Palo Alto, US · Partner
Peter Barrett
Founder and General Partner at Playground Global
Latest rounds
- PosterousSeed · $725kDec 2008
BacksMartech
The firm
Playground GlobalVC firm · US22cheques in 12 months84all time13ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $725k
- Active
- 2008
- PosterousSeed$725kUSJoined · +10 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
1910 Genetics
Agility Robotics
Algolux
Ayar Labs- Blockfolio
Bodyport- Branch
- DeepScale
Devialet
Essential
Fabric- FarmWise
Fathom Computing
Inscopix- Keyssa
Lassogen
Leaf Logistics
Lighthouse
Manifold Bio
Nauto
Nixie Labs
Outpace Bio
Owl Labs
Pandion
PsiQuantum
RapidSOS
Relativity Space
RightHand Robotics
Robust.AI
Skydio
Sparta Science
Strand Therapeutics
Super Heroic
Velo3D
Virta Health
castAR
36 of 46 companies.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground VenturesManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issuerssince 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground GlobalManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issuerssince 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground VenturesManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issuersince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMosaic ML, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAnjuna Security, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground GlobalManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issueron 8 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingArtificial, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingLarimar Therapeutics, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingObsidian Therapeutics, Inc.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBingham Natural Wines, LLCDirectorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSynlogic, LLCDirectoron 2 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSubPac, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAtlas VentureMember of the General Partner and the GPLLCsince 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSYNLOGIC, INC.Directoron 3 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingJenaValve Technology IncDirectoron 3 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMnemosyne Pharmaceuticals IncDirectoron 2 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingINFACARE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPDirectoron 6 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingZAFGEN, INC.Directorsince 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raisingStromedix IncDirectorsince 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMOLECULAR BIOMETRICS INCDirectorsince 2010
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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Playground Global's Peter Barrett on investing in deep tech, what makes a good deep tech founder, and the difference between the improbable and impossible
WithPeter Barrett
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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Peter Barrett, Co-Founder and General Partner of Playground Global , a firm that has raised over $800MM to invest in… More on the show's page
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