
Laurie Yoler
General Partner
Laurie Yoler is a General Partner at Playground Global, specializing in early-stage deep-tech investments. Laurie was a founding board member at Tesla, helping take it public, and served on the board of Zoox before its acquisition by Amazon. She has held leadership roles at Qualcomm, Sun Microsystems, and Visa.
Investor scope
Investment criteria breakdown.
Investment stages
Series A
Series B+
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$500K - $1M
$1M - $3M
$3M - $10M
Focus areas
Biotech
Deeptech
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