Playground Global
Playground Global, LLC
Palo Alto, CA Exempt reporting adviser
Playground Global reports 16 venture funds on Form ADV among 16 private funds, with $3.3B in gross private fund assets.
The numbers
| Began raising | Raised |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $54M |
| 2015 | $242M |
| 2016 | $40M |
| 2024 | $475M |
Updates from Playground Global
Funds on Form D
Venture funds whose Form D filings carry this adviser’s name, matched by name. Amounts are what each fund last reported to the SEC.
| Fund | Began raising | Target | Raised | Investors | Latest filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playground Ventures IV, L.P. | 2024 | $475M | $475M | 79 | July 2, 2026 |
| Playground Ventures Affiliates III, L.P. | 2022 | $5M | — | — | June 14, 2022 |
| Playground Ventures III, L.P. | 2022 | $500M | — | — | February 10, 2022 |
| Playground Ventures Affiliates II, L.P. | 2017 | $15M | — | — | June 30, 2017 |
| Playground Global, LLC | 2016 | $40M | $40M | 2 | January 11, 2017 |
| Playground Ventures II, L.P. | 2016 | $500M | — | — | November 22, 2016 |
| Playground Global, LLC | 2015 | $54M | $54M | 7 | February 1, 2016 |
| Playground Ventures, L.P. | 2015 | $300M | $242M | 5 | April 6, 2015 |
Track record
A score of 60 out of 100 from one of the 2 funds public LPs report, in the top half of its vintage. Its ranked funds’ median TVPI is 1.42x. That ranks it 36th of 123 managers with a score.
Each fund once, as the latest of 2 LPs’ reports ranks it by TVPI against funds of the same vintage in those reports; 50 is the median fund, and a short record is pulled toward 50. The full record in LP Intelligence, with each fund’s rank and what usually follows a fund like its latest, or every manager’s.
LPs on the record
2 private foundations list on their latest IRS Form 990-PF, and 2 other LPs report holding Playground Global’s funds.
- New Mexico State Investment Council
- Vinik Family Foundation
- Korea Venture Investment Corp. (Foreign VC Investment Fund)
One more LP is in the app. Find LPs that back firms like this one in Hottub’s LP Intelligence: ranked by overlap, with what each holds and how to reach it.
Firms whose LPs overlap
The firms sharing the most LPs on record with Playground Global, relative to how many LPs each has. A peer set like this is what Find LPs ranks LPs from.
Find LPs for Playground Global and these firms: Hottub ranks the LPs that hold their funds, the ones still adding funds first.
Registration
- Legal name
- Playground Global, LLC
- Status
- Exempt reporting adviser since June 15, 2015
- CRD number
- 226570
Full Form ADV on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site
About this data
Registered and exempt reporting advisers that report managing at least one venture capital fund on Form ADV, with the number of private funds and their gross assets as each adviser reports them. Advisers whose business name reads as an individual's are left out. From the roster published for September 2026. Source. Benchmarks for funds like these are in Raise benchmarks.
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