Storage-to-Home / Home-to-Storage Moves (HSAKAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Loading/Unloading with Company Truck (In-Town Transport) (HSAKAAAJ), On-Site Moving Assistance (Pods/Portable Container Load/Unload) (HSAKAMAG), Retail Store & Commercial Space Moving (Stores, Salons, Restaurants) (HSAKAKAH)

Keywords

• Storage services
• Moving services
• Self storage
• Pickup delivery
• Climate-controlled warehouse

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Monthly Storage Subscriptions: Recurring monthly subscription revenue based on storage volume in cubic meters. Customers pay a fixed monthly rate depending on the tier selected (Tires, Few Things, Many Things). Minimum storage period is 1 month, subscriptions auto-renew monthly.
2. Delivery and Pickup Services: Charged separately for pickup and delivery of items to/from the warehouse. Pricing is volume-based at 1,490 rubles per cubic meter (rounded up to 1 m³). Free dropoff/pickup available at terminal location (Skladochnaya street 20A).
3. Moving Services: Turnkey moving services including packing, furniture disassembly, transportation, and unpacking. Additional revenue stream from apartment, office, home, and dacha relocations within Moscow and Moscow Oblast.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cherdak provides a full-service personal storage and moving service in Moscow and Moscow Oblast. Professional movers (муверы) pick up items from the customer's location, transport them to a climate-controlled Class A warehouse, and return them on demand. The company charges by actual volume (cubic meters) rather than fixed unit sizes, with monthly storage subscriptions, separate usage-based pickup/delivery fees, and turnkey moving services including packing and furniture disassembly.

Product overview

Cherdak is a cloud-based storage and moving service operating in Moscow and Moscow Region. The company offers two core service lines: (1) item storage at a warm warehouse with pickup, storage, and delivery service, priced by actual volume rather than fixed box sizes; and (2) comprehensive moving services including packing, furniture disassembly, and transportation. Storage products are organized by item type (tires, bicycles, motorcycles, summer/winter/clothes/shoes/kids items), duration (temporary, seasonal, long-term), and storage type (warm warehouse, mini-storage, pallet, shelving, room rental, locker rental). Moving services cover apartment, home, office, cottage, and country relocations. The platform is supported by a warm Class A warehouse with 24-hour security, climate control at 20°C, and a mobile/web application for inventory management and service ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Item Storage (Хранение вещей) Full-service personal item storage in which movers pick up customers' belongings, store them in a climate-controlled Class A warehouse with barcode/QR tracking and photo inventory, and return them on demand. Pricing is based on actual volume in cubic meters. Targets Moscow and Moscow Oblast residents and small businesses needing temporary, seasonal, or long-term storage.
• Moving Services (Переезды) Turnkey relocation services for apartments, homes, offices, cottages, and country houses within Moscow and Moscow Oblast. Includes furniture disassembly, packing with 15 types of packing materials, transportation, and unpacking, performed by trained professional movers (муверы).
• Tire Storage (Тариф «Шины») Seasonal storage service for car, motorcycle, bicycle, and ATV tires with proper climate conditions. Includes pickup and return of tires to any point in Moscow. Starting from 990 rubles per month.
• Bicycle Storage (Тариф «Велосипед») Bicycle storage on specialized hanging mounts in the warm warehouse. Accepts city, road, sports, BMX, and mountain bicycles. Includes pickup and return. Starting from 990 rubles per month.
• Motorcycle Storage (Тариф «Мотоцикл») Seasonal motorcycle and scooter storage at the warm warehouse with climate control. Includes transport to/from the warehouse via special towing equipment. Starting from 3,290 rubles per month.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000+ satisfied customers served
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Skolkovo Innovation CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCherdak is an official resident of the Skolkovo Innovation Center (Фонд Сколково), Russia's leading technology park and innovation hub. This partnership provides access to startup support programs, tax benefits, and credibility as a recognized innovative company.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SelfStorage.ru: Multi-site Russian self-storage chain. Overlaps with Cherdak in the storage category but targets customers willing to transport and self-manage their belongings.
• CitySelfStorage (Городские Склады): Established Russian self-storage operator with multiple Moscow locations. Competes for the same storage demand but with a traditional self-service box model rather than full-service pickup/delivery.

Direct peers

• Closetbox: American full-service storage company that picks up, catalogs, stores, and returns items on demand. Operates the same core model — pay only for what you store, delivered on request — that Cherdak has built in Moscow.
• Skladovka: Russian cloud-storage service offering pickup-and-delivery personal storage in Moscow. Most directly comparable peer with a similar full-service model competing for the same residential customer segment.
• Pereezd.ru (Переезды.ру): Moscow-based moving services marketplace and operator. Directly competes with Cherdak's moving product line (apartment, office, long-distance) and captures the same Moscow/Moscow Oblast demand.
• Delikatnyy Pereezd (Деликатный переезд): Russian premium moving services company offering packing, disassembly, and transportation. Overlaps with Cherdak's turnkey moving offering for both residential and commercial customers.
• MakeSpace: US-based on-demand storage service with photo-inventory, mobile app, and per-item pricing. Closely comparable product and business model archetype for the cloud-storage category Cherdak operates in.

Others

• Qlean: Russian on-demand home services platform (cleaning, laundry) and prior investor in Cherdak. Comparable as a Russian consumer-services startup with shared investor base and overlapping urban professional customer segment.

Emerging players

• Omni (formerly Omni Storage): Tech-enabled full-service storage startup with on-demand item retrieval. Closely aligned with Cherdak's app-driven, on-demand retrieval model and represents a comparable emerging-category bet.

Regional players

• Boxful: Asia-Pacific on-demand storage and logistics operator with the same per-volume, pickup/delivery concept. Comparable business model serving a different geography; useful proxy for category economics and scale benchmarks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cherdak-io

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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