Playground Global

Venture Capital Exempt reporting adviser

Legal name: Playground Global, LLC

Palo Alto, CA Website LinkedIn X

AUM

$3.3B
Private fund assets

Private funds

16
Venture Capital 16

Private fund assets

$3.3B
Gross asset value

Employees

—

Last Form D raise

Jul 2026
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Apr 7, 2026). View on SEC

Investment focus

As listed in industry directories; may be out of date.

First check
$1.0M
Stages
Pre-SeedSeries A
Geographies
IsraelUSACanadaGermany

People(4)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

B
Bruce Leak
Managing Director of Playground Global, LLC and Playground Ventures GP, LLC
Source: SEC Form ADV
J
Jory Bell
Managing Director of Playground Global LLC
Source: SEC Form ADV
P
Pat Gelsinger
Managing Director of Playground Global LLC
Source: SEC Form ADV
P
Peter Barrett
Managing Director of Playground Global, LLC and Playground Ventures GP, LLC
Source: SEC Form ADV

Funds(16)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Playground Ventures IV, L.P.Venture Capital$297.0M$475.0M79Jul 2026Hot
Playground Leader Fund, LPVenture Capital$29.6M——Sep 2022Cold
Playground Ventures Affiliates III, L.P.Venture Capital$5.2M——Jun 2022Cold
Playground Acquire, LPVenture Capital$65.3M$30.7M4May 2022Cold
Playground Ventures III, LPVenture Capital$490.9M——Feb 2022Cold
Playground Genomics, LPVenture Capital$16.9M$15.1M2Jun 2021Cold
Playground Compute, L.P.Venture Capital$10.0M$10.0M1Jun 2021Cold
Playground Quantum Fund, L.P.Venture Capital$141.7M——Nov 2017Cold
Playground Ventures Affiliates II, L.P.Venture Capital$23.1M——Jun 2017Cold
Playground Ventures II, L.P.Venture Capital$1.4B——Nov 2016Cold
Playground Ventures, L.P.Venture Capital$767.0M$242.4M5Apr 2015Cold
Playground Ventures Affiliates IV, L.PVenture Capital$9.5M———
Playground Helix, L.P.Venture Capital$5.0M———
Playground Omega, L.P.Venture Capital$3.7M———
Playground Stratego, L.P.Venture Capital$3.0M———

Board seats(6)

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

xLight
Other TechnologyPalo Alto, CADirector: Pat Gelsinger
$51.6M raised
Since Aug 2025
SEC Form D
xLight
Other TechnologyPalo Alto, CADirector: Peter Barrett
$51.6M raised
Since Aug 2025
SEC Form D
Agility Robotics
Other TechnologyTangent, ORDirector: Bruce Leak
$157.5M raised
Since Feb 2018
SEC Form D
Anjuna Security
Other TechnologyPalo Alto, CADirector: Peter Barrett
$30.0M raised
Since Jul 2021
SEC Form D
1910 Genetics
BiotechnologyCambridge, MADirector: Jory Bell
$25.7M raised
Since Apr 2021
SEC Form D
SubPac
Other TechnologyPalo Alto, CADirector: Peter Barrett
$15.0M raised
Since Jul 2018
SEC Form D

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
226570
SEC file number
802-100407

Sources