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    Playground Global

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2015

    Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in pioneering entrepreneurs building the future with frontier technologies. They focus on deep technology sectors such as artificial intelligence, automation, life sciences, next-gen computing, robotics, decarbonization, and engineered biology, providing capital, strategic guidance, and operational expertise to Seed and Series A companies.

    Deal activity increased 500% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $68.2M (across 45 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    47

    Fund Size

    $1.2B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    JB

    Jory Bell

    General Partner

    BL

    Bruce Leak

    Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    47 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PPicoJoolSeed$12MNov 2025
    PPowerLatticeSeries A$25MNov 2025
    SSizable EnergySeed$8MOct 2025
    VVertical SemiconductorSeed$11MOct 2025
    Phasecraft logoPhasecraftSeries B$29MSep 2025
    Strand Therapeutics logoStrand TherapeuticsGrowth$153MAug 2025
    Outpace Bio logoOutpace BioSeries B$144MAug 2024
    Phasecraft logoPhasecraftSeries A$15MAug 2023
    NNVision ImagingSeries A$30MJun 2023
    Robust.AI logoRobust.AISeries A$20MApr 2023
    Atomic AI logoAtomic AISeries A$35MJan 2023
    Saltbox logoSaltboxSeries B$35MNov 2022
    Owl Labs logoOwl LabsSeries C$25MNov 2022
    RapidSOS logoRapidSOSSeries C$75MOct 2022
    IIdeon TechnologiesSeries A$16MSep 2022
    FarmWise logoFarmWiseSeries B$45MJun 2022
    Ultima Genomics logoUltima GenomicsGrowth$600MMay 2022
    AAgility Robotics Inc.Series B$150MApr 2022
    d-Matrix logod-MatrixSeries AApr 2022
    MMangata NetworksSeries A$33MJan 2022
    LLacuna TechnologiesSeries A$16MJul 2021
    AArtificialSeries A$21.5MMay 2021
    UUniversal HydrogenSeries A$20.5MApr 2021
    11910 GeneticsSeries A$22MMar 2021
    Robust.AI logoRobust.AISeries A$15MOct 2020
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    Top Co-Investors

    JetBlue2 shared
    AlbionVC2 shared
    Toyota AI Ventures2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    BOND2 shared
    Tribe2 shared
    Piva2 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026