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Playground Global — 2023 Investments

5 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Amberamber.bioinAug 2023 · $26M✓ verified

Amber Bio is a biotechnology company developing a novel RNA writing platform capable of multi-kilobase gene edits that can treat multiple mutations across patients with a single product.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Jacob Borrajo, PhD(Founder and CEO)Basem Al-Shayeb(Founder)Jacob Borrajo(Founder)inJacob Borrajo Basem Al-Shayeb(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzHummingbird VenturesPillar VC

Insamoinsamo.comSeed · Dec 2023 · $12M

Insamo develops an automated platform for drug discovery that designs, synthesizes, and tests cyclic peptides at scale using machine learning and proprietary experimental data.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechChippendale, AU

Tim Craven(CEO)inToby Passioura(Founder)inGlen McIntyre(Founder)Timothy Craven(Founder)

BoardCOREY GOODMAN(Director)in

PartnerBen Kim· led

Board seatMatt Hershenson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBEVCCivilization Ventures Management, LlcMRL Ventures FundvenBio PartnersAxial VCvenBio Global Strategic

Atomic AIatomic.aiin𝕏Series A · Jan 2023 · $35M

Atomic.ai combines machine learning and RNA biology to discover and develop RNA-based drugs.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSouth San Francisco, US

Raphael Townshend(Founder & CEO)inManjunath Ramarao(Chief Scientific Officer)inStephan Eismann(Founding Scientist, Head of Machine Learning)inEsta Kor(Head of Business Operations)inBrent Townshend(Head of ML Data Generation)in

Co-investorsAIX VenturesAME Cloud VenturesGreylock PartnersModi VenturesNot Boring CapitalStartX+3 more

Phasecraftphasecraft.ioinSeries A · Aug 2023 · $17M

Phasecraft develops quantum computing systems and software by combining quantum information theory, materials science, and engineering to advance practical quantum advantage.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum Computing

Prof. Ashley Montanaro(Co-Founder & CEO)inProf. Toby Cubitt(Co-Founder, CTO & CSciO)inProf. John Morton(Co-Founder & Director)inAshley Montanaro(Founder)John Morton(Founder)Toby Cubitt(Founder)

Co-investorsAlbionVCEpisode1LocalGlobeUCL Technology FundLondon Co-Investment FundNovo Holdings+2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Amber Bio

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