Playground Global
Playground Global is an early-stage deep tech venture firm based in Palo Alto that explicitly says it invests in next-generation compute, including quantum computing.
- Investor type
- Venture capital
- Quantum focus
- Some quantum investments
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto
- Founded
- 2015
- Assets under management
- $1.7 billion in assets under management, according to the About page.
- Key people
- Peter Barrett,
Matt Hershenson,
Bruce Leak,
Laurie Yoler, - Website
- playground.global
Playground Global presents itself as an early-stage deep tech investor focused on company formation and technical founders working across AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, automation, energy transition, and hard science. Its website says it invests where “breakthrough science turns into world-changing companies,” and specifically includes quantum computing within its next-gen compute focus.
The firm says it is based in Palo Alto and has $1.7 billion in assets under management. Playground describes its role as backing very early technical companies and working side by side with founders. It can be classified as a generalist deep tech venture investor with some explicit quantum interest, rather than a dedicated quantum-only fund.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the sources below, retrieved by DesignQuantum.
- Playground playground.vc
- About playground.vc
- Playground Global en.wikipedia.org
Last verified: October 28, 2026