Playground
Status
ACTIVE
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.
Playground Global is an early stage venture capital firm investing in cutting-edge science and technology companies worldwide.
Investment Thesis
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.
Manager's Experience
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.
Team
Todd Austin
Sandy Taylor
Sandy Taylor
Sandy Taylor
Matt Hershenson
Laurie Yoler
Jory Bell
Greg Wilson
Andy Rubin
Akim Richards
Portfolio
Nuro
Skydio
Planet Labs
PsiQuantum
Relativity Space
Virta Health
Agility Robotics
MosaicML
Nervana Systems
Devialet