Intel is also a master of venture capital, in addition to making chips

Intel is known as the world's largest chipmaker, but you know what? Intel is actually a 'hidden' venture capitalist. In fact, Intel is one of the three most active venture capitalists in the world, the other two, Alphabet and SaleForce.

In addition to making chips, Intel is also a master of venture capital…

Intel was also one of the first to enter the VENTURE circle: where it founded Intel Capital in 1991 to focus on investing abroad, and has invested more than $ 12 billion in more than 1, 500 companies, of which some 700 have been publicly traded or successfully acquired.

The long list includes names like Broadcom / AVGO, VMware / VMW, Citrix Systems / CTXS, Cloudera (CLDR), DocuSign (DOCU), Marvell Technologies / R, MonDB (MDB), Red Hat.

Intel Capital's main investment areas include artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, business software and cybersecurity, semiconductors and storage, the Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics, 5G, cloud computing, etc., with the aim of “winning and learning”.

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Intel has never disclosed a return on investment, but says it has "generated billions of dollars in cash."

Compared to traditional venture capital financial funds, corporate companies tend to be very conservative, tend to play a supporting role, led by venture capital funds, invest in the vanguard, but Intel Capital is quite aggressive and active with presence on the board of directors.

Unlike traditional venture capital funds, Intel has no outside investors, and all of its investments are derived from the earnings of the parent company. Intel Capital