About Apple Capital
Apple Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of Chaoyang, China. As of Jan 2023, Apple Capital has invested in 21 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in China based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Beijing Yuandian Shuan Technology Overall, Apple Capital portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Claroty, Chaitin and Capsule8. A lot of funds co-invest with Apple Capital, with names like Shanghai Zhangjiang sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Apple Capital has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Apple Capital's List of Top Investments
Apple Capital has a portfolio of 21 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in StarCross Technology and Beijing Touch Interactive Information Technology.Their portfolio spans across China, United States and Israel. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Apple Capital:1. Oasis Labs
Oasis Labs provides a decentralized cloud computing platform. Provides an open-source platform for developing smart contract applications. Claims to provide security & privacy for data & computation. It has integrated hardware-software technologies to enable cloud-scale applications.
Key facts about Oasis Labs
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $48M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Salesforce Ventures and 50 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 23, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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2. Tetrate
Key facts about Tetrate
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $52.5M
- Employee Count: 95 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 10, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Claroty
Provider of cyber-physical system security solutions for industrial and commercial sectors. The platform offers asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection. It caters to industrial, healthcare, commercial, and public sector environments. The company provides vulnerability and threat research to customers and cyber-physical network defenders.
Key facts about Claroty
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $882M
- Employee Count: 859 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Delta-v Capital, Princeville Capital and 38 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jan 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Chaitin
Chaitin provides threat detection for web apps. It provides enterprises with free third party testing services and charge for the deploying solutions for it. Product SQLChop is a SQL injection detection engine based on SQL tokenizing and syntax analysis on decoded payload of the original web input. It decodes web inputs like url path, body, cookie etc to the raw payloads that web app accepts, then syntactical analysis is performed on payload to classify result. Algorithm is based on compiler knowledge and automata theory. Raised seed funding from Zhenfund in Sep, 2015.
Key facts about Chaitin
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Beijing (China)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $15.1M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Apple Capital, Qiming Venture Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Capsule8
Cybersecurity solutions provider for multi-cloud environments, offering advanced threat protection. The company delivers comprehensive and integrated cloud security, unifying security tools across workloads, cloud environments, and entitlements management. It provides solutions for endpoint, server, mobile, and network security, including next-gen firewall, detection and response, and zero trust network access. The business offers managed services like detection and response, incident response, and vulnerability management. It caters to various industries, including education, finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. The company leverages threat intelligence, AI research, and security blogs to educate and protect its customers. The business model is B2B, offering SaaS and software solutions with a focus on cloud-based security, threat detection, and incident response.
Key facts about Capsule8
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Employee Count: 5 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ClearSky, Intel Education Accelerator and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 07, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Apple Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Apple Capital has invested in 21 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Beijing Yuandian Shuan Technology and most recent follow-on round was in Beijing Zhisai Yi Technology.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Apple Capital's Investments by Stage
Apple Capital has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.6M, 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $15.7M and 1 investment in Series D stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 2 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Apple Capital's Investments by Sector
Apple Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Business Services and Telecom. Notably, it has invested in 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 15 Software companies, 15 Tech companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 3 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Business Services | 1 |
Telecom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Apple Capital's Investments by Geography
Apple Capital has made most investments in China (6).Apple Capital's recent investments
Apple Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Apple Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 09, 2023 | China | Series A | 2752 | ||
Nov 15, 2021 | China | Seed | 4434 | ||
Nov 01, 2021 | China | Series D | 9422 | [+4] | |
Oct 18, 2021 | China | Series A | 7673 | ||
Feb 04, 2021 | China | Seed | 2064 |
Unicorns in Apple Capital's Portfolio
Apple Capital has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Claroty. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Claroty which became a unicorn in 2021, 5 years before Apple Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Apple Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | Provider of cyber-physical system security solutions for industrial and commercial sectors | 2015 | New York | Series F | jxcelkt |
Acquired companies in Apple Capital's Portfolio
5 companies from Apple Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Blue Lava in Oct 2023 by Zyston for $*****.Here are Apple Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 05, 2023 | - | - | 4867 | |
Jul 07, 2021 | - | - | 3814 | |
Jun 08, 2020 | - | - | 5341 | |
Oct 11, 2019 | - | - | 5645 | |
Apr 16, 2015 | - | - | 2234 |
Team profile of Apple Capital
Apple Capital has a team of 1 member located in China. Apple Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Apple Capital
Over the past 9 years, 19 investors have co-invested in Apple Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Apple Capital: Oriental Fortune Capital, Shengwan Investment-SOVA CAPITAL and 3 others have invested in rounds before Apple Capital. There is 1 company where Oriental Fortune Capital has invested before Apple Capital and 1 company where Shengwan Investment-SOVA CAPITAL has invested before Apple Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Apple Capital: 11 investors entered a company along with Apple Capital. These include investors like Shanghai Zhangjiang (1 company).
- Invested after Apple Capital: A total of 3 investors have invested in Apple Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Kunzhong Capital (1 company), Gaocheng Capital (1 company) and Legend Star (1 company).
Recent News related to Apple Capital
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"Xinglan Technology" completed a pre-A+ round of financing of over 100 million yuan36Kr•Nov 14, 2021•StarCross Technology, Apple Capital, Leju, Chuangrongjie
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Cloud-native security company explores true northern lights angel round investmentPEdaily•Feb 03, 2021•Apple Capital, Northern Light Venture Capital, Tanzhen Technology
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Beijing Zhizhangyi Technology raises $29 mln in Series B funding roundInvestsize•Oct 15, 2018•Beijing Zhisai Yi Technology, Apple Capital
