Full-Time

Cofounder CEO

Industrial Bottleneck Intelligence

Interplay

Interplay

11-50 employees

VC-backed startup formation, incubation, funding

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

Remote

Bachelor's, MBA

Category
Business & Strategy
Required Skills
Supply Chain Management
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • A minimum of 5 years of work experience is required.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the development of a new company.
  • Define company strategy and vision.
  • Develop the go-to-market strategy and operational model.
  • Recruit the team.
  • Raise capital.
  • Scale the company.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience building a company.
  • Relevant industry experience.
  • Direct experience building or commercializing data, analytics, market-intelligence, alternative-data, supply-chain, industrial-research, or artificial-intelligence-enabled intelligence products.
  • Credibility with hedge funds, public-market investors, asset managers, private equity firms, venture investors, corporate strategy teams, and other sophisticated buyers of investment intelligence.
  • Understanding of one or more relevant domains such as defense, industrials, energy infrastructure, grid equipment, semiconductors, critical materials, advanced manufacturing, logistics, or supply-chain risk.
  • Demonstrated experience raising institutional or venture capital; prior leadership in a successfully exited venture-capital-backed company is strongly preferred.
  • Ability to work well in an unstructured environment.
  • An MBA is a plus.

Interplay is a venture firm that starts companies with great people, helps teams develop their business, and then invests in them. Its process is described as three core activities: COFOUND (starting companies with strong teams), INCUBATE (helping great teams grow their business), and INVEST (financing companies led by capable founders). The organization emphasizes a family-oriented approach, using services that power about 10% of all VC-backed companies. The leadership and operating partners span multiple roles across major U.S. locations, signaling a hands-on, operational, and talent-focused model. Its goal is to support entrepreneurs from formation through scale by combining cofounding, structured development, and investment under one umbrella, differentiating itself with its focus on a broad, hands-on “family” network and service platform that fuels a large portion of the VC-backed ecosystem.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$856.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Ollie was acquired by Agrolimen on February 11, 2026, validating the portfolio.
  • Q1 2026 showed several Fund II and Fund III companies turning profitable or cash-flow positive.
  • Fund IV added Surround Sound in Q1 2026, showing continued deal flow.

What critics are saying

  • Q1 2026 closed no new or follow-on Fund II or Fund III investments.
  • Interplay's $45 million Fund III remains small; one bad mark dents performance.
  • If 2026 exits stall after Ollie, Fund V fundraising collapses.

What makes Interplay unique

  • Interplay keeps the same general partners across vintages, reducing key-person drift.
  • It specializes in B2B marketplaces and vertical software, backed by Fund III since 2023.
  • Its studio-plus-venture model combines cofounding, incubation, and investing under one platform.

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Company News

Antlers American
Feb 20th, 2026
Pepper raises $50M Series C to expand AI platform for independent food distributors

Pepper, a technology platform for independent food distributors, has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Lead Edge Capital. Existing investors ICONIQ, Index Ventures, Greylock, Harmony Partners and Interplay participated. The company provides AI-enabled software for ordering, sales, marketing, accounts receivable and payments workflows. Pepper serves over 500 distributors representing approximately $30 billion in annual gross merchandise volume and supports more than 100,000 active operators. Independent distributors account for over two-thirds of North American food distribution, representing over $1.4 trillion in annual sales, yet many rely on manual systems. Pepper offers 70-plus ERP integrations linking legacy systems into a unified digital platform. The funding will support product expansion, including next-generation AI solutions, enhanced workflow modules, and broader technology stack integrations.

FinancialContent
Sep 17th, 2025
TeachMe.To Raises $3M for Growth

TeachMe.To, an in-person lesson marketplace, raised $3 million in seed+ funding led by Interplay, with participation from Bling Capital and 1984 Ventures. The funds will enhance technology and app development, including AI features. The platform has 5,000 instructors, 30,000 students, and nearly 100,000 lessons delivered. TeachMe.To offers lessons in various categories and is nearing profitability. The platform operates in over 250 U.S. cities with an average instructor rating of 4.9/5.

Crowdfund Insider
May 9th, 2024
Wealthtech Plenty Raises $5 Million Seed Round | Crowdfund Insider

Plenty was co-founded by Emily Luk (formerly of Stripe) and Channing Allen (formerly of Homebase) out of personal need. Luk and Allen met while working

PR Newswire
Mar 21st, 2024
Fuel Me Secures $18 Million In Oversubscribed Series A To Redefine Fuel Procurement As We Know It

CHICAGO, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuel Me , a pioneering fuel procurement and management platform, is proud to announce the successful close of its $18 million Series A financing co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners. Brian Hirsch , co-founder and Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners, has joined the Board of Fuel Me in connection with the financing. Other new investors include Bessemer Venture Partners , Interplay Venture Capital , FJ Labs , HPA (Hyde Park Angels) , Bridge Ventures , Correlation Ventures , Forefront Venture Partners , and Gaingels. The oversubscription of the round underscores investors' strong conviction in Fuel Me's innovative and revolutionary vision for the fuel procurement industry.Fuel Me raises $18M in Series A, redefining fuel procurement. Post this Fuel Me revolutionizes fuel management for sectors like Construction, Data Centers, Transportation, and Distribution. Our video highlights how we ensure operational continuity, eliminates downtime, and maintains supply chain efficiency

Cavil Consult
Nov 13th, 2023
Interplay secures $45M for third fund focused on B2B marketplaces, vertical software

Interplay secures $45M for third fund focused on B2B marketplaces, vertical software.