Company · Marketing and advertising · AI
CTV, online video and display advertising platform
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Playground XYZ raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Playground XYZ, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Shearwater Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Playground XYZ's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GumGum | Acquisition | 2021 | - | europesays.com, martech360.com, Shearwater Capital portfolio |
Companies Playground XYZ acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Hall | Founder | europesays.com, martech360.com, Shearwater Capital portfolio |
Stories naming Playground XYZ. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Rob Hall, who co-founded Playground xyz, has launched Parallel, a customer-suitability ad platform in Sydney and London, with Shearwater Capital investing AU$4 million at seed. Playground xyz was bought by GumGum in 2021.
Also europesays.com
Shearwater Capital recounts a 2022 portfolio dinner where Playground XYZ's founders shared their journey to the company's late-2021 acquisition by US firm GumGum.