Playground

Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital
50investments
6exits
$1.1Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
2,567open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Playground Global is a deep tech venture capital firm that invests in engineering-heavy companies tackling hard technical problems. It backs founders in areas such as AI and next-generation computing, semiconductors, robotics and automation, climate technology and engineered biology, often supporting them in-house with technical staff. The firm was founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin, co-creator of Android, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
50
33 of them startups
Hiring now
26
2,567 open roles
Deals in 12 months
3
3 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
10
$1.1B raised
Exits
6
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 30%Hardware 23%Health Care 15%Robotics 10%Biotechnology 10%Science & Engineering 10%Manufacturing 8%Energy & Utilities 5%
Where its companies are
United States 66%Israel 2%Germany 2%United Kingdom 2%Finland 2%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 75%Series A 25%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 50 investments
XRlabsSeed $8.4M · this month · led a round PowerlatticeincVenture round $86M · this month · 8 roles PicoJoolVenture round $275M · 1 mo ago Element ZeroSeed $10M · 2 mo ago · led a round InfinimmuneVenture round $75M · 3 mo ago Photon QueueSeed $4M · 3 mo ago · led a round Unconventional AISeed $475M · 10 mo ago · 14 roles RapidSOSVenture round $100M · 11 mo ago · 7 roles Sizable EnergyVenture round $8.8M · 12 mo ago PsiQuantumSeries E $1B · 14 mo ago · 93 roles PhasecraftVenture round $34M · 14 mo ago · 11 roles DatabricksVenture round $1B · 16 mo ago · 875 roles
2,567 open roles at 26 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Intel392 new roles in 30 days Databricks196 new roles in 30 days Relativity Space118 new roles in 30 days Skydio64 new roles in 30 days PsiQuantum31 new roles in 30 days Agility Robotics25 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
XRlabsadded Nov 8 · led a round
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Andreessen Horowitz 5 shared Y Combinator 4 shared DCVC 4 shared Insight Partners 4 shared Lightspeed Venture Partners 4 shared FPV Ventures 4 shared IPO Club 4 shared Lux Capital 3 shared Pear VC 3 shared ValueAdd VC 3 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
DCVC NEA Techstars Lux Capital GV E14 Fund Eclipse Kleiner Perkins
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 8 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Palo Alto United States
HQ
Ready to build the impossible
10-50 est. staff
Headquarters: 380 Portage Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306
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