# Apple Funds

> Apple Funds is a VC fund in Beijing backing Network Security and Security. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.applefunds.cn/

Apple Funds is a VC fund in Beijing focused on Network Security and Security. Apple Funds is focused on early-stage investments in network security. Its scope covers IoT security, mobile security, cloud security, data security, application security, data encryption, identity authentication, and other more narrow areas such as business security, business audit, credit fraud, anti-cheating, digital rights, digital signature,digital forensics, data backup, disaster recovery, and more.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $425k–$1.4M |
| Series A | $3.8M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Network Security | 3 | 21% |
| Security | 2 | 14% |
| TV | 1 | 7% |
| Film | 1 | 7% |
| Legal | 1 | 7% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hongtao Hu | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hongtao-hu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chaitin Tech | Beijing Chaitin Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chaitin Tech) is a technology-oriented security company specialized in addressing Internet security problems.Boasting highly skilled security research team and technological R&D team, Chaitin Tech is committed to develop new network security technologies, so as to improve domesticsecurity levels and keeping up with world-class technologies.The Company is currently mainly engaged in highly customized security services and security products, aiming at providing enterprises with effective custom security solutions through developing new technologies and methods, so as to thoroughly improve enterprises’ security defense capability. | $140.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 24, 2024 |  |
| OriPoint Security | Origin Security is an enterprise-level cloud data security (Cloud Data Security) product service provider. |  |  | Jan 09, 2023 |  |
| OriPoint Security | Origin Security is an enterprise-level cloud data security (Cloud Data Security) product service provider. |  | Series A | Jan 09, 2023 |  |
| StarCross Technology (Xinglan Technology) | Xinglan Technology is an internet enterprise-level API security solution firm focused on improving internet security by using AI technology. | $15.7M | Seed | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Paraview Software | Paraview Software is an enterprise-level IT management platform solution provider with ParaSecure OSC operation and maintenance security management software and ParaSecure AAC security log management system software. |  | Series D | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Dotouch | Dotouch is a developer and provider of network communication testing tools designed to accelerate product development. |  | Series A | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| OriPoint Security | Origin Security is an enterprise-level cloud data security (Cloud Data Security) product service provider. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Tensor Security | Tensor Security is a cloud-native security company focused on providing AI-based and full-stack cloud-native security solutions. |  | Angel | Sep 07, 2020 |  |
| Zhizhangyi | Zhizhangyi is Mobile Security industry . Zhizhangyi has developed virtual security domain technology which can protect smartphones without the support of mobile app developers. | $28.3M | Series B | Oct 15, 2018 |  |
| Chaitin Tech | Beijing Chaitin Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chaitin Tech) is a technology-oriented security company specialized in addressing Internet security problems.Boasting highly skilled security research team and technological R&D team, Chaitin Tech is committed to develop new network security technologies, so as to improve domesticsecurity levels and keeping up with world-class technologies.The Company is currently mainly engaged in highly customized security services and security products, aiming at providing enterprises with effective custom security solutions through developing new technologies and methods, so as to thoroughly improve enterprises’ security defense capability. | $3.8M | Series A | Jun 28, 2017 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shanghai International Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shanghai-international-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tencent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tencent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Apple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apple) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CAS Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cas-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDF-Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdf-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chang'an Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-an-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Apple Funds invest in?

Apple Funds invests primarily in Network Security, Security and TV startups, most often at Angel and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Apple Funds's check size?

Apple Funds typically joins rounds of $425k–$1.4M at Angel and $3.8M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Apple Funds participates in.

### How do I contact Apple Funds?

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### Who are the partners at Apple Funds?

The team at Apple Funds includes Hongtao Hu (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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