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Matt Hershenson
VCCo-Founder & Venture Partner, Playground Global
Android hardware pioneer founding deep tech VC
Palo Alto, CA3 notable investments
SeedSeries ASeries B+
HardwareDeep TechAIRoboticsInfrastructure
Background
Matt Hershenson co-founded Playground Global and brings career experience from Apple's Mac Factory, Google's Android hardware team (Director of Hardware), and co-founding Danger (T-Mobile Sidekick, acquired by Microsoft). He focuses on transformative deep tech companies with multigenerational impact in compute, automation, energy transition, and engineered biology, offering hands-on hardware expertise to portfolio companies.
Investment Thesis
Invest in transformative companies with multigenerational impact while working side-by-side with founders to advance faster.
Investment Focus
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B+
Sectors
HardwareDeep TechAIRoboticsInfrastructure
Based in: Palo Alto, CA (North America)
Notable Investments
Last updated: Jun 11, 2026