Playground Global

Palo Alto, United States · VC · DeepTech Purist

About

Playground Global Playground Global was founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin (Android co-creator), Bruce Leak (Quicktime creator), Matt Hershenson, and Peter Barrett. AUM totals $1.2B across three funds (Fund III: $410M, 2023). Pat Gelsinger (former Intel CEO) joined as General Partner in March 2025. The portfolio of 66 companies includes 9 unicorns, 20% of the portfolio achieving unicorn status. Nearly one-third of investments are in engineered biology. Notable holdings include PsiQuantum (photonic qua

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PsiQuantum
MosaicML
d-Matrix
Agility Robotics
Ultima Genomics
Strand Therapeutics
Amber Bio

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