# Play Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Play Ventures is a vc firm based in Singapore. 127 investments on record, 19 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Play Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 127 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $5.0M, Aug 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Creator Economy

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**73%** of best year **19** **cheques in 12 months**, 127 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.7M** Rounds led **3 of 127** Sole investor **15 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 45%**

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## Play Ventures highlights

- 01 19 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 72% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 15 rounds, median $2.0M

## What they do

> Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2024-06 From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Creator Economy
- **Based in:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **127 appearances**

- **2026** 16 rounds
- **Sept** **[Circle Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-games)** Series A · TR **$25M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Surge Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/surge-games)** Seed · TR **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[geoSurge](https://millionrounds.com/company/geosurge)** Seed · GB **$12M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Uplane](https://millionrounds.com/company/uplane)** Seed · US **$500K** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[PvX Partners](https://millionrounds.com/company/pvx-partners)** Series A · SG **$11M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Vuelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/vuelo)** Seed · GB · Ventureburn **$75M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Cheer Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheer-games)** Pre-seed · ES **$4.5M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Vuelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/vuelo)** Debt · GB **$67M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[StoReel](https://millionrounds.com/company/storeel)** Debt · US **$25M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Arya](https://millionrounds.com/company/arya)** Grant · US **$17M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Alinea](https://millionrounds.com/company/alinea)** Debt · US **$23M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Arbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/arbor)** Seed · US **$6.3M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Midnite](https://millionrounds.com/company/midnite)** Series C · GB **$35M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Levellr](https://millionrounds.com/company/levellr)** Seed · GB **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[RiskFront Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/riskfront-lab)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Blockit AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockit-ai)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **2025** 18 rounds
- **Dec** **[PvX Partners](https://millionrounds.com/company/pvx-partners)** Seed · SG **$4.7M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Abrakadabra Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/abrakadabra-games)** Venture · TR **$500K** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Azra Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/azra-games)** Venture · US **$19M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Cypher Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/cypher-games)** Series A · TR · Ventureburn **$30M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Armstrong Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/armstrong-robotics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **Appcharge** Series B · IL **$58M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Physna](https://millionrounds.com/company/physna)** Venture · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Circle Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-games)** Seed · TR **$7.3M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Bigger Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigger-games)** Series A · TR **$25M** With 3 others
- **May** **[SpeedyDD](https://millionrounds.com/company/speedydd)** Seed · CY **$1.5M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Studio42](https://millionrounds.com/company/studio42)** Seed · CY **$3.6M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Global Worldwide](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-worldwide)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Nirvana Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nirvana-labs)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Alinea](https://millionrounds.com/company/alinea)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$10M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[EloElo](https://millionrounds.com/company/eloelo)** Series B **$13M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[FERASET](https://millionrounds.com/company/feraset)** Seed · TR **$4.5M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Bible Chat](https://millionrounds.com/company/bible-chat)** Series A · RO **$14M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Mighty Bear Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/mighty-bear-games)** Venture · SG **$4.0M** With 5 others
- **2024** 22 rounds
- **Nov** **Appcharge** Series B · IL · TechCrunch **$26M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[MetaSoccer](https://millionrounds.com/company/metasoccer)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Starform](https://millionrounds.com/company/starform)** Venture · US **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Deftouch](https://millionrounds.com/company/deftouch)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Windmill](https://millionrounds.com/company/windmill)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[GetSetUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/getsetup)** Grant · US **$36K** With 2 others

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 **5 named**

AE **Alex Esko Johannes Smyth** Director i Filing they signed

HE **Harri Esko Johannes Manninen** Director i Filing they signed

HE **Henric Esko Johannes Suuronen** Director i Filing they signed

PE **Phylicia Esko Johannes Koh** Director i Filing they signed

RE **Robin Esko Johannes de Gruchy-Wilson** Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **19** 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

