Equal parts investment firm & engineering lab, Playground partners with entrepreneurs working to shape the way we will work, live and play in the future.
Employees: 11-50
Investment Stage: Series A
Portfolio 49
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 14.08.2024 | De-Ice | deice.com | - | - |
| 01.03.2024 | Insamo | insamo.com | $12M | - |
| 01.03.2024 | Element Ze... | elementzero.green | $10M | - |
| 29.11.2023 | Phasecraft | phasecraft.io | $38.24M | United Kin... |
| 26.10.2023 | Boxbot | boxbot.io | $19.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.08.2023 | Amber Bio | amber.bio | $26M | - |
| 27.01.2023 | Atomic AI | atomic.ai | $35M | United Sta... |
| 16.12.2022 | Infinimmun... | infinimmune.com | $12M | United Sta... |
| 19.09.2022 | Ideon Tech... | ideon.ai | $17.3M | Canada, Br... |
| 26.03.2021 | 1910 Genet... | 1910genetics.com | $26M | United Sta... |
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Persons 42
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Angela | Lin | Principal,... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Richard | Peretz | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Greg | Wilson | VP of Fina... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Richard | Becker | Manager, P... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Katja | Gagen | Operating ... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Clinton | Lazzari | Operating ... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Nishant | Singh | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Justin | Ernest | Senior Ass... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Kim | Watson | Finance Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Matt | Hershenson | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | M**t@playg... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.12.2023 | Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments | Playground Global, the storied early-stage venture capital firm, brought in $410 million in capital commitments for its Fund III to invest in early-stage deep tech and science companies. The new fund gives Palo Alto–based Playground over $1... |
| 14.12.2023 | Playground Global Raises $410M for Fund III | Playground Global, a Palo Alto, CA-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs who have developed breakthroughs in frontier technologies, raised $410m in new capital for Fund III. This brings the firm’s assets under ma... |
| 27.10.2023 | Phasecraft – raises £13m in Series A Funding Round | We are delighted to announce our latest investment into Phasecraft as part of a £13m Series A Funding Round. The University College London spin-out designs quantum software for quantum information processors encompassing both near-term inte... |
| 21.08.2023 | Phasecraft Wants To Power The Clean Energy Transition With Their Quantum Algorithm | 14 July 2022, Bavaria, Garching: A cryostat from a quantum computer stands during a press tour of ... [+] the Leibniz Computing Center. A quantum computer does not store information in the form of bits, which can only assume two possible st... |
| 16.08.2023 | Phasecraft's Quantum Leap: £13M funding for real-world applications | Spun out of University College London and the University of Bristol, quantum tech start-up Phasecraft is in the race to realise the advantages of quantum. Already claiming its quantum algorithms are primed for the imperfect quantum computer... |
| 03.08.2023 | Playground Global Expands Portfolio Support with New Operating Partners Nate Chang in Life Sciences and Katja Gagen in Strategy, Marketing & Communications | Their expertise complements the 40+-person team at Playground dedicated to investing in breakthrough technologies and providing comprehensive support to founders and their companies. PALO ALTO, Calif. (PRWEB) August 03, 2023 Playground Glob... |
| 13.04.2023 | 13 VCs talk about the state of robotics investing in 2023 | Robotics is a fascinating topic. It can be frustrating, too. When I started covering the space nearly 15 years ago, there was a sense that something big was looming, just over the horizon. But roboticists are a pragmatic bunch, offering pro... |
| 31.01.2023 | A Constellation of International Investors Funds Anari AI’s AI-Powered Cloud Computing Solution | Serbian provider of AI-powered cloud-based virtual chips Anari AI closed a USD 3M Seed round The technology decreases the compute resource requirements, as well as the collateral carbon emission, and is also highly customizable for differen... |
| 14.09.2022 | France’s Devialet amps up with €50 million in new funds | French audio engineering company and producer of some of the world’s most interesting and dare I say iconic speaker systems, Devialet has secured €50 million via existing investors Crédit Mutuel Equity and Bpifrance via the Large Venture Fu... |
| - | As AI hype soars, VCs are tussling to figure out what’s real and what’s an illusion | Arthur C. Clarke’s best-remembered law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Which, of course, poses a challenge to tech investors. When a nascent technology like AI rockets to prominence, investors... |