Plug and Play Tech Center

Plug and Play Tech Center, founded in 2006 and based in Sunnyvale, California, operates as a global accelerator and venture capital firm focusing on early-stage and seed investments in technology startups. It runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, providing a platform for startups to connect with major corporations and investors. The firm emphasizes collaboration and innovation across various sectors, including fintech, health technology, retail, and sustainability. Plug and Play also offers resources such as funding, mentorship, office space, and networking opportunities to support startups in refining their business models and gaining market traction. With a presence in multiple locations worldwide, the firm has cultivated a vast network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders, facilitating significant investments and fostering technological advancement.

Anas Abdelrahim

Associate

Neda Amidi

President

Amir Amidi

Managing Partner, Travel and Hospitality Practice

Davis Auksmuksts

Investor

Roberto Reyes Balcorta

Partner

Agata Baryzewska

Investor

Thomas Bigagli

Investor

Wade Bitaraf

Founder, Energy and Sustainability

Marc Bouchet

Analyst

Noreen Brar

Associate

Kiswana Browne

Associate

Andres Carbonell

Investor

Jeff Chien

Senior Vice President, China Partnership

Kristi Choi

Investor

Matthew Claxton

Global Director

Alex Cobos

Director, Mexico

George Damouny

Partner

William Decker

Co-Founder and Head of Media and Advertising

Andres Diaz

Associate

Dana Diefendorf

Associate

Roy Djunaidi

Investor

Tarek Elessawi

Principal

Sean Elmurib

Associate

Stefan Faistenauer

Investor

Garnett Ge

Ventures Associate, Cross Border

Eugenio Gonzalez

Principal

Omer Gozen Ph.D

Partner

Gemma Guilera

Senior Partner Success Manager

Rohit Gupta

Ventures Associate

Aziz El Hachem

North Africa Director

Gijs Dutry van Haeften

Ventures Associate, Insurtech

Karima El Hakim

Country Director - Egypt

Alex Hemmerlein

Associate

Jackie Hernandez

VP of Operations

Maximillian Jungreis

Investor

Salim Laouiti

Investor

Natasha Low

Associate

Tanya Ma

Investor

Milad Malek

Senior Associate

Alireza Masrour

Managing Partner

Evan Matuszak

Investor

Javier Megias

Managing Partner, EMEA VC Fund

Omeed Mehrinfar

Managing Partner, Middle-East

Juan Naveira

Associate

Kevin Parakkattu

Principal

Alberto Pascual

Investor

Amit Patel

Investor

Blanca Ribas Pombo

Investor

Leonardo Rocchetti

Investor

Julianne Roseman

Senior Associate

Alex Roudi

Managing Partner, San Diego

Letizia Royo-Villanova

Investor

Michelle Shi

Associate

Noorjit Sidhu

Ventures Associate

Janis Skriveris

Principal

Christopher Sorenson

Managing Director

Erena Estellés Tatay

Ventures Analyst

Saleh Tavajoh

Investor

Alexander Tran

Co-Founder, Playbook and Partner

Philippe Vincent

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Co-CEO

Zora Wang

Investor

Connie Weisman

VP Corporate Partnershiips - Director of Enterprise 2.0

Kevin Withstandley

Senior Director, Partner Success

Claire Xiong

Director

Vanessa Yang

Investor

Ivan Zgomba

Partner

Bella Zhang

Director of Energy and Sustainability

Darren (Yaodong) Yang

Associate

Past deals in Leveraged Buyout

Boopos

Seed Round in 2022
boopos provides flexible, useful financing for e-commerce, SaaS businesses and their owners: discretionary purpose, long-term revenue-based facilities for an investment, acquiring a company or just cashing out without selling your company or diluting yourself.

Boopos

Seed Round in 2021
boopos provides flexible, useful financing for e-commerce, SaaS businesses and their owners: discretionary purpose, long-term revenue-based facilities for an investment, acquiring a company or just cashing out without selling your company or diluting yourself.

BlueTape

Seed Round in 2021
LinqPal is a financing platform offering flexible payments for construction material purchases to contractors, developers, and other construction pros.

BlueTape

Venture Round in 2020
LinqPal is a financing platform offering flexible payments for construction material purchases to contractors, developers, and other construction pros.

Leverage

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Leverage, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an artificial intelligence-based vendor relationship management platform aimed at aiding procurement professionals. The platform provides essential data and information to facilitate supplier engagement and enhance purchasing decisions. Key features of Leverage's offerings include intelligent relationship mapping, automated supplier pages, and compliance monitoring and enforcement. By tracking and managing supplier performance throughout the supply chain, Leverage helps organizations achieve cost savings and drive continuous improvement. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Leo Aerospace

Seed Round in 2018
Leo Aerospace is building a dedicated delivery service for microsatellites. Their mission is to make it as easy to put a satellite into space as it is to ship a package across the country. To achieve this, they’re developing a suite of services to launch on-demand to any low earth orbit. Their systems require zero fixed ground infrastructure and provide high launch frequency. After a successful launch-test campaign at the end of 2018, they are poised to service defense and civil customers with their platform in 2020.
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