Playment - About the company
Playment is an acquired company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2015 by Siddharth Mall, Akshay Lal and Himanshu Sahu. It operates as a Testing solutions for autnomous vehicle developers. Playment has raised $2.5M in funding from investors like Y Combinator, SAIF Partners and Elevation Capital, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 38 active competitors, including 10 funded and 6 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Deepen, Segments and Parallel Domain.
Company Details
Testing solutions for autnomous vehicle developers. The company provides a managed data labeling platform which generates training data sets for computer vision models. The platform breaks the projects from organizations into small tasks and broadcasts it to a community.
- Website
- playment.io
- Email ID
- *****@playment.io
- Registered Address
- Homewell Towers 16, Sundermurthy Road, Cox Town, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560005
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Bengaluru, India
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$2.5M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$***** as on May 13, 2016
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 38 active competitors
Annual Revenue
0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2022
Employee Count
6,123 as on Jun 30, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Telus International (Jul 06, 2021)
Legal entities associated with Playment
Playment is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PITCHERS INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900KA2017PTC182242 , India, Active | Jan 12, 2017 | ₹100 - ₹500 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 316 (As on Feb 29, 2024) | |
CROWDFLUX TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72400KA2015PTC082830 , India, Strike off | Sep 11, 2015 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2022) | 18 (As on Dec 01, 2017) |
Playment's acquisition details
Playment got acquired by Telus International on Jul 06, 2021.
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Playment's funding and investors
Playment has raised a total funding of $2.5M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 13, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Nov 21, 2017 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Playment has 6 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Playment:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 21, 2017 | 2048941 | Seed | 2559893 | 4437560 | 4925541 | 8275996 |
Mar 22, 2017 | 1425892 | Seed | 5634793 | 7867253 | 2415687 | |
Nov 23, 2016 | 8186893 | Grant (prize money) | 9036125 | 5413580 | 7348449 |
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Playment's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Playment's key team members:
- Siddharth Mall: Co-Founder & CEO of Playment and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Akshay Lal: Co-Founder of Playment and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Himanshu Sahu: Co-Founder of Playment. Contact Info: 1 email address
Playment's Board of Directors
Playment's board has 3 active members. Siddharth Mall, Akshay Lal and Ajinkya Malasane are part of team.Here is the list of Playment's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 11y 0m | |
Team | - | Current | 11y 0m | |
Team | - | Current | 11y 0m |
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Playment's employee count trend
Playment has 6,123 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Playment's employee count trend over the years:
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Playment's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Playment include Deepen, Segments and Parallel Domain. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Playment, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Deepen 2017, Sunnyvale (United States), Seed | Safety-first data lifecycle tools and services for autonomous systems | - | 56/100 | |
2nd | Saas & AI-enabled perception labeling technology for autonomous driving | $125K | 53/100 | ||
3rd | Testing solutions for autnomous vehicle developers | $2.5M | 52/100 | ||
4th | Parallel Domain 2017, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | AI-enabled simulation software solutions | $44.3M | 50/100 | |
5th | Mighty AI 2014, Seattle (United States), Acquired | Provider of training data for computer vision and AI models | $27.2M | 50/100 | |
6th | AI-enabled perception training-datasets for autonomous vehicles | $3.25M | 49/100 | ||
7th | Foresight AI 2017, San Jose (United States), Funding Raised | Provider of data management platform for private market investment lifecycle | - | 48/100 | |
8th | Provider of SaaS-driven software to improve perception performance for autonomous mobility | $40.3M | 43/100 | ||
9th | Understand 2016, Berlin (Germany), Acquired | Provides image annotation services | $2.8M | 41/100 | |
10th | Training Data 2018, Palo Alto (United States), Seed | Provider of validation training data for AI and ML models | $1.85M | 40/100 |
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Playment's Investments and acquisitions
Playment has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Playment
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Ouster partners with Playment and Scale.AI for advanced deep learning labelingautonomousvehicletech.com•Dec 06, 2018•Ouster, Playment, Scale AI
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Ouster partners with Playment and Scale.AI for advanced deep learning labelingGeospatial World•Dec 04, 2018•Ouster, Playment, Scale AI
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Ouster Partners with Playment and Scale.AI for Advanced Deep Learning LabelingPR Newswire•Dec 03, 2018•Ouster, Playment, Scale AI
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Meet the seven startups selected for Google’s Launchpad AcceleratorVCCircle•Nov 24, 2016•Google, HashLearn, Singapore Angel Network, Playment and 4 others
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Playment Raises $699K In Pre-Series A From SAIF PartnersInc42•Jul 04, 2016•Playment, Uber, SAIF Partners, Playment
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