BlueYard Capital Overview
Founded in 2016, BlueYard Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm managing $500 million across multiple funds. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in technologies that decentralize markets, empower users, and liberate data. Their portfolio spans sectors such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and frontier biology, with notable investments including Protocol Labs, Filecoin, Open Zeppelin, Radicle, Marvel Fusion, Meatable, BitBio, Biofidelity, Pitch, and Wonder. BlueYard typically invests between $500,000 and $5 million in pre-seed to Series A rounds, acting as a lead or co-lead investor.
Is BlueYard Capital the right investor for your startup? Browse their investment focus, stage preferences, and geographic scope to see how well they align with your fundraising goals. Your full match score with BlueYard Capital, along with a list of other relevant VCs, is available on Hopohopo.io.
BlueYard Capital
Investment focus
Invest in
- Baltics
- Nordics
- Western Europe
- Southern Europe
- Central Eastern Europe
- North America 1 / 5
Product type
- Software
Industries / verticals
- AI Infrastructure & AI Model Development
- Engineering / Manufacturing
- IT Infrastructure & Cloud
Investment role
Lead and follow
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
First ticket size
US$500,000 - US$5,000,000
Contact information
Advisor & Venture Partner
Philipp Hartmann
Head of Platform
Jonah Kaplan
General Partner
Ciaran O'Leary
Principal
Juan Pinilla
Venture Partner @ BlueYard // Board
Tom Walton-Pocock
How to approach funds like BlueYard Capital
When reaching out to BlueYard Capital, founders should highlight how their technology fundamentally shifts power structures or creates new, open ecosystems. Articulate a clear vision for how your solution can enable user autonomy or disrupt entrenched intermediaries, and be prepared to discuss the technical depth and long-term societal impact of your approach. BlueYard values founders who are mission-driven and can demonstrate both conviction and a nuanced understanding of the decentralized landscape.
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