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BlueYard Capital

BlueYard Capital

Berlin, Berlinblueyard.com

Overview

Blueyard Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders building the fundamental fabric layer technologies required to build a positive outlook for humanity: from web 3 for an open and immutable internet, programmable biology to enhance human resilience to breakthrough engineering & computation to ensure an increase of humanity's computational capabilities and the ability to mitigate climate breakdown risks. The firm invests in founders who are building interconnected elements for decentralized markets. BlueYard Capital's portfolio includes companies in web3, programmable biology, computation, engineering, and data liberation.

Year Founded

2016

AUM

$500M

Portfolio Companies

55

Investments

BlueYard Capital investments
CompanyDateStageLead
CryptioMar 2026Series BCo-investor
RapidataFeb 2026SeedCo-investor
ZeroPhaseDec 2025SeedLead
ETHGasDec 2025SeedCo-investor
AnySignalDec 2025Series ACo-investor

Key People

Jason D. Whitmire

Co-Founder & General Partner

Ciarán O'Leary

General Partner

Katie Hewitt

Venture Partner

Philipp Banhardt

Venture Partner Advisor

Philipp Hartmann

Advisor Venture Partner

David Byrd

Partner

Chad Fowler

Partner & CTO

Juan Bautista Pinilla

Principal

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBerlin, Berlin
Year Founded2016
AUM$500M

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