Playco

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$40M

Amount

Corporate Round

Stage

01.01.2022

Date

3

all rounds

$143.51M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Playco develops instant-play games for multiple platforms, allowing billions of people to play together.

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founded date

01.01.2020

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Corporate Round

IPO status

Private

Description

With a focus on multiplayer games that require no downloads, Playco collaborates with a wide range of partners, from established tech and social media companies to up-and-coming startups. Their advanced game engine enables high-quality game streaming over the web, making it possible for users to play on large social and messaging platforms. Playco's mission is to bring people closer together through gaming.
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Legal Names

Legal name

Playco Global, Inc.
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Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

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name 
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type 
Raised 
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4
Justin Waldron
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Justin Waldron

Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors young entrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.

current job

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Michael Carter
Michael Carter

Michael Carter

Michael Maxwell Carter is CEO at Weeby.co.

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4

Michael Carter

Takeshi Otsuka

Takeshi Otsuka is the Co-Founder at Playco.

current job

Playco
Playco

organization founded

1

Takeshi Otsuka

Teddy Cross

Teddy Cross is a Co-Founder at Playco.

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Playco
Playco

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1

Teddy Cross

Employee Profiles
8
Alex Churchill

Alex Churchill

Director Talent Acquisition

Michael Carter

Michael Carter

CEO

Deyan Vitanov

Deyan Vitanov

CMO

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Justin Waldron

Co-Founder and President

Petar Dobrev

Petar Dobrev

Head of Core Tech

Darwin Ling

Darwin Ling

Investor

Teddy Cross

Co-Founder

Takeshi Otsuka

Co-Founder

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