About Interplay
Interplay is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Feb 2026, Interplay is an active investor, having invested in 171 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Pepper Overall, Interplay portfolio has seen 10 unicorns, 4 IPOs and 18 acquisitions including key companies like Coinbase, Warby Parker and OpenEvidence. A lot of funds co-invest with Interplay, with names like FJ Labs sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Interplay has team of 34 people including 14 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Interplay's List of Top Investments
Interplay has a portfolio of 171 companies, including 10 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Properly and Teach Me To.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Canada and 9 more locations. They have invested in Retail, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 29 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Interplay:
1. Coinbase
Online platform for crypto portfolio. It offers solutions for consumers such as regular trading platforms, wallets for storing cryptocurrencies, crypto exchanges, USD-backed stable coins, and more. It also provides solutions for businesses such as custodian services, crypto-based payment acceptance solutions, and more.
Key facts about Coinbase
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $271M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $547M
- Employee Count: 7,482 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, Wellington and 142 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Stripe
Provider of financial infrastructure solutions for revenue growth and payment processing. It offers tools designed for individual or combined use to grow businesses. These tools enable payment acceptance and optimisation globally, both online and in person. The company facilitates various billing models and provides access to borderless money movement. It also offers resources for startups and platforms to build and scale their operations.
Key facts about Stripe
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series I
- Total Funding till date: $9.81B
- Employee Count: 14,632 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, equitywestsecurities.com and 121 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series I, Apr 08, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Databricks
Provider of a unified platform for data analytics and artificial intelligence. The platform offers data management, warehousing, engineering, and science capabilities. It facilitates data sharing, governance, and application development. The platform supports business intelligence and database functionalities.
Key facts about Databricks
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $2.6B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series K
- Total Funding till date: $20.2B
- Employee Count: 14,877 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, Harmony Venture Partners and 101 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jan 24, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Warby Parker
Internet first brand offering eyewear for men and women. The product catalog includes eyeglasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, and other eyewear accessories. The company also provides home-try-on program for customers to choose frames from the website.
Key facts about Warby Parker
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $771M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $573M
- Employee Count: 2,671 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, American Express Ventures and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Aug 27, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. OpenEvidence
AI powered medical search platform for healthcare professionals. It aggregates, synthesizes, and visualizes clinically relevant evidence in a format. It aims to provide healthcare professionals with accurate and access to medical information, supporting informed decision making in clinical practice. It provides solutions to enhance the accessibility and usability of peer reviewed medical literature for healthcare professionals.
Key facts about OpenEvidence
Interplay's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Interplay has invested in 171 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Feb 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Pepper and most recent follow-on round was in Roofr.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2022 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Interplay's Investments by Stage
Interplay has made 23 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.9M, 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $8.04M, 7 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $26.1M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $50M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 23 |
Seed | 14 |
Series B | 7 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Interplay's Investments by Sector
Interplay has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, FinTech and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Notably, it has invested in 131 Tech companies, 82 Consumer (B2C) companies, 78 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 57 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 20 |
Consumer | 13 |
Retail | 12 |
FinTech | 9 |
Real Estate and Construction Tech | 5 |
Others | 44 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Interplay's Investments by Geography
Interplay has made most investments in United States (40), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 40 |
Canada | 2 |
Colombia | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Interplay's recent investments
