BlueYard Capital
BlueYard Capital is a Berlin-based deep-tech venture capital firm founded in 2016 by former Earlybird partners Ciaran O'Leary and Jason Whitmire. It invests at pre-seed to Series A as lead or co-lead across computation and intelligence, engineering, aerospace and defense, biology and chemistry, and crypto, with roughly 500m USD in AUM. Notable positions include Protocol Labs, Filecoin, Marvel Fusion, IonQ, Groq, Privy and Castelion. The firm operates via Blue Yard Capital GmbH (HRB 170693 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg) at Neue Schoenhauser Str. 20.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
3 funds tracked, 13 portfolio companies (10 active · 3 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund BlueYard Capital has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
BlueYard Capital Fund IIIVC2022 · 4yr€170M3 active · 1 realized
BlueYard Capital Fund IIVC2019 · 7yr€105M2 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insempra | Biotech | Germany | 2020 |
| Marvel Fusion | Energy | Germany | 2019 |
BlueYard Capital Fund IVC2016 · 10yr€111M5 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrifuge | Fintech | Germany | 2018 |
| Filecoin | Industrials | United States | 2016 |
| Meatable | Biotech | Netherlands | 2018 |
| Pitch | Software | Germany | 2018 |
| Protocol Labs | Deep Tech | United States | 2016 |
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