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Plug and Play
Empowering the future with corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities.
About Plug and Play
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, we've accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play featured three leaders in defense and policy unpacking AI scaling across government and defense infrastructure.
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Capital & Finance
Plug and Play met CEO Jade Marcus through a VC friend while Mafix was in stealth and not raising, then tracked the trial data for months before investing.
Reported by Sanam (Amidi) Amidhozour
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play employee Thomas Bigagli joined Aïda Figuerola / Lift | Leaders Building a Legacy to discuss the realities of entrepreneurship and venture capital behind the scenes.
Reported by Thomas Bigagli 🪐
Products & Services
Plug and Play introduced PangeAI by June 2026, scoring 9,000+ network segments by risk.
Reported by Manuel Silva
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play introduced PangeAI to a leading European multi-utility at the San Jose AI Center of Excellence in January 2026.
Reported by Manuel Silva
Capital & Finance
Plug and Play led its US round in December 2025.
Reported by Manuel Silva
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is hosting the Japan Summit at the Tokyo Innovation Base from October 21-22, 2026, with a theme of Connect to What Matters.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is hosting an investor funding event on September 8, 2026, in a virtual format in Paris, France.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is hosting an IPEM Global 26 Side Event and Rooftop Cocktail on September 9, 2026, in Paris, France.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is hosting a Next-Generation Space Business and the Latest Global Trends event on September 10, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is hosting a McKinney Plug-In event on September 10, 2026, in McKinney, Texas.
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Capital & Finance
Plug and Play announced that Cato announced a €6m seed round led by Keen Venture Partners with continued participation from Italian Founders Fund, Vento, and HEARTFELT.
Reported by Enrico Dente
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play employee Wade Bitaraf will be attending the SJSU Edge AI conference on September 21, looking at NVIDIA GB10 supercomputers and Edge AI solutions.
Reported by Wade Bitaraf
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play is participating in CoCreate 2026 by Alibaba.com in Los Angeles from September 9-10, 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play employee Alde Gonzalez will attend Safe AI Germany's European Frontier AI Safety Day in Berlin.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play announced that Batch 4 of the Sugar Land Smart Cities program will graduate at the University of Houston Sugar Land Campus on October 29.
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Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play reported 77 startups fundraising across the US, UK, and Rest of the world in August.
Reported by Luis Llorens Gonzalez
Partnerships
Plug and Play collaborated with partners including Dave Jackett, Krista Staloch, Joel LaFrance, and the General Mills Supply Chain team to host nearly 200 people at General Mills HQ over two days.
Reported by Joshua Saffran
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play covered a lot of topics in the Zero One Hundred Conferences podcast.
Reported by Thomas Bigagli 🪐
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play celebrated its 7th anniversary with a personalized celebration card made by marketing team members Stephanie Delgadillo, Antonio Morillas, Allison Romero, Derrick C., Rosa María Andreu Muñoz, and Amanda Pierantoni.
Reported by Sanam (Amidi) Amidhozour
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play UK has access to the MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre.
Reported by Kieran Borrett
Customers & Market
Plug and Play UK has access to new markets and investors through the global Plug and Play ecosystem.
Reported by Kieran Borrett
Presence & Recognition
Plug and Play UK has access to the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.
Reported by Kieran Borrett
Capital & Finance
Plug and Play invested in Mafix after meeting CEO Jade Marcus through a VC friend while Mafix was in stealth and not raising, then tracked the trial data for months before investing.
Reported by Manuel Silva