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Playground Global is an early-stage deep tech venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA, backing technical and scientific founders to transform ambitious ideas into high-impact businesses. Founded in 2015, the firm invests across areas including next-gen compute, energy transition, engineered biology, and automation.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (8 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $52.0M (across 99 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
75
Fund Size
$475M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
8
Team
Clinton Lazzari
Operating Partner, Supply Chain Technical
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
110 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNVision Imaging Technologies | Series B | $55M | May 2026 |
| NNVISION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | Series B | $55M | May 2026 |
 nVision | Series B | $55M | May 2026 |
| nVision | Series B | $55M | Jan 2026 |
 PicoJool | Seed | $12M | Nov 2025 |
 Powerlattice | Series A | $25M | Nov 2025 |
 Sizable Energy | Seed | $8M | Oct 2025 |
 Vertical Semiconductor | Seed | $11M | Oct 2025 |
 Phasecraft | Series B | — | Sep 2025 |
 Velo3D | Series D | $17.5M | Aug 2025 |
 Strand Therapeutics | Growth | — | Aug 2025 |
 Snowcap | Seed | $23M | Jun 2025 |
| SSnowcap Compute | Seed | $23M | Jun 2025 |
| XxLight Inc. | Series B | $40M | Jan 2025 |
| SSnowcap | Unknown | $23M | Jan 2025 |
 Outpace | Series B | $144M | Aug 2024 |
| OOutpace Bio | Series B | $144M | Jan 2024 |
| Phasecraft | Series A | — | Aug 2023 |
 Robust AI | Series A | $20M | Apr 2023 |
 Atomic AI | Series A | $35M | Jan 2023 |
 Saltbox | Series B | $35M | Nov 2022 |
 Owl Labs | Series C | $25M | Nov 2022 |
 RapidSOS | Series C | $75M | Oct 2022 |
 Ideon | Series A | $16M | Sep 2022 |
 Farmwise | Series B | $45M | Jun 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator10 shared
Matrix Partners8 shared
GV7 shared
Entrée Capital7 shared
Social Capital7 shared
AME Cloud Ventures6 shared
M126 shared
Tribe Capital6 shared
BOND6 shared
Founders Fund6 shared
Toyota Ventures6 shared
DCVC6 shared
Khosla Ventures5 shared
Aleph5 shared
Airbus Ventures5 shared
Spark Capital4 shared
Dream Incubator4 shared
Civilization Ventures4 shared
RA Capital Management4 shared
Insight Partners4 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026