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Apple

Last cheque observed Dec 2025; 8 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund, Apr 2023Corporate VC

VentureSeedSeries ACleanTechHealth CareArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 8 on record
Since the last cheque320days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$125MRounds led0 of 8Sole investor4 roundsMostly inUnited States, 50%
Pitch Apple

Apple highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Seed: 75% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $27M

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
CleanTechHealth CareArtificial Intelligence (ai)
Based in
Cupertino, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first8 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Dec
    Housing Accelerator FundUS · Firms' own news pages$50MWith 6 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Dec
    Bamboo LearningSeed · US · FinSMEs$1.4MWith 7 others
  5. 2017

    2 rounds

  6. Dec
    Didi ChuxingCN · TechCrunch$4.0BWith 4 others
  7. May
    CorningUS · TechCrunch$200MSole investor
  8. 2012

    1 round

  9. Jan
    ELAN MicroelectronicsVenture · TW · techcrunch.com$5.0MSole investor
  10. 2010

    1 round

  11. Apr
    Kosmos BiotherapeuticsSeries A · US · onbiovc.com$319MWith 4 others
  12. 2009

    1 round

  13. Jun
    Imagination TechnologiesVenture · GB · techcrunch.com$5.2MSole investor
  14. 2008

    1 round

  15. Dec
    Imagination TechnologiesGB · reuters.com$49MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

DADavid A. SmolenExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
RARichard A. MagnusonExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed

We also hold 88 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Funds they back

1 fund commitment on record

Managers
1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.

Managers it backs most

Most recent commitments

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

PrimephonicUndisclosedAug 2021
Curious AIUndisclosedJan 2021
SpacesUndisclosedAug 2020
CameraiUndisclosedAug 2020
Mobeewave$100MJul 2020
FleetsmithUndisclosedJun 2020
NextVR$100MMay 2020
VoysisUndisclosedApr 2020
Dark SkyUndisclosedMar 2020
Xnor.ai$200MJan 2020
Scout FMUndisclosed2020
Spectral EdgeUndisclosedDec 2019

Recently backed

The latest companies Apple put money into.

Bamboo Learning$1.4M · Dec 2019Corning$200M · May 2017

Quick answers about Apple

What does Apple invest in?

Apple invests most often at Venture and Seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as CleanTech, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence (ai).

How active is Apple?

8 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2025.

What has Apple invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Housing Accelerator Fund (Undisclosed round, Dec 2025), Bamboo Learning (Seed, Dec 2019) and Didi Chuxing (Undisclosed round, Dec 2017).

How big are Apple's cheques?

The median round it joins is $125M.

Does Apple lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Apple invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), the United Kingdom (25%) and China (13%).

Is Apple investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Apple?

Apple is a corporate VC based in Cupertino, United States.

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