Current Firm
BlueYard Capital
Focus
Web3, Biotech
Ciaran O'Leary is the son of former IDA Ireland chief Barry O'Leary, giving him an unusually deep family-level perspective on how global tech and foreign direct investment decisions get made, which informs his approach to European startup ecosystems. He has organized BlueYard's investment thesis around three specific fundamental forces—decentralisation of markets, democratisation of capabilities, and liberation of data—for nearly a decade, backing technically ambitious infrastructure companies like Protocol Labs/Filecoin, Meatable, and Bit Bio rather than incremental software plays.
Ciaran O'Leary is a Co-Founder & General Partner, BlueYard Capital at BlueYard Capital, based in Berlin, Germany.
Ciaran's investment focus spans Web3, Biotech, AI, Deeptech, Climate, primarily investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This specialization allows for deep domain knowledge and strong network effects that benefit portfolio companies.
Ciaran O'Leary is a Co-Founder & General Partner, BlueYard Capital at BlueYard Capital, based in Berlin, Germany. Their investment focus includes Web3, Biotech, AI.
Ciaran O'Leary focuses on investments in Web3, Biotech, AI, Deeptech, Climate through BlueYard Capital. These focus areas reflect their domain expertise and the types of startups they actively seek to back.
Ciaran O'Leary is currently at BlueYard Capital, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, serving as Co-Founder & General Partner, BlueYard Capital.