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.
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Recent exits
Coverage notes
4 funds tracked, 31 portfolio companies (27 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
31 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund BlueYard Capital has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
BlueYard Capital Fund IIIVC2022 · 4yr€170M13 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
13 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotech |  Ireland | 2025 | |
| Aerospace & Defence |  US | 2023 | |
| Deep Tech | US | 2023 | |
| Biotech |  UK | 2024 | |
| Deep Tech |  Switzerland | 2025 | |
| Biotech | UK | 2023 | |
| Biotech | US | 2023 | |
| Industrials | US | 2023 | |
| AI/ML |  Germany | 2025 | |
| Cloud Infrastructure | US | 2025 | |
| AI/ML | Switzerland | 2023 | |
| Deep Tech |  Netherlands | 2023 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | Germany | 2025 |
Ireland· Entry 2025US· Entry 2023US· Entry 2023UK· Entry 2024Switzerland· Entry 2025UK· Entry 2023US· Entry 2023US· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2025US· Entry 2025Switzerland· Entry 2023Netherlands· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2025BlueYard Crypto 1VC2021 · 5yr€62M2 active
FranceBlueYard Capital Fund IIVC2019 · 7yr€105M6 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
6 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotech | UK | 2019 | |
| Software | Iceland | 2019 | |
| Biotech | Germany | 2020 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2019 | |
| Deep Tech | US | 2020 | |
| Biotech | US | 2020 |
UK· Entry 2019Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2019US· Entry 2020US· Entry 2020BlueYard Capital Fund IVC2016 · 10yr€111M6 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
6 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech | Germany | 2018 | |
| Industrials | US | 2016 | |
| Biotech | Netherlands | 2018 | |
| Software | Germany | 2018 | |
| Deep Tech | US | 2016 | |
| Software | Slovakia | 2016 |
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