# BlueYard Capital

BlueYard Capital is a Multi Family Office based in Berlin, United States.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Multi Family Office
- **Headquarters:** Berlin, United States
- **Region:** North America
- **Address:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Founded:** 2016
- **Assets under management:** Under $500M (Altss estimate)
- **Website:** blueyard.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/blueyard-capital

## About

BlueYard invests in only two kinds of technologies: those that move us toward utopia, and those that hold the line against oblivion. It is a small and equal partnership based in the US and Europe, founded in 2016, managing $500M in AuM, and deploying its third fund. BlueYard invests $500K–$5M in pre-seed to Series A rounds as a lead or co-lead investor.

## Sectors

- Enterprise Software
- AI/ML
- Web3/Crypto
- ClimateTech
- Digital Health
- Mobility & Transportation

## Offices

- Berlin, Germany
- Helsinki, Finland
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Stockholm, Sweden

## People

- Ciarán O'Leary — General Partner
- Jason Whitmire — General Partner

## Questions

### Who runs investment decisions at BlueYard Capital?

Ciarán O'Leary and Jason Whitmire serve as general partners and lead the investment committee. O'Leary previously spent a decade at Earlybird Venture Capital in Berlin, where he backed companies including Peak Games and N26. Whitmire joined Earlybird in 2012 and co-founded BlueYard with O'Leary in 2016. The two share decision-making authority across all funds, supported by a distributed team in Europe and the United States.

### How does BlueYard source proprietary deal flow?

BlueYard sources through a network built around open-source developer communities, academic cryptography labs, and European deep-tech incubators. The firm's presence in Berlin, Helsinki, and Stockholm places it at the center of three distinct technical ecosystems — Germany's applied cryptography community, Finland's systems programming and database research hubs, and Sweden's computational biology and climate-science clusters. Portfolio founders frequently introduce the firm to talent spinning out of their own research groups and protocol labs.

### Which sectors does BlueYard explicitly avoid?

BlueYard has publicly indicated it does not invest in ad-tech, consumer social media platforms dependent on surveillance-based business models, or companies whose primary value proposition is regulatory arbitrage. The firm's thesis explicitly favors open protocols and decentralized architectures over closed, centralized platforms — investments that contradict that structural view are consistently excluded from the portfolio.

### How is BlueYard structured — as a family office or a venture firm?

BlueYard operates as a venture capital firm raising closed-end funds from external limited partners, with structures that include both traditional limited partnership agreements and token-based vehicles. The firm is not a single-family office, though European family offices constitute a meaningful portion of its LP base alongside American endowments and portfolio founders who reinvest as limited partners.

### What is BlueYard's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?

BlueYard actively co-invests alongside aligned venture firms, particularly in Europe and on deals requiring multi-jurisdictional syndicates. The firm has invested with USV, a16z, and various European seed-stage managers in rounds where BlueYard's European regulatory and technical diligence adds syndicate value. The firm does not operate a formal co-investment club, but portfolio company board seats frequently overlap with its peer set.

## Related profiles

- [blueworld.group](https://altss.com/profile/blueworld-group)
- [Blue Zone Ventures](https://altss.com/profile/blue-zone-ventures)

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