Firms

Playground Global

Palo Alto, California, US

playground.vc

signal.nfx.com

goldi.ai

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. Playground was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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Type: Venture capital

Jory Bell Playground Global, general_partner	$10M$1M – $20M	Palo Alto, California
Peter Barrett Playground Global, general_partner	$10M$1M – $20M	Palo Alto, California
Brian Burton Playground Global, investor	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco Bay Area
Bruce Leak Playground Global, partner	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco Bay Area
Laurie Yoler Playground Global, partner	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco Bay Area
Matt Hershenson Playground Global, unknown	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco Bay Area
Victoria Sun Playground Global, principal	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco Bay Area
Justin Ernest Playground Global, associate	$10M$1M – $20M	San Francisco, California
Benjamin Kim Playground Global, associate	$10M$1M – $20M	Stanford, California
Andy Rubin Playground Global, managing_partner	$25K$10K – $50K	San Francisco Bay Area
Austin Yu Playground Global, Senior Associate Investment	—— – —
Caroline Little Playground Global, Director Government Affairs Platform	—— – —
Chika Nakasu Playground Global, Executive Manager Operations	—— – —
Cici Tong Playground Global, Assistant Controller Operations	—— – —
Clinton Lazzari Playground Global, Operating Partner, Supply Chain Technical	—— – —
Daniel Yum Playground Global, Partner Investment	—— – —
Gael Huynh Playground Global, Executive Assistant Operations	—— – —
Greg Wilson Playground Global, Chief Financial Officer Operations	—— – —
Guocong Song Playground Global, Data Scientist Technical	—— – —
Hadley Wilkins Playground Global, Operating Partner Marketing Platform	—— – —
Jacqueline Tame Playground Global, Operating Partner External Affairs Platform	—— – —
Jasmine Jordan Playground Global, Events Manager Platform	—— – —
Jeff Freburg Playground Global, Real Estate & Operations, Vice President Operations	—— – —
Jeff Merver Playground Global, Head of IT & Infrastructure Operations	—— – —
Jim Vieceli Playground Global, General Counsel Operations	—— – —
John Vormbaum Playground Global, Principal Talent Partner Operations	—— – —
Jon Carter Playground Global, Venture Partner Platform	—— – —
Kendra Perlitz Playground Global, Chief Operating Officer Platform	—— – —
Kim Watson Playground Global, Finance Manager Operations	—— – —
Marissa Ramirez de Chanlatte Playground Global, Principal Investor Investment	—— – —
Michelle Wagner Playground Global, Operating Partner People and Talent Platform	—— – —
Nancy Ly Playground Global, Associate, Finance & Administrator Operations	—— – —
Nate Chang Playground Global, Platform	—— – —
Nicole Sonnert Playground Global, Senior Associate Investment	—— – —
Pat Gelsinger Playground Global, General Partner Investment	—— – —
Rahul Meka Playground Global, Partner Investment	—— – —
Rasheed Auguste Playground Global, Investor Investment	—— – —
Richard Becker Playground Global, Manager, Prototype and Lab Operations Technical	—— – —
Richard Peretz Playground Global, Venture Partner Investment	—— – —
Sarah Nelson Playground Global, Senior Fund Accountant Operations	—— – —
Sasha Ostojic Playground Global, Venture Partner Investment	—— – —
Steph Heath Playground Global, People Partner & Programs Lead Platform	—— – —
Vilma Roa Playground Global, Receptionist Operations	—— – —

