# Playground funding: rounds and investors > Playground has raised $43M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Gaingels, Kleiner Perkins and Animoca Brands. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/playground (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Playground* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Community Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$43M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$40M** Round **$3.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2025 - **Biggest round:** $40M Round · Jan 2017 - **Investors:** 4 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$40M** Round **$3.0M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Round, $40M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.4 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) Source recorded - **Feb 2021** Seed **$3.0M** *2 new* [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Human Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/human-capital-2) Source recorded - **Jan 2017** Round **$40M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2017 **Seed** 2021 **Venture** 2025 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) [Human Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/human-capital-2) ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) Accelerator **1** round [Human Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/human-capital-2) Growth equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=playground). ## Quick answers about Playground ### Who invested in Playground? Playground's investors include Gaingels, Kleiner Perkins, Animoca Brands and Human Capital. ### How much has Playground raised? Playground has raised $43M across 3 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Playground last raise? Playground's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2025. ### What was Playground's biggest round? Playground's largest round on record is $40M (Undisclosed round), in Jan 2017. ### Who backed Playground first? Playground's first round on record, in Feb 2021, was backed by Kleiner Perkins and Human Capital. ### What stage is Playground at? Playground's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2025. ### Where is Playground based? Playground is based in the United States. ## Companies like Playground In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**CodePath** $50M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/codepath)[**CustomMade** $28M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/custommade)[**Nuvve** $6.0M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuvve)[**Mountain Valley Pipeline** $358M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/mountain-valley-pipeline)[**Flite** $74M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/flite)[**Contra** $151M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/contra) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app