Playground Global
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
Key people |
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| Website | Official 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.[1][2][3]
Background
Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests across next gen compute, automation, energy transition and decarbonization and engineered biology.[1][2][3] The company was founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin, Bruce Leak, Matt Hershenson and Peter Barrett.[4][3]
The firm invests exclusively in technical founders taking large technology risks.[3] 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).[5][6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ a b *"Andy Rubin's Playground wants to let anyone make the next big gadget". The Verge. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- "How one moonshot VC approaches investing in the COVID-19 era". TechCrunch. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ a b Glaser, April (2017-05-19). "Andy Rubin's design lab Playground is finally bringing products to market". Vox. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ a b c d Wakabayashi, Alistair Barr And Daisuke. "Android Creator Andy Rubin Launching Playground Global". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PsiQuantum backer Playground Global back in town looking for cash". Australian Financial Review. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ultima Genomics Delivers the $100 Genome". www.ultimagenomics.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Strand Therapeutics Raises $52M in Oversubscribed Series A Round". BioSpace. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Playground". Playground. Retrieved 2024-10-03.