About Apple Core Holdings
Apple Core Holdings is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Dec 2022, Apple Core Holdings has invested in 29 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Life Sciences and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of NGrow Overall, Apple Core Holdings portfolio has seen 4 IPOs and 8 acquisitions including key companies like Fortinet, Purple and PolyPid. A lot of funds co-invest with Apple Core Holdings, with names like Capri Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Apple Core Holdings has team of 5 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Locations
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Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Apple Core Holdings' List of Top Investments
Apple Core Holdings has a portfolio of 29 companies. Their most notable investments are in NGrow and Yumble.Their portfolio spans across United States, Israel and Netherlands. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, High Tech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Apple Core Holdings:1. Fortinet
Provider of cybersecurity solutions, services, and threat intelligence for enterprises. It offers a platform delivering network and cloud security, unified SASE, and security operations. The company provides services such as incident response, managed detection, and security awareness training. It also delivers operational technology security, including secure networking and ruggedized products.
Key facts about Fortinet
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Sunnyvale (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $5.96B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $39M
- Employee Count: 16,092 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Japan Asia Investment and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, Mar 02, 2004, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Purple
Online platform offering mattresses and sleep products. It provides a range of sleep solutions designed to enhance comfort and support for better rest. The platform focuses on delivering products that cater to different sleep preferences and needs.
Key facts about Purple
- Founded Year: 1982
- Location: Alpine (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10M
- Employee Count: 1,235 as on Dec 05, 2025
- Investors: IvyCap Ventures Advisors, Groundupp Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Unattributed, Dec 30, 2009, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. PolyPid
PolyPid has developed a technology platform (PLEX-Polymer-Lipid Encapsulation matriX) that enables a controlled and prolonged release of any active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). Its technology combines polymers and lipids, enabling small-and-large API entrapment in degradation and hydration protected environments, regardless of their chemical or physical characteristics. It allows the release of the API from the reservoir at pre-determined rates of up to several months, with a constant release rate. Its pipeline includes D-PLEXantibiotic drug reservoir designed to be implanted during surgery to prevent or treat surgical site infections (SSIs)), Bonypid-1000 (an antibiotic designed for bone related infections applications) and Bonypid-500 (an antibiotic eluting bone graft substitute intended to fill, augment or reconstruct periodontal or oral/maxillofacial defects while protecting from infections)
Key facts about PolyPid
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Petah Tikva (Israel)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $96.7M
- Employee Count: 76 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Regah Ventures, Arc Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. FieldPulse
Cloud-based field services management suite solutions. It offers its solutions to general contractors, remodelers, HVAC technicians, and electricians to manage their businesses. Features include scheduling, customer management, invoice, mobile payment, status updates, geo tagging, photos, and file attachments, task management, time and location tracking, payment administration, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about FieldPulse
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Dallas (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $79.2M
- Employee Count: 46 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Catalyst Investors, Capri Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 11, 2025, $*****
5. PlainID
Cloud based identity security platform. It provides a policy based authorization platform, enabling organizations to govern, administer, and control access to digital assets. The platform bridges the gap between identity and security, offering a centralized policy management solution with decentralized enforcement. It helps enterprises address complex identity security challenges and offers secure access control.
Key facts about PlainID
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Misgav (Israel)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $100M
- Employee Count: 92 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: SIB Investment Group, Vintage Investment Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Apple Core Holdings' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Apple Core Holdings has invested in 29 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in NGrow.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Apple Core Holdings' Investments by Stage
Apple Core Holdings has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.6M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Apple Core Holdings' Investments by Sector
Apple Core Holdings has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 17 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 17 Tech companies, 13 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Apple Core Holdings' Investments by Geography
Apple Core Holdings has made most investments in United States (3).Apple Core Holdings' recent investments
Apple Core Holdings has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Apple Core Holdings:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 21, 2022 | United States | Seed | 7360 | [+2] | |
Mar 21, 2019 | United States | Series A | 8989 | ||
Sep 20, 2018 | United States | Series A | 1429 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Apple Core Holdings' Portfolio
4 of Apple Core Holdings' portfolio companies have become public. PolyPid got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jun 2020 at marketcap of $273M and Fortress Biotech got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).Here are Apple Core Holdings' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 26, 2020 | - | - | 6626 | |
Nov 28, 2011 | - | - | 2834 | |
Mar 25, 2010 | - | - | 6315 | |
Nov 18, 2009 | - | - | 6678 |
Acquired companies in Apple Core Holdings' Portfolio
8 companies from Apple Core Holdings' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were StackState in Jun 2024 by Suse.Here are Apple Core Holdings' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 18, 2024 | - | - | 2771 | |
Jan 19, 2023 | - | - | 2676 | |
Jan 04, 2022 | - | - | 9393 | |
May 06, 2019 | - | - | 1223 | |
Mar 01, 2018 | - | - | 9807 |
Team profile of Apple Core Holdings
Apple Core Holdings has a team of 5 members including 5 Partners located in United States. Apple Core Holdings' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Apple Core Holdings:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - |
Co-investors of Apple Core Holdings
Over the past 8 years, 14 investors have co-invested in Apple Core Holdings's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Apple Core Holdings: Y Combinator and Andy Appelbaum have invested in rounds before Apple Core Holdings. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before Apple Core Holdings and 1 company where Andy Appelbaum has invested before Apple Core Holdings.
- Top Co-investors of Apple Core Holdings: 9 investors entered a company along with Apple Core Holdings. These include investors like Capri Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Apple Core Holdings: A total of 3 investors have invested in Apple Core Holdings's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Fulcrum Equity Partners (1 company), Superseed Ventures (1 company) and Catalyst Investors (1 company).
Recent News related to Apple Core Holdings
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Yumble Closes Round of Series A Led by Sonoma Brands; Brings Funding Total to $8.5MMCitybizlist•Sep 20, 2018•Yumble, Yumble, Sonoma Brands Capital, Danone Manifesto Ventures and 4 others
