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Global HQ
California, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
Industries
  • Deep Tech
  • Robotics
  • AI
  • Quantum Computing
  • Aerospace
  • Space Tech
  • Logistics
  • Industrial Tech
About
Playground Global is an early stage venture capital firm investing in cutting-edge science and technology companies worldwide.
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Playground is an early stage investment firm that’s built to help brilliant entrepreneurs bring bold technical visions to life. They invest in ambitious people and ideas at the forefront of science and technology.
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Founded in 2015 in Palo Alto, with Andy Rubin, Bruce Leak, Matt Hershenson, and Peter Barrett named as founders. Today's General Partners are Peter Barrett, Jory Bell, Pat Gelsinger, and Bruce Leak, joined by Partners Benjamin Kim, Rahul Meka, and Daniel Yum, Principal Marissa Ramirez de Chanlatte, and Venture Partners Matt Hershenson, Sasha Ostojic, Richard Peretz, and Laurie Yoler, with Kendra Perlitz as Chief Operating Officer. Reports $1.7B under management, with a $475M fourth fund announced in May 2026. Backed PsiQuantum, Ultima Genomics, d-Matrix, Ayar Labs, Agility Robotics, Strand Therapeutics, Velo3D, Relativity Space, and MosaicML, which Databricks acquired. Headquartered at 380 Portage Avenue in Palo Alto. Backs technical founders in early-stage deep tech across engineered biology, next-generation compute, automation, and the energy transition, investing somewhere between improbable and impossible.

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Todd Austin

Sandy Taylor

Sandy Taylor

Sandy Taylor

Matt Hershenson

Laurie Yoler

Jory Bell

Greg Wilson

Andy Rubin

Akim Richards

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Skydio

Planet Labs

PsiQuantum

Relativity Space

Virta Health

Agility Robotics

MosaicML

Nervana Systems

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