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

[99math](https://millionrounds.com/company/99math)[Ahead-app](https://millionrounds.com/company/ahead-app)[Ancient8](https://millionrounds.com/company/ancient8)[Azragames](https://millionrounds.com/company/azra-games)[Biggergames](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigger-games)[Blackpool](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackpool)[Brightstar](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightstar)[Championgames](https://millionrounds.com/company/champion-games)[Circle](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle)[Communitygaming](https://millionrounds.com/company/community-gaming)[Cyphergames](https://millionrounds.com/company/cypher-games)[Eloelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/eloelo)[Gamefam](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamefam)[Geosurge](https://millionrounds.com/company/geosurge)[Indi](https://millionrounds.com/company/indi)[Jarvigames](https://millionrounds.com/company/jarvi-games)[Loupedeck](https://millionrounds.com/company/loupedeck)[Midnite](https://millionrounds.com/company/midnite)[Mightybeargames](https://millionrounds.com/company/mighty-bear-games)[Mondayoff](https://millionrounds.com/company/monday-off)[Nefta](https://millionrounds.com/company/nefta)[Orderofmeta](https://millionrounds.com/company/order-of-meta)[Originalgames](https://millionrounds.com/company/original-games)[Parallelz](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallelz)[Potatoplay](https://millionrounds.com/company/potato-play)[Pvxpartners](https://millionrounds.com/company/pvx-partners)[Redemptiongames](https://millionrounds.com/company/redemption-games)[Renft](https://millionrounds.com/company/renft)[Scenario](https://millionrounds.com/company/scenario)[Sizzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/sizzle)[Snackclub](https://millionrounds.com/company/snackclub)[Starform](https://millionrounds.com/company/starform)[Stash](https://millionrounds.com/company/stash)[Storeel](https://millionrounds.com/company/storeel)[Surgegames](https://millionrounds.com/company/surge-games)[Treasureplay](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-play)[Unlockd](https://millionrounds.com/company/unlockd)[Uplane](https://millionrounds.com/company/uplane) Allstargames Appcharge Artestudio Arya Benjaminone Beyondlabs Cheer Decentral Defialliance Getfliff Getvuelo Gmstry Guildfi Gvrn Helixgame Incrmntal Indie Kek Kingdommaker Metica Mleague Mod and 18 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

**$5.0M**

raised in Aug 2026

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.7M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.0M**

Led 3 of 127 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** Up to $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 15 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *53*
- Venture *31*
- Series A said *17*
- Series B said *7*
- Pre-seed said *5*
- Grant *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitkraft-ventures) 10
- [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) 8
- [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) 8
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 5
- [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) 5
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**BITKRAFT Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitkraft-ventures)[**Animoca Brands** Accelerator **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands)[**Makers Fund** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Goodwater Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Backed VC** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc)[**Business Finland** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/business-finland)[**Gaingels** Private equity **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Galaxy Interactive** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galaxy-interactive-2)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Play Ventures put money into.

[**Circle Games** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-games)[**Surge Games** $3.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/surge-games)[**geoSurge** $12M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/geosurge)[**Uplane** $500K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/uplane)[**PvX Partners** $11M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pvx-partners)[**Vuelo** $75M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vuelo)

## On podcasts

2 episodes naming Play Ventures in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 18 Aug 2026 · 21 min Thomas Bigagli, EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures: Europe needs bigger and faster capital to keep startups home With [Thomas Bigagli](https://millionrounds.com/person/thomas-bigagli) Mentions [Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 6 Jan 2026 · 44 min VC10X - Gamification of Consumer Apps - Phylicia Koh, GP, Play Ventures With [Phylicia Koh](https://millionrounds.com/person/phylicia-koh) Mentions [Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Fund/Build/Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fund-build-scale) 11 Feb 2026 · 37 min Turning Utility Into Habit: Beyond Basic Gamification Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Startup 360](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/startup-360) 9 Oct 2025 · 47 min How 5 time founder Preethi Mohan learnt how to get sh*t done Apple Podcasts

## Quick answers about Play Ventures

### What does Play Ventures invest in?

Play Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (72% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Creator Economy.

### How active is Play Ventures?

127 investments on record, 19 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Play Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Circle Games (Series A, Sept 2026), Surge Games (Seed, Aug 2026) and geoSurge (Seed, Jul 2026).

### How big are Play Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.7M.

### Does Play Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 127 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Play Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (45%), Türkiye (18%) and the United Kingdom (13%).

### Is Play Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 19 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Play Ventures invest alongside?

Most often BITKRAFT Ventures (10 rounds together), Animoca Brands (8 rounds together) and Makers Fund (8 rounds together).

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