Plug and Play Tech Center

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Plug and Play Tech Center

Type	Venture Capital Firm, Startup Accelerator, and Corporate Innovation Consultancy
Founded	February 2006; 15 years ago (2006-02)
Founder	Saeed Amidi
Headquarters	440 N Wolfe Road, Sunnyvale, California , U.S.
Number of locations	Sunnyvale, CA, USA Cleveland, OH, USA New York, NYC, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Berlin, Germany Hamburg, Germany Stuttgart, Germany Munich, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Paris, France Amsterdam, The Netherlands Valencia, Spain Guadalajara, Mexico Tokyo, Japan Kyoto, Japan Beijing, China Shanghai, China Xi'an, China Shenzhen, China Suzhou, China Zhengzhou, China Singapore Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people	(Founder & CEO)
Website	plugandplaytechcenter.com

Plug and Play Tech Center (or "Plug and Play") is the world's largest early stage investor, accelerator, and corporate innovation platform with global headquarters in Sunnyvale, California in the Silicon Valley.

Plug and Play runs two programs per year in each industry and location (totaling 50 accelerator programs per year) and has over 500 corporate partners and 200 venture capitalists in its ecosystem.^[1] It was recently named the 'Most active Silicon Valley venture capital firm' by Silicon Valley Business Journal.^[2]

Plug and Play were early investors in Google, PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, N26, Soundhound, Honey, Kustomer, and Guardant Health.

According to Plug and Play's 2020 report, the company accelerated 2,065 startups in 2020 (585 in USA, 438 in EMEA, and 1,042 in Asia). The company claims to have made 162 investments in 2020.^[3]

The industries the company focuses on include:^{[citation needed]}

• Agtech
• Animal Health
• Brand & Retail
• Energy
• Enterprise Tech
• Financial Technologies (Fintech)
• Food & Beverage
• Health
• Industrial Safety Technology (Safetytech)
• Insurance Technologies (Insurtech)
• Internet of Things
• Mobility
• New Materials & Packaging
• Real Estate Tech (Proptech)
• Smart Cities
• Supply Chain & Logistics (Logtech)
• Sustainability
• Travel & Hospitality

The founder is .^[4]

The company has offices in over 30 locations including Sunnyvale, Berlin, Stuttgart, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Guadalajara, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Kyoto, São Paulo, Singapore, Valencia, Spain, Cleveland, and others.^[4]

Plug and Play partners with corporations and exposes them to the Silicon Valley startup culture and to the startups themselves.^[4]

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