# BlueYard Capital

> BlueYard Capital is a VC fund in Berlin backing Software and Biotechnology. See 112 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 112
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $185M
- Last fund: Jun 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blueyard-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blueyard
- Website: http://blueyard.com/

BlueYard Capital is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Software and Biotechnology. BlueYard invests in founders with transforming ideas that decentralize markets and empower humanity. Typically $1-3m as an initial investment; active around the world. Most active in crypto / web 3 (e.g. Protocol Labs, Filecoin, Open Zeppelin, Radicle), technologies that help us overcome our largest planetary challenges (e.g. Marvel Fusion,Meatable, Dance), frontier biology to help us live long and prosper (e.g. BitBio, Biofidelity) and vertical software un-bundling monopolies (e.g. Pitch, Wonder).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$5.4M |
| Series A | $7M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 14 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 12 | 11% |
| Internet | 10 | 9% |
| Cryptocurrency | 10 | 9% |

112 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 35% |
| Series A | 24 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 22% |
| Germany | 13 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 5% |
| France | 4 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |

17 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chad Fowler | General Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-fowler |
| Ciarán O'Leary | General Partner and Co-Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ciarn-oleary |
| David Byrd | Venture Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-byrd |
| Jason Whitmire | General Partner and Co-Founder | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-whitmire |
| Philipp Hartmann | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philipp-hartmann-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blockspace | Blockspace builds Ethereum blockspace infrastructure to improve transaction execution and decentralized block production. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Blockspace | Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company operate out-of-protocol transaction pipelines. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Transcripta Bio | Transcripta Bio is a company dedicated to drug discovery, with a focus on numerous diseases at once, at a never-before-seen pace and scale, with lesser risk and greater assurance. | $24M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Cryptio | Cryptio is a financial data analysis tool for cryptocurrencies. It helps crypto CFOs & CPAs easily automate accounting, bookkeeping and tax reporting for their digital assets. The tool consolidates all cryptocurrency transaction data from multiple wallet & exchange sources, and translates it into data usable for accounting and financialanalysis. We take away the headache of regulations, audits, taxes and accounting for crypto firms so that they can focus on what they do best. | $45M | Series B | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Rapidata | Rapidata is a data processing platform that offers human-verified innovative data labeling and data processing services at scale. | $8.5M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| ETHGas | ETHGas aims to redefine how users engage with Ethereum by providing low-latency, 3ms settlement times, and real-time trading, as well as a comprehensive product suite for exact order execution. | $12M | Seed | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| ZeroPhase | ZeroPhase creates robust, scalable, software-defined connectivity systems that are independent. Our long-range, high-throughput data lines are designed specifically for vital operations and unmanned | $6.8M | Seed | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| AnySignal | AnySignal was developed to reimagine how RF capabilities are delivered for the most difficult tasks around the globe. offers complete solutions for modern aircraft, satellites, and national security that span communications, radar, navigation, and RF sensing. Current solutions are overpriced, unimaginative, and provide little end-to-end capability.To shift this paradigm, they are bringing the appropriate talent, procedures, and technologies together. They are developing communications systems for satellites, launchers, space stations, and aircraft. They provide full-stack connectivity solutions that include software modems, hardware for use in flight and on the ground, data management software, ground station integration software, and vehicle telemetry software. | $24M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Castelion | Pallas is a venture-backed defense tech company applying modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to critical national security challenges, specifically to solve affordability, scale, and supply chain robustness. | $350M | Series B | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| Chemify | Digitising Chemistry and Chemical Discovery | $50M | Series B | Oct 21, 2025 |  |

10 of 112 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [FinTech Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-collective) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BlueYard Capital invest in?

BlueYard Capital invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 112 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BlueYard Capital's check size?

BlueYard Capital typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$14M at Seed, $200k–$5.4M at Pre-Seed and $7M–$47M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BlueYard Capital participates in.

### How do I contact BlueYard Capital?

Public channels for BlueYard Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at BlueYard Capital?

The team at BlueYard Capital includes Chad Fowler (General Manager), Ciarán O'Leary (General Partner and Co-Founder) and David Byrd (Venture Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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