# Apple: portfolio, investments and team > Apple is a corporate vc based in United States. 8 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Dec 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Apple Last cheque observed Dec 2025; 8 cheques on record. Deploying now New fund, Apr 2023 Corporate VC Venture Seed Series A CleanTech Health Care Artificial Intelligence (ai) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record Since the last cheque **320** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$125M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 50%** Pitch Apple ## Apple highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 75% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $27M ## What they do - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** CleanTech Health Care Artificial Intelligence (ai) - **Based in:** Cupertino, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Dec** **[Housing Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/company/housing-accelerator-fund)** US · Firms' own news pages **$50M** With 6 others - **2019** 1 round - **Dec** **[Bamboo Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboo-learning)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.4M** With 7 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Didi Chuxing](https://millionrounds.com/company/didi-chuxing)** CN · TechCrunch **$4.0B** With 4 others - **May** **[Corning](https://millionrounds.com/company/corning)** US · TechCrunch **$200M** Sole investor - **2012** 1 round - **Jan** **[ELAN Microelectronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/elan-microelectronics)** Venture · TW · techcrunch.com **$5.0M** Sole investor - **2010** 1 round - **Apr** **[Kosmos Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/kosmos-biotherapeutics)** Series A · US · onbiovc.com **$319M** With 4 others - **2009** 1 round - **Jun** **[Imagination Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/imagination-technologies)** Venture · GB · techcrunch.com **$5.2M** Sole investor - **2008** 1 round - **Dec** **[Imagination Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/imagination-technologies)** GB · reuters.com **$49M** Sole 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 registration **2 named** DA **David A. Smolen** Executive Officer i Filing they signed RA **Richard A. Magnuson** Executive Officer i Filing 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 - [Collab Capital 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collab-capital) Most recent commitments - [Collab Capital Fund II](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collab-capital) ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **Primephonic** **Undisclosed** Aug 2021 **Curious AI** **Undisclosed** Jan 2021 **[Spaces](https://millionrounds.com/company/spaces)** **Undisclosed** Aug 2020 **Camerai** **Undisclosed** Aug 2020 **[Mobeewave](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobeewave)** **$100M** Jul 2020 **[Fleetsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetsmith)** **Undisclosed** Jun 2020 **[NextVR](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextvr)** **$100M** May 2020 **[Voysis](https://millionrounds.com/company/voysis)** **Undisclosed** Apr 2020 **Dark Sky** **Undisclosed** Mar 2020 **[Xnor.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/xnor-ai)** **$200M** Jan 2020 **Scout FM** **Undisclosed** 2020 **[Spectral Edge](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectral-edge)** **Undisclosed** Dec 2019 New fund on file **Raised** a new fund in Apr 2023 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Venture Seed Series A Median round joined **$125M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$27M** Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 4 rounds - **Last cheque:** Dec 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *2* - Seed *1* - Series A *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 **Pitching Apple?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Apple put money into. [**Bamboo Learning** $1.4M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboo-learning)[**Corning** $200M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/corning) ## 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. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=apple) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=apple)