Interplay has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Pepper and Relist.Here are the most recent investments by Interplay:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 20, 2026 | United States | Series C | 1481 | [+4] | |
Jan 20, 2026 | United States | Seed | 8166 | - | |
May 23, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9196 | [+1] | |
May 09, 2024 | United States | Seed | 8552 | [+8] | |
Apr 12, 2024 | United States | Series B | 7494 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Interplay's Portfolio
Interplay has 10 unicorns in its portfolio - OpenEvidence, Loft Orbital, Figure and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is OpenEvidence. It became a unicorn in 2025, 1 years before Interplay first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Interplay's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 | AI powered medical search platform for healthcare professionals | 2021 | Cambridge | Series D | ycwgimw | ||
68 | Provider of space mission launch services | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | gpzze{y | ||
59 | Developer of AI-powered humanoid robots designed for everyday home assistance | 2022 | San Jose | Series C | urnbfuf | ||
67 | Operator of cloud platform providing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads | 2018 | Denver | Series E | dsuubix | ||
74 | Developer of blockchain-based PC and mobile games | 2006 | Kowloon | Series C | wnrqeuy |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Interplay's Portfolio
4 of Interplay's portfolio companies have become public. CoreWeave got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Mar 2025 at marketcap of $14.2B and Warby Parker got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at marketcap of $5.21B.Here are Interplay's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 28, 2025 | - | - | 4914 | |
Sep 29, 2021 | - | - | 8223 | |
Apr 14, 2021 | - | - | 5969 | |
Jun 12, 2019 | - | - | 2686 |
Acquired companies in Interplay's Portfolio
18 companies from Interplay's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Newfront in Dec 2025 by WTW for $*****.Here are Interplay's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 10, 2025 | - | - | 8088 | |
Sep 16, 2025 | - | - | 7354 | |
Apr 10, 2025 | May 09, 2024 | Seed | 1574 | |
Mar 13, 2025 | Oct 19, 2022 | Series A | 9578 | |
Dec 05, 2024 | - | - | 7240 |
Team profile of Interplay
Interplay has a team of 34 members including 14 Partners, 6 Venture Partners and 4 Principals located in United States, Pakistan and 2 more locations. Interplay's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Interplay:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | West Palm Beach | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | Chicago | - | - | |
Partner | - | - |
Co-investors of Interplay
Over the past 13 years, 374 investors have co-invested in Interplay's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Interplay: Y Combinator, Bullpen Capital and 114 others have invested in rounds before Interplay. There are 4 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Interplay and 3 companies where Bullpen Capital has invested before Interplay.
- Top Co-investors of Interplay: 184 investors entered a company along with Interplay. These include investors like FJ Labs (7 companies).
- Invested after Interplay: A total of 74 investors have invested in Interplay's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Motley Fool Ventures (2 companies), Gaingels (2 companies) and DFE Capital Management (1 company).
Recent News related to Interplay
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Pepper Secures $50 Million Series C to Expand End-to-End Technology Platform for Independent Food Distributorsintelligence360•Mar 12, 2026•Lead Edge Capital, Pepper, Iconiq Capital, Interplay and 9 others
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Pepper Raises $50 Million Series C to Modernize Independent Food Distributiontechnologies.org•Feb 21, 2026•Lead Edge Capital, Pepper, Iconiq Capital, Interplay and 3 others
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TeachMe.To Raises $3M in Seed+ FundingFinSMEs•Sep 17, 2025•Teach Me To, Bling Capital, 1984 Ventures, Interplay
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Interplay VC Firm Leases 4,500 SF in NoHoCommercial Observer•May 22, 2025•Radius Global Solutions, Interplay
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Wealthtech Plenty Raises $5 Million Seed RoundCrowdfund Insider•May 10, 2024•Plenty, Inovia Capital, Garage Capital, Charge Ventures and 4 others
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Fuel Me Secures $18 Million in Oversubscribed Series A to Redefine Fuel Procurement as We Know ItPR Newswire•Mar 21, 2024•Fuel Me, Pritzker Group, Tribeca Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and 7 others
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Interplay secures $45M for third fund focused on B2B marketplaces, vertical softwareTechCrunch+•Nov 13, 2023•Interplay
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Roofr Secures $23.5 Million Investment to Enhance Roofing Software SolutionsSilicon Valley Journals•Oct 18, 2023•Roofr, Vertical Venture Partners, ABC Supply, Bullpen Capital and 5 others
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Autolab secures $4.1M funding roundLatamList•Aug 19, 2023•Autolab, Vertical Venture Partners, Haven Ventures, Interplay and 3 others
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Boxhub Secures $12.4M Series A to Modernize Global Shipping Container Trade - Shipping & Marine ServicesGulfoilandgas•Jun 28, 2023•Interplay, Boxhub, AlleyCorp, Solasta Ventures and 2 others
