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Playground Global

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Description

Playground is an early-stage firm investing in science companies working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and automation.

Investor Profile

Playground Global has made 119 investments, with 5 in the past 12 months and 45% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Series A (38%)
  • Series B (22%)
  • Seed (20%)
  • Series C (10%)
  • Series Unknown (4%)
  • Series D (3%)
  • Post Ipo Equity (1%)
  • Series E (1%)
  • Pre Seed (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (91%)
  • Israel (3%)
  • Germany (3%)
  • Canada (2%)
  • Australia (1%)
  • United Kingdom (1%)
  • France (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Robotics
  • Biotechnology
  • Hardware
  • Computer
  • Health Care
  • Machine Learning
  • Logistics
  • Pharmaceutical
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Playground Global frequently co-invest with?

Civilization Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 7
AME Cloud Ventures
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 10
Schematic Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Sahsen Ventures
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 5
Redpoint
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 7
DCVC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Alumni Ventures
North America, New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
Co-Investments: 5
Founders Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 6
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Playground Global often collaborate with?

DH
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
CR
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 2
AB
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
SR
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 2
LF
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
Shai Morag
Asia, HaMerkaz, Israel, Ra'anana
Shared Deals: 2
JL
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 2
MC
North America, Texas, United States, Dallas
Shared Deals: 3
Yoav Amit
Asia, Tel Aviv, Israel, Herseliya
Shared Deals: 2
Danny Leshem
Asia, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv
Shared Deals: 2

What are some of recent deals done by Playground Global?

GigaCrop

Berkeley, California, United States

GigaCrop reinvents photosynthesis to power greater harvests.

AgTechBiotechnology
Pre SeedMar 11, 2025
Amount Raised: $4,500,000
NVision Imaging Technologies

Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

NVision Imaging Technologies develops Quantum MRI agents for assessing early patient response to treatment at the metabolic level.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsMedical DevicePharmaceutical
Series BDec 20, 2024
Amount Raised: $26,078,750
Ayar Labs

San Jose, California, United States

Ayar Labs develops optical I/O solutions for large-scale AI workloads to accelerate data movement within AI systems.

ComputerHardwareInformation TechnologySemiconductor
Series DDec 11, 2024
Amount Raised: $155,000,000
Anjuna

Palo Alto, California, United States

Anjuna enables organizations to securely embrace the cloud by leveraging confidential computing technologies without changing applications.

Cloud SecurityComputerSoftware
Series BAug 7, 2024
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
Outpace Bio

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outpace Bio develops innovative cell therapies to enhance cancer treatment efficacy.

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife SciencePharmaceutical
Series BAug 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $144,000,000
Pandion

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pandion is a provider of a parcel network technology for e-commerce residential delivery.

Delivery ServiceE-CommerceLogisticsRetail
Series BMar 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $41,500,000
Insamo

Berkeley, California, United States

Insamo offers the discovery of membrane-permeable & orally available cyclic-peptides at an unprecedented scale.

BiotechnologyLife SciencePharmaceutical
SeedFeb 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $12,000,000
Element Zero

Perth City, Western Australia, Australia

Element Zero has created a mineral processing one platform into multiple metals.

Industrial EngineeringIndustrial Manufacturing
SeedJan 17, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Boxbot

Oakland, California, United States

Boxbot makes ordinary conveyor three-dimensional and transforms parcel delivery operations.

LogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
Series ASep 18, 2023
Amount Raised: $12,000,000
d-Matrix

Santa Clara, California, United States

D-Matrix is a computing platform that targets artificial intelligence inferencing workloads in the datacenter.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureData CenterSemiconductor
Series BSep 6, 2023
Amount Raised: $110,000,000