# Ed Ruth

> Ed Ruth is a Series A investor at Apple (San Francisco) backing Internet of Things and Bitcoin. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Apple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apple)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edruth1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/edruthless
- Website: https://www.verizonventures.com

Ed Ruth is a Series A investor at Apple in San Francisco focused on Internet of Things and Bitcoin. Ed Ruth is the Global Partnerships at Apple. He attended UC San Diego.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 67% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 33% |
| Hardware | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Wireless | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Filament | Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT.Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed tocommunicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves. | $15M | Series A | Mar 30, 2017 |  |
| Filament | Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT.Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed tocommunicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves. | $5M | Series A | May 13, 2015 |  |
| Veniam | Veniam is building the Internet of Moving Things. We turn vehicles into Wi-Fi hotspots and build city-scale vehicular networks that expand wireless coverage and collect terabytes of urban data. Veniam’s game-changing solutions are composed by hardware, software and cloud components that deliver managed services to intelligent transportation systemsin New York and Singapore, as well as in the world's largest network of connected vehicles, which includes taxis, waste collection trucks and the entire public bus fleet in Porto, Portugal, offering free Wi-Fi to more than 500,000 active customers. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $22M | Series B |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullpen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullpen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cane Investments LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cane-investments-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Haystack](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haystack) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Apple

VC Fund · Cupertino, United States

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.Apple provides many products and services, includingiPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores.Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation.Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine.The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

5 contacts available at Apple.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Perica | Head of mergers and acquisitions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-perica |
| Eddy Cue | SVP of Services | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eddy-cue |
| Ed Ruth | Global Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-ruth |
| Eitan Toledo | Senior Director, Program Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eitan-toledo |
| Jake Shapiro | Head of Creator Partnerships, Apple Podcasts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-shapiro |

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## FAQ

### What does Ed Ruth invest in?

Ed Ruth invests primarily in Internet of Things, Bitcoin and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ed Ruth last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ed Ruth closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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