BlueYard Capital

Venture capital firm
Berlin, GermanyFounded 2016$500M AUMblueyard.com

Pre-seed to Series A venture firm investing $500K-$5M in computation, AI, aerospace, defense, biology, chemistry, and crypto technologies.

Strategy

Stages
Pre-SeedSeedSeries A
Sectors
ComputationIntelligenceAerospaceDefenseBiologyChemistryCrypto
Geographies
Berlin, Germany
Check size
$500K–$5M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 5, 2026Check size updated: $500K–$5M blueyard.com
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Computation, Intelligence, Aerospace, Defense, Biology, Chemistry, Crypto blueyard.com
  3. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A blueyard.com
  4. Dec 5, 2025Invested in Castelion (Series B, $350M) Castelion
  5. Jan 1, 2019New fund: BlueYard Capital Fund II ($127M) Value Add VC funds tracker
Earlier changes (1)
  1. Jan 1, 2016New fund: BlueYard Capital Fund I ($120M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

2
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
BlueYard Capital Fund II2019$127MFlagship
As of 2019Value Add VC funds tracker
BlueYard Capital Fund I2016$120MFlagship
As of 2016Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

4 total

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Dec 5, 2025CastelionSeries B$350M
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Castelion

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Quantum computing
2 · 50%
Defense
1 · 25%
Semiconductors
1 · 25%

Co-Investors

12
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Where these figures come from
  • Castelionprimary source1 fact
  • Value Add VC funds trackerValue Add VC data2 facts

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