Playground Global

Playground Global, LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded2015; 11 years ago (2015)
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Key people
WebsiteOfficial website

Playground Global, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and located in Palo Alto, CA, which focuses on early-stage deep tech investments.

Background

Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests across next gen compute, automation, energy transition and decarbonization and engineered biology. The company was founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin, Bruce Leak, Matt Hershenson and Peter Barrett.

The firm invests exclusively in technical founders taking large technology risks. Playground's portfolio consists of companies including PsiQuantum, Relativity Space, Ultima Genomics, and MosaicML (acq. by Databricks), d-Matrix, Strand Therapeutics and Velo3D (NYSE: SPFR).

References

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    • "How one moonshot VC approaches investing in the COVID-19 era". TechCrunch. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. 1 2 Glaser, April (2017-05-19). "Andy Rubin's design lab Playground is finally bringing products to market". Vox. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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  4. ↑ "Andy Rubin Unleashed Android on the World. Now Watch Him Do the Same With AI". WIRED. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  5. ↑ "PsiQuantum backer Playground Global back in town looking for cash". Australian Financial Review. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Relativity Space Raises $35M Series B Funding Led by Playground Global as It Extends Full-Stack Rocket Production Leadership and Reinvents Satellite Launch and Deployment". Relativity Space. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  7. ↑ Hibbison, Ryan (2024-01-16). "Playground's Barrett on avoiding 'stupid' sectors to find success in deep tech". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  8. ↑ "Strand Therapeutics Raises $52M in Oversubscribed Series A Round". BioSpace. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-03.