Intel Capital

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Intel Capital
Founded1991;33 years ago (1991)
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
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U.S.
Area served
United States, China, Western Europe, Israel
Products Venture capital
Website www.intelcapital.com

Intel Capital is a division of Intel Corporation, set up to manage corporate venture capital, global investment, mergers and acquisitions. Intel Capital makes equity investments in a range of technology startups and companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting artificial intelligence, autonomous technology, data center and cloud, 5G, next-generation compute, semiconductor manufacturing and other technologies.

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History

Intel Capital was set up in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. [1] It was originally called Corporate Business Development (CBD). [2] This organization was primarily established to support the development of Intel's ecosystem through equity investments in strategic companies. [2] Intel, during this period, mainly invested in American companies, and in 1998 95% of investment was in the USA. The bulk of these companies were those engaged in the manufacture and development of chips, equipment and software that fuel the demand for high-end personal computers. [2] It also acquired startups that augment its foothold in the communications and information processing industries since these are favorable to Intel's microprocessors. [3]

Over time, investment in non-US companies increased, and by 2012 international investments accounted for about 57%. Intel Capital has invested more than US$12.5 billion in over 1,550 companies in 57 countries. [4] [5] In that timeframe, over 200 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world, and more than 325 were acquired or participated in a merger.

In 2014, Intel Capital has 26 offices, including in Belgium, Brazil, [6] China, India, [7] Germany, Ireland, Japan, Israel, Nigeria, [8] Poland, [9] Russia, [10] Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, [11] UK, USA. It became the world's largest corporate venturing program in the technology segment and has invested in both established firms and startup companies. [12]

Investments

Intel Capital investments include Actions Semiconductor, [13] AlterGeo, [14] AppyStore, [15] AVG, [16] Bellrock Media, [17] Box, [18] Broadcom, [19] Cloudera, [20] CNET, Citrix Systems, Elpida Memory, Gaikai, [21] Gigya, [22] IndiaInfoline.com, [23] Inktomi, Insyde Software, [24] Integrant Technologies, July Systems, [25] Kingsoft, [26] LogMeIn, Mall.cz, [27] Marvell, Mellanox, Mirantis, [28] MongoDB, [29] MySQL, [30] NIIT, Ondot Systems, PCCW, Red Hat, [31] Rediff.com, Research in Motion (Blackberry), [32] Saffron Technology, [33] Sasken, [34] StarkWare Industries, [35] Smart Technologies, [36] Snapdeal, Sonda, [37] Sohu.com, Stratoscale, [38] TechFaith, [39] Trigence, [40] VMware, Volocopter and WebMD. In 2014 Intel Capital has made $62 Mn investment in 16 tech startups, [41]

Intel Capital began investing in the artificial intelligence sector. It invested $10 million in Lumiata, a small analytics firm that specializes in medical AI, in 2016. [42] In September 2017, According to the reports, Intel Capital invested $1 billion into AI startups including Mighty AI, Data Robot and many more. [43] In 2020 Intel Capital invested in Jio Platforms. It was also part of the investors that injected $102 million in series A funding to Element.ai, a company seeking to democratize AI access. [44]

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