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Every founder hits the same wall: too much to do, not enough hands, and no one to help shoulder the weight. Traditional accelerators won’t solve that. We do.We join your team as an interim cofounder, giving you experienced operators who work directly on the business with you. Together, we create clarity, accelerate progress, and unlock opportunities that would take months (or years) to reach on your own.We’re here to reduce the chaos, speed up the wins, and help you build a company that actually scales.If you want a partner obsessed with helping you succeed — apply.
How we're different.
Hands-On Support Across Your Startup
Here’s how we can help you.
Product Testing
Turn your idea into something customers actually want.
From alpha to beta to whatever comes next — we help you validate quickly, learn fast, and ship smarter.
Product Market Fit
Make something people truly love and keep coming back for.
We help you uncover the right users, run the right tests, and refine your product until it sticks.
Go-to-Market Strategy
A great product needs a plan. We help you build the right one.
Positioning, pricing, channels, messaging — we work with you to design a GTM strategy that actually converts.
Fundraising
Raise smarter with partners who know how the game works.
We’ve raised, we’ve invested, and we even built a company that helps startups close rounds. We’ll guide you through every step.
Intros
The right introductions change everything.
With hundreds of operators, execs, and founders in Interplay’s orbit, we plug you into the people who can move your business forward.
Vendor Discounts
Save money while leveling up your operations.
Access trusted tools, services, and providers — all at steep discounts negotiated for founders like you.
What part of Interplay is right for you?
See how each business line operates.
Ventures
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Accelerator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the Accelerator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Studio
Idea
For the most part the studio companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Ventures
North America
We pretty much only invest in companies in North America, with most of our investments being in companies across the US. We also occasionally invest in companies in Canada and Latin America.
We do also get interested in companies that are migrating all or a key part of their operations from another geography to the US.
Accelerator
Worldwide, but selling to US customers
We’ll accelerate companies located in most regions around the world so long as the companiesi are selling to US customers. When companies are located abroad and selling to customers outside of the US we find we’re not the best partner to help. But for companies targeting the US market - we’re a good friend to have.
It’s important to note that our accelerator program is conducted remotely via video calls. Your team won’t need to relocate for the program.
Studio
United States
We only start companies in the US. To that end, we also only partner with cofounder/CEOs that are US based.
Ascend
Worldwide
We will consider opportunities in any geography.
Ventures
B2B Marketplaces & Vertical Software
The venture capital fund is focused on B2B marketplaces and software.
Accelerator
Software & Services
While the accelerator is sector agnostic, we tend to focus on pure software and tech-enabled services. That said, we have been inspired to support companies in a few other sectors in the past.
Studio
Software & Services
The studio is designed to fill gaps in our society. We look for holes in our social fabric - missing solutions. And then when we can come up with a commercially viable solution we build it. A byproduct of this approach is that we place across a diverse set of sectors.
Ascend
All
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Ventures
$500K-2M
Our typical check size ranges from $500K to $2M. We also reserve capital for follow-on investments in our top performing portfolio companies.
Accelerator
$50K
We make a $50K cash investment in each accelerator company, with no fees required to join. In addition, we provide a highly personalized six-month program, where we embed ourselves as interim cofounders, helping drive everything from product development to go-to-market strategies and fundraising. In return, we receive a 6% equity stake, ensuring our interests align with those of our founders.
Studio
Discussed Live
We provide studio companies with enough capital to break the cold-start phenomenon. Our goal is to remove one of the most painful steps at the beginning of the company formation process.
Ascend
$100K-10M+
Investments range in size from $100K to $10M.
Ventures
A function of market valuation
We are what we call conviction coinvestors. The conviction speaks to the fact that we do our own underwriting, but we only coinvest. We never lead. As a result, we don’t set the deal terms for the companies we invest in - when we invest our ownership position is determined by the market pricing dynamics.
Accelerator
6%
We provide a $50K cash investment plus a 6-month, highly individualized program that will take your company to the next level. We ask for a 6% common stock position. This structure aligns our success with yours, ensuring we only profit when you do.
Studio
Discussed Live
We get into the partnership construction details with the founders that get toward the end of our process.
Ascend
A function of market valuation
This completely varies by the deal.
Ventures
Yes
We built this great platform to help companies and we try to make it available to all of the companies we partner with.
Accelerator
Yes
We built this great platform to help companies and we try to make it available to all of the companies we partner with.
Studio
Yes
We built this great platform to help companies and we try to make it available to all of the companies we partner with.
Ascend
Yes
We built this great platform to help companies and we try to make it available to all of the companies we partner with.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
Venture Capital
Series A
We invest in Seed to Series B rounds, but our sweet-spot is Series A. Typically the Seed and Series B investments that we’re doing are kinda actually Series A rounds that are mislabeled; we’re less concerned about the label and more about the operational stage and risk profile of the company.
Occasionally, we’ll write a smaller check into a Seed deal if we’re feeling a very strong sense of conviction.
Incubator
Pre-Seed & Seed
Most of the companies that get selected to participate in the incubator are at the Pre-Seed or Seed stage. The definitions of those stages varies quite a bit, but for us the key thing is that we like to get involved after there is a product in place.
Usually the companies have raised capital and have an early team in place as well.
Foundry
Idea
For the most part the foundry companies are built around internal ideas. We come up with an idea, diligence the heck out of it, then recruit a cofounder & CEO.
Once we have the team we invest some capital and help get the company started.
Ascend
All
Ascend, the family office of Interplay, has the most diverse mandate.
The organization will evaluate opportunities at any stage.