$55M2026	nVision	Playground Global
$12M2025-11-18	PicoJool	Playground Global
$25M2025-11-17	PowerLattice	Playground Global
$8M2025-10-22	Sizable Energy	Playground Global
$11M2025-10-15	Vertical Semiconductor	Playground Global, Matt Hershenson
$34M2025-09-02	Phasecraft	AlbionVC, Playground Global, Plural, Ian Hogarth, Peter Barrett
$—2025-08-07	Strand Therapeutics	ICONIQ Capital, Playground Global
$23M2025-06-23	Snowcap	Playground Global, Vsquared Ventures
$23M2025	Snowcap	Playground Global, Vsquared Ventures
$40M2025	xLight	Playground Global
$144M2024-08-01	Outpace	Playground Global
$—2023-08-16	Phasecraft	Playground Global, AlbionVC
$20M2023-04-20	Robust AI	Playground Global
$35M2023-01-25	Atomic AI	Playground Global, 8VC, Jory Bell
$35M2022-11-29	Saltbox	Playground Global, Laurie Yoler
$25M2022-11-14	Owl Labs	Playground Global
$75M2022-10-25	RapidSOS	Playground Global
$16M2022-09-19	Ideon	Playground Global
$45M2022-06-03	Farmwise	Playground Global
$—2022-05-31	Ultima Genomics	Founders Fund, D1 Capital Partners, General Atlantic, Khosla Ventures, aMoon, Playground Global, Lightspeed
$150M2022-04-22	Agility Robotics	DCVC, Playground Global
$25M2022	Owl Labs	Playground Global
$64M2021-10	MosaicML	DCVC, Frontline Ventures, Lux Capital, Playground Global
$16M2021-07-07	Lacuna	Playground Global
$21M2021-05-18	Artificial	Playground Global
$20M2021-04-22	Universal Hydrogen	Founders Fund, Airbus Ventures, Build Collective, Coatue Management LLC, Playground Global, SKY VC
$22M2021-03-23	1910 Genetics	Playground Global, Jory Bell
$10M2021	Saltbox	Playground Global
$—2020-10-28	Robust AI	Playground Global
$140M2020-10-01	Relativity Space	Y Combinator, Playground Global, Tribe Capital, Social Capital, BOND
$11M2020-08-11	BodyPort	Y Combinator, Playground Global, Initialized Capital, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
$100M2020-07-13	Skydio Inc	Andreessen Horowitz, Playground Global
$28M2020-04-28	Velo3D	Khosla Ventures, Playground Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Piva Capital, Jory Bell, David Cowan, Sven Strohband
$—2020	Relativity Space	Y Combinator, Coatue Management LLC, Playground Global, XN, Fidelity Investments, Robin Capital
$110M2019-10-23	Fabric	Innovation Endeavors, Playground Global
$15M2019-04-17	Owl Labs	Playground Global
$23M2018-12-17	RightHand Robotics	Playground Global
$30M2018-11-06	RapidSOS	Playground Global
$35M2018-03-27	Relativity	Playground Global
$20M2018-02	Fabric	Innovation Endeavors, Playground Global
$17M2017-05-11	Lighthouse	Eclipse, Felicis, Playground Global, Lior Susan, Seth Winterroth
$60M2017-04-10	Branch	Playground Global
$106M2016-11-28	Devialet	Playground Global
$—2015-08-19	CAStar	Playground Global
$—2014-05-25	eero	First Round, Playground Global
$4MUnknown date	GigaCrop	Playground Global
$10MUnknown date	Element Zero	Playground Global
$10MUnknown date	Inscopix	Playground Global
$12MUnknown date	Infinimmune	Playground Global
$—Unknown date	Syenta	Playground Global
$26MUnknown date	Amber Bio	Playground Global
$37MUnknown date	Leaf Logistics	Playground Global
$303MUnknown date	NextSilicon	Playground Global
$159MUnknown date	Nauto	Playground Global
$—Unknown date	xLight	Playground Global
$5MUnknown date	Farmwise	Playground Global
$12MUnknown date	Boxbot	Playground Global
$—Unknown date	Alva Energy	Playground Global
$55M2026-05-13	NVISION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH	Playground Global
$23M2025-06-23	Snowcap Compute	Playground Global, Vsquared Ventures
$33M2022-01-11	Mangata Networks	Playground Global, Jory Bell
$4M2020-10-13	Lassogen	Playground Global
$13M2020-06-11	Sentropy	Playground Global
$20M2018	CommonSense Robotics	Playground Global
$15M2017-12-19	Canvas Technology	Playground Global, Andy Rubin
$8MUnknown date	Sizeable Energy	Playground Global
$55MUnknown date	NVision Imaging Technologies	Playground Global

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