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Matt Hershenson
InvestorVenture Partner at Playground Global
Bay Area
Writes $1M – $20M checks · typically $10M
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About
Matt Hershenson is a Founding Partner at Playground Global, which he helped start in late 2014. He previously worked as a hardware engineer at Apple, co-founded Danger in 2000 (maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick, later acquired by Microsoft, where he became a Partner in Hardware Engineering), and served as Director of Hardware on Google's Android team, shipping multiple generations of phones, tablets, and streaming devices.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSemiconductors
Investments
Board seats
InsamoInsamoOutpaceRightHand RoboticsVerticalsemi
Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Playground Global
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Hershenson?
- Matt Hershenson is a Founding Partner at Playground Global, which he helped start in late 2014. He previously worked as a hardware engineer at Apple, co-founded Danger in 2000 (maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick, later acquired by Microsoft, where he became a Partner in Hardware Engineering), and served as Director of Hardware on Google's Android team, shipping multiple generations of phones, tablets, and streaming devices.
- Where does Matt Hershenson work?
- Matt Hershenson is Venture Partner at Playground Global.
- What does Matt Hershenson invest in?
- Matt Hershenson invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Hardware, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- What check size does Matt Hershenson write?
- Matt Hershenson typically writes checks of $1M – $20M.
- What boards does Matt Hershenson sit on?
- Matt Hershenson holds tracked board seats at Insamo, Insamo, Outpace, RightHand Robotics, Verticalsemi.
- What companies has Matt Hershenson invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Ayar Labs, Insamo, Outpace Bio, Sparta Software, Verticalsemi.
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