▁A 5 ▁phone , ▁project ▁where ▁the ▁team ▁participated . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁the ▁B az aar ▁Android ▁site . ▁B az aar ▁Android ▁provided ▁the ▁possibility ▁for ▁the ▁users ▁to ▁create ▁their ▁own ▁store . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁A pto ide ▁and ▁B az aar ▁Android ▁br ands ▁were ▁merged ▁to ▁allow ▁a ▁better ▁communication . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁A pto ide ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁A pto ide ▁received ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁eu ros ▁in ▁seed ▁fund ing ▁from ▁Portugal ▁Vent ures . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁company ▁secured ▁a ▁Series ▁A ▁finan cing ▁round ▁of ▁ 3 . 7 ▁million ▁eu ros ▁( 4 ▁million ▁dollars ), ▁led ▁by ▁German ▁vent ure ▁capital ▁firm ▁e . vent ures ▁with ▁co - in vest ment ▁from ▁G obi ▁Part ners ▁( Ch ina ) ▁and ▁Golden ▁Gate ▁Vent ures ▁( Sing ap ore ). ▁The ▁invest ment ▁has ▁allowed ▁A pto ide ▁to ▁grow ▁its ▁team , ▁currently ▁having ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁employees . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁A pto ide ▁file d ▁a ▁European ▁Union ▁Ant it rust ▁compla int ▁against ▁Google , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁Google ▁creates ▁obst acles ▁for ▁users ▁to ▁install ▁third - party ▁app ▁stores