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Playground Ventures IV, L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
Newly closedClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
2 additional principals
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What matters now
- $475Msold at the filing
Latest Form D filed on 2 Jul 2026: $475M sold of $475M offered, 79 investors. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
A new or amended Form D means the vehicle is taking money now.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2024basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $475Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-532780, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $475Mas of the filing of Jul 2, 2026, 79 investors
- First sale
- Dec 20, 2024
- Reported GAV
- $297Mon the Form ADV filed Apr 7, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 146
- Reported on ADV
- unknown
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2026-07-02: the stated $475.0M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Jul 2, 2026.
Lifecycle
Newly closed
Lifecycle
first sale within 24 months; Form D sold out or quiet
first sale: Dec 20, 2024vintage year: 2024adv gav as of: Apr 7, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $475Mform d offering: $475Mform d latest filed at: Jul 2, 2026
The fund's own reporting through time
1 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $297M | 146 | 2% |
Principals and agents
5 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Playground Ventures GP IV, LLC Director
- Jory Bell Director
- Pat Gelsinger Director
Service providers
2 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorDeloitte · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Apr 7, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianCarta · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Apr 7, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
5 events
- Jul 2, 2026Playground Ventures IV, L.P.: the Form D filed 2026-07-02 reports the offering fully sold ($475.0M of $475.0M, 79 investors); a final close is inferredFund close inferred Inference
- Jul 2, 2026Playground Ventures IV, L.P. filed Form D/A: $475,000,000 sold of $475,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Apr 7, 2026Playground Ventures IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Playground Global (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $297,014,746Fund first reported on Form ADV Inference Form ADV
- Dec 19, 2024Playground Global filed the first Form D for Playground Ventures IV, L.P. (fund 4), its next fund after Playground Ventures III, LP (vintage 2022); offering $475.0MFund next filed Inference
- Dec 19, 2024Playground Ventures IV, L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet of $350,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
31 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $475M Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $475M Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $350M Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2024-12-20 Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 79 Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Office address: Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2024 Jul 2, 2026 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2024 Dec 19, 2024 Fact Form D
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Playground Ventures IV, L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2026-07-02source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2026-04-07source on record
- Form D filed2024-12-19source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.