Plug and Play Ventures

An open-innovation platform connecting startups with more than 550 corporate partners that have real business problems to solve, creating a flywheel of pilots, proofs of concept, enterprise customers and follow-on capital. Startups are assessed on product differentiation, founder quality and strategic fit with those partners.

$500M (2023) AUM 70/100 Power Score™ 2006 Founded Sunnyvale, CA

Fintech Insurtech Health Mobility Smart Cities Enterprise AI Agtech Sustainability IoT

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Saeed Amidi

Founder & CEO

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1988

The Amidi Group acquired 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto, later renting space to early tenants including Google and PayPal.

2006

Plug and Play Tech Center founded.

2020

Ranked the world's most active startup accelerator by CB Insights, repeated through 2022.

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