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Playground Global

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Venture capital firm

Playground Global, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and located in Palo Alto, CA, which focuses on early-stage deep tech investments.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2015Founded1
  • Industryventure capital1
  • HeadquartersPalo Alto1
  • Websiteplayground.global
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address380 Portage Avenue, Palo Alto, Ca 943065

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Playground Global, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and located in Palo Alto, CA, which focuses on early-stage deep tech investments.3

Corporate structure

Playground Global sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Playground Global

  • Peter Barrett Owns 10% to 25% of Playground Global, since 01/2015 (Form ADV)
  • Bruce Leak Owns 10% to 25% of Playground Global, since 01/2015 (Form ADV)
  • Jory Bell Owns 10% to 25% of Playground Global, since 02/2020 (Form ADV)
  • Pat P Gelsinger Owns 10% to 25% of Playground Global, since 03/2025 (Form ADV)
  • Playground Global Palo Alto

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G; owners and owned firms from Form ADV, the registration investment advisers file with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Investment adviser

Playground Global is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. This is what it reports on Form ADV, the registration every adviser files and keeps current.

Who owns it

Owners of 5% or more as the firm lists them (Schedule A), and the owners of those owners up the chain (Schedule B).

  • Peter Barrettowns 10% to 25%, since 01/2015
  • Jory Bellowns 10% to 25%, since 02/2020
  • Pat P Gelsingerowns 10% to 25%, since 03/2025
  • Bruce Leakowns 10% to 25%, since 01/2015

The story

Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests across next gen compute, automation, energy transition and decarbonization and engineered biology. The company was founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin, Bruce Leak, Matt Hershenson and Peter Barrett.

The firm invests exclusively in technical founders taking large technology risks. Playground's portfolio consists of companies including PsiQuantum, Relativity Space, Ultima Genomics, and MosaicML (acq. by Databricks), d-Matrix, Strand Therapeutics and Velo3D (NYSE: SPFR).

From Wikipedia’s article on Playground Global, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Timeline

  1. 2015Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Playground Global is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARPlayground Global, LLC2
  • CIK0001638842
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Business address380 Portage Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 943062
  • Phone650-843-50002
  • On EDGAR sinceApr 6, 20152
  • Filings3 in all: D (2), D/A (1)2

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