Jake Shapiro
Head of Creator Partnerships, Apple Podcasts @ Apple
Boston, United States
Jake Shapiro is a Series B investor at Apple in Boston focused on Apps and Music. Jake Shapiro is the Head of Creator Partnerships of Apple Podcasts. He previously worked at Podfund as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jake Shapiro attended Harvard University.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Jake Shapiro invests in
Stages Jake Shapiro invests in
Countries Jake Shapiro invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (100%)
- Music 1 (100%)
- Video 1 (100%)
- Video Editing 1 (100%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Descript
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Descript is a collaborative audio and video editor that transcribes audio to a text document for editing. It also provides automated and manual transcribing solutions for voice audio files. In addition, the platform utilizes speech recognition technology to transcribe audio and video files in a short duration of time. Descript also offersAI-powered features and intuitive interface that fuel YouTube and TikTok channels, top podcasts, and businesses using video for marketing, sales, and internal training and collaboration | $30M / Series B / Feb 01, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Apple
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.
Apple Contacts
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Adrian Perica
Head of mergers and acquisitions
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Eddy Cue
SVP of Services
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Ed Ruth
Global Partnerships
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Eitan Toledo
Senior Director, Program Management
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Jake Shapiro
Head of Creator Partnerships, Apple Podcasts
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What does Jake Shapiro invest in?
Jake Shapiro invests primarily in Apps, Music and Video startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 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 Jake Shapiro last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jake Shapiro closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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