# Interplay: portfolio, investments and team

> Interplay is a family office based in United States. 21 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/interplay (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Interplay

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 21 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $350K, Sept 2026 Family office

Seed Series A Series B AI Legal Tech Rare Earth

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 21 on record

Since the last cheque **251** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $10M** Rounds led **0 of 21** Sole investor **11 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch Interplay

## Interplay highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 89% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median undisclosed

## What they do

> Interplay is a startup ecosystem that supports founders... Studio Accelerator Ventures Secondaries From their own website

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $50K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** AI Legal Tech Rare Earth
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **21 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Pepper](https://millionrounds.com/company/pepper)** Series C · US · Ventureburn **$50M** With 7 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[ZitSticka](https://millionrounds.com/company/zitsticka)** Series A · US · Prnewswire **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Little Spoon](https://millionrounds.com/company/little-spoon)** US · FinSMEs **$7.0M** With 7 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Sept** **[The/Studio](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-studio)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 4 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[Dex Academy](https://millionrounds.com/company/dex-academy)** **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Fulton Waters](https://millionrounds.com/company/fulton-waters)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Course Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/course-hero)** Series A · US **$15M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Modern Meadow](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-meadow)** Series A · US **$10M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Trumaker](https://millionrounds.com/company/trumaker)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Truman James](https://millionrounds.com/company/truman-james)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Jackpocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/jackpocket)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2013** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[FlyCleaners](https://millionrounds.com/company/flycleaners)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Nomad Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomad-financial)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **May** **[Coinbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinbase)** Series A · US · sec.gov **$6.1M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Gone!](https://millionrounds.com/company/gone)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[TwentyPine](https://millionrounds.com/company/twentypine)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Awl & Sundry](https://millionrounds.com/company/awl-and-sundry)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Jan** **[Venwise](https://millionrounds.com/company/venwise)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Founder Shield](https://millionrounds.com/company/founder-shield)** **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2011** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Warby Parker](https://millionrounds.com/company/warby-parker)** Series A · US · blogs.wsj.com **$12M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[DevSpark](https://millionrounds.com/company/devspark)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

BP **Brett Palatiello** Managing Member of the General Partner, Interplay Blockchain GP I, L.L.C., i Filing they signed

KW **Kevin W. Tung** Managing Member of the General Partner, Interplay Blockchain GP I, L.L.C., i Filing they signed

MP **Mark Peter Davis** Managing Member of the General Partner, Interplay Blockchain GP I, L.L.C., i Filing they signed

MR **Michael Rogers** Managing Principal i Filing they signed

We also hold **18** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$96M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 289041

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**60** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Acquire](https://millionrounds.com/company/acquire)[Animocabrands](https://millionrounds.com/company/animoca-brands)[Anthropic](https://millionrounds.com/company/anthropic)[Autolab](https://millionrounds.com/company/autolab)[Bennie](https://millionrounds.com/company/bennie)[Boxhub](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxhub)[Broadlume](https://millionrounds.com/company/broadlume)[Brokerbuddha](https://millionrounds.com/company/broker-buddha)[Burrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/burrow)[Chiper](https://millionrounds.com/company/chiper)[Coreweave](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreweave)[Coursehero](https://millionrounds.com/company/course-hero)[Coursehorse](https://millionrounds.com/company/coursehorse)[Crusoe](https://millionrounds.com/company/crusoe)[Databricks](https://millionrounds.com/company/databricks)[Divibank](https://millionrounds.com/company/divibank)[Dremio](https://millionrounds.com/company/dremio)[Emergemarket](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerge)[Figure](https://millionrounds.com/company/figure)[Foundershield](https://millionrounds.com/company/founder-shield)[Fuel](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuel)[Havenly](https://millionrounds.com/company/havenly)[Holler](https://millionrounds.com/company/holler)[Hygh](https://millionrounds.com/company/hygh)[Indinero](https://millionrounds.com/company/indinero)[Jackpocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/jackpocket)[Jellysmack](https://millionrounds.com/company/jellysmack)[Jetty](https://millionrounds.com/company/jetty)[Justpoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/justpoint)[Kalshi](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[Lawmatics](https://millionrounds.com/company/lawmatics)[Leaflink](https://millionrounds.com/company/leaflink)[Littlespoon](https://millionrounds.com/company/little-spoon)[Maxretail](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxretail)[Meroka](https://millionrounds.com/company/meroka)[Metatheory](https://millionrounds.com/company/metatheory)[Nanome](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanome)[Neurable](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurable)[Newfront](https://millionrounds.com/company/newfront)[Nodal](https://millionrounds.com/company/nodal)[Numerade](https://millionrounds.com/company/numerade)[Onsiteiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/onsiteiq)[Openevidence](https://millionrounds.com/company/openevidence)[Ophelia](https://millionrounds.com/company/ophelia)[Packsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/packsmith)[Provi](https://millionrounds.com/company/provi)[Purple-ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/purple-ai)[Redwoodmaterials](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials)[Relief](https://millionrounds.com/company/relief)[Rho](https://millionrounds.com/company/rho)[Roofr](https://millionrounds.com/company/roofr)[Safi](https://millionrounds.com/company/safi)[Sambanova](https://millionrounds.com/company/sambanova)[Shopthing](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopthing)[Slumberkins](https://millionrounds.com/company/slumberkins)[Smalls](https://millionrounds.com/company/smalls)[Stellarfi](https://millionrounds.com/company/stellarfi)[Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/company/stripe)[Temperpack](https://millionrounds.com/company/temperpack)[Tetra](https://millionrounds.com/company/tetra) and 97 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$350K**

raised in Sept 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$9.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 21 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *7*
- Seed said *1*
- Series C *1*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Interplay. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**SV Angel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Interplay put money into.

[**Pepper** $50M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pepper)[**Little Spoon** $7.0M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/little-spoon)[**The/Studio** $11M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-studio)

## Quick answers about Interplay

### What does Interplay invest in?

Interplay invests most often at Series A and Seed (89% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Legal Tech and Rare Earth.

### How active is Interplay?

21 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

### What has Interplay invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Pepper (Series C, Feb 2026), ZitSticka (Series A, Oct 2019) and Little Spoon (Undisclosed round, Feb 2019).

### How big are Interplay's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.0M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $10M.

### Does Interplay lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 21 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Interplay invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Interplay investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Interplay invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (2 rounds together).

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