Playground Global

Playground Global

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Investment Firm

Overview

Playground is an early-stage investment firm that helps old and new investors and entrepreneurs working at the intersection of bits, atoms, and AI. It focuses on investment, innovation, connected hardware, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Highlights

Founded

2015

Industry

Information Technology

Employees

51-100

Investment

116

Lead Investment

52

Exits

16

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Playground Global, established in 2015 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Software, Big Data, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Venture Capital. The organization boasts a portfolio of 114 investments, with an average round size of $58.3M and 16 successful exits. Their recent investments include Nervana, DCVC, Threshold, Allen & Company, Fuel Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $575.3B. Among their most notable exits are Nervana and DCVC. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Laurie Yoler

General Partner

imagePlace Matt Hershenson

Matt Hershenson

Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and General Partner

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Jory Bell

General Partner

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Bruce Leak

Co-Founder, Founding Partner & General Partner

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Peter Barrett

Founder, General Partner, and CTO

imagePlace Phyllis Whiteley

Phyllis Whiteley

Venture Partner

Investment portfolio

Playground Global has made 116 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 01, 2024, when Outpace Bio raised $144.0M.

Playground Global has made 22 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Nov 29, 2022, when Saltbox raised $35.0M.

investments

116

Diversity investments

22

Lead investments

52

Number of exits

16

Investments

116

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 21, 2024
Insamo Insamo
Biotechnology12.0M
Mar 21, 2024
Pandion Pandion
E-Commerce41.5M
Aug 01, 2024
Outpace Bio Outpace Bio
Biotechnology144.0M
Aug 07, 2024--25.0M

Exits

16

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

116

Investors

1

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

116

Playground Global has raised 116 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 07, 2024 from a Series B - Anjuna round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 21, 2024
Seed Round - Insamo Seed Round - Insamo
-12.0M-
Mar 21, 2024
Series B - Pandion Series B - Pandion
-41.5M-
Aug 01, 2024
Series B - Outpace Bio Series B - Outpace Bio
-144.0M-
Aug 07, 2024
Series B - Anjuna Series B - Anjuna
-25.0M-

Investors

1

Playground Global is funded by 1 investor(s). Redpoint Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Redpoint Redpoint
Yes
Series A - Playground Global
0

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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