Playground Global

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Playground backs deep tech companies across four primary domains: Next Gen Compute (quantum computing, AI acceleration, novel architectures), Automation (technologies delivering tangible ROI), Energy Transition (cleaner and smarter energy solutions), and Engineered Biology (AI-enabled synthetic biology platforms for drug development).

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Quantum, Cloud Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

Playground invests in breakthrough science and deep tech at the earliest stages of company formation, backing technical founders working at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science. They explicitly position themselves to invest ‘somewhere between improbable and impossible’—willing to back companies at a stage ‘too early for everyone else.’ Their thesis centers on transforming scientific innovation into world-changing companies by supporting scientists and engineers redefining what’s possible.

What Sets Them Apart

Invests at the earliest stages of company formation when other VCs won't
Focuses specifically on technical founders in deep tech and hard science
Portfolio companies 'don't always fit into categories—they create them'
Emphasis on breakthrough science turning into world-changing companies rather than incremental innovation
Concentration at the intersection of multiple frontier technologies (AI + synthetic biology, etc.)