Playground Global

Founded in 2015, Playground Global is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. It invests in early-stage companies focused on next-generation computing, automation, energy transition, and engineered biology.

Jory Bell

General Partner

Brian Burton

Associate

Justin Ernest

Associate

Matt Hershenson

General Partner

Benjamin Kim

Associate

Past deals in Laser

Ayar Labs

Series D in 2024
Ayar Labs develops and manufactures high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers, specializing in optical interconnect solutions. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, offers a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution for applications requiring high bandwidth, low latency, and power efficiency. The company's products serve various industries such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, telecommunications, aerospace, and military.

Velo3D

Post in 2021
Velo3D specializes in metal laser sintering 3D printing technology for industrial applications. It offers the Sapphire Printer system, Flow software for print preparation, and Assure for quality assurance. Serving contract manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, energy, and industrial sectors, Velo3D enables support-free metal printing.

Ayar Labs

Series B in 2020
Ayar Labs develops and manufactures high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers, specializing in optical interconnect solutions. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, offers a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution for applications requiring high bandwidth, low latency, and power efficiency. The company's products serve various industries such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, telecommunications, aerospace, and military.

Velo3D

Series D in 2020
Velo3D specializes in metal laser sintering 3D printing technology for industrial applications. It offers the Sapphire Printer system, Flow software for print preparation, and Assure for quality assurance. Serving contract manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, energy, and industrial sectors, Velo3D enables support-free metal printing.

PsiQuantum

Series C in 2020
PsiQuantum is developing the world's first utility-scale quantum computer using photonic qubits. This approach aims to deliver a fault-tolerant, general-purpose quantum computer capable of addressing complex challenges in fields such as climate change, healthcare, finance, and more.

Ayar Labs

Series A in 2018
Ayar Labs develops and manufactures high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers, specializing in optical interconnect solutions. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, offers a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution for applications requiring high bandwidth, low latency, and power efficiency. The company's products serve various industries such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, telecommunications, aerospace, and military.

Velo3D

Series C in 2018
Velo3D specializes in metal laser sintering 3D printing technology for industrial applications. It offers the Sapphire Printer system, Flow software for print preparation, and Assure for quality assurance. Serving contract manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, energy, and industrial sectors, Velo3D enables support-free metal printing.

PsiQuantum

Series B in 2017
PsiQuantum is developing the world's first utility-scale quantum computer using photonic qubits. This approach aims to deliver a fault-tolerant, general-purpose quantum computer capable of addressing complex challenges in fields such as climate change, healthcare, finance, and more.

Velo3D

Series B in 2016
Velo3D specializes in metal laser sintering 3D printing technology for industrial applications. It offers the Sapphire Printer system, Flow software for print preparation, and Assure for quality assurance. Serving contract manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, energy, and industrial sectors, Velo3D enables support-free metal printing.

PsiQuantum

Series A in 2016
PsiQuantum is developing the world's first utility-scale quantum computer using photonic qubits. This approach aims to deliver a fault-tolerant, general-purpose quantum computer capable of addressing complex challenges in fields such as climate change, healthcare, finance, and more.
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