Playground Acquire, L.P.
Late investment period
Late investment period: first sale Mar 2022, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)
- Vintage
- 2022
- Fund size
- $30.71M to $30.79M (Form D and SEC adviser filing)
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- AI infra, Synthetic biology, Energy, Robotics, Quantum, Semiconductors
- Regions
- Not stated
01 · Thesis
Playground invests at the earliest stages of company formation in deep tech, backing technical founders working on AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, hard science, automation, and energy transition.Inferred from the firm's website
02 · Initial check
$205K to $385K (estimated from fund size)
Estimated from Form D and SEC adviser filing
03 · Who to approach
Named on this fund's Form D
- Bruce Leak, General Partner
- Matt Hershenson, Venture Partner
- Peter Barrett, General Partner
04 · Deals
No deals attributed to this fund yet.
05 · Evidence
Firm-widePlayground invests at the earliest stages of company formation, backing technical founders working at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science.
We invest at the earliest stages of company formation, backing technical founders working at the intersection of AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and hard science.
https://www.playground.vc/
06 · Sources
Last verified: Oct 28, 2026