Matt Hershenson
InvestorVenture Partner at Playground Global · Venture Partner at Playground Global
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $20M checks · typically $10M
About
Matt Hershenson is a Founding Partner at Playground Global. His engineering career began at Apple, where he worked in manufacturing engineering and on the PowerBook laptop line, after which he co-founded Danger in 2000, the company behind the T-Mobile Sidekick, which was later acquired by Microsoft. He subsequently served as a Partner in Hardware Engineering at Microsoft and as Director of Hardware on Google's Android team before helping start Playground in late 2014.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSemiconductors
Experience
- InsamoBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
- Outpace BioBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Playground GlobalCo-Foundercurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto CA
- RightHand Robotics, IncBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSomerville, MA
- Ayar LabsBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentEmeryville, CA
- Inscopix, Inc.Board Member2020 — 2022Palo Alto, CA
- Sparta ScienceBoard Member2017 — 2022Menlo Park, CA
- SkydioBoard Member2017 — 2021Redwood City, CA
- GoogleDirector of Android Hardware2010 — 2014
- MicrosoftPartner, Hardware Engineering2008 — 2010Palo Alto
- DangerCo-Founder1999 — 2008Palo Alto
- Mainbrace CorporationHardware Engineer1998 — 1999
- Nxp Semiconductors (Erstwhile Philips Semiconductors)System Architect1997 — 1998Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Philips Mobile Computing GroupHardware Team Lead1996 — 1997Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Catapult EntertainmentHardware Engineer1994 — 1996Cupertino, California, United States
Shared employers
Also worked at Insamo3
Also worked at RightHand Robotics, Inc2
Also worked at Sparta Science4
Also worked at Google945
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Investments
Board seats
InsamoINSAMO INC.OutpaceRightHand RoboticsVertical Semiconductor
Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.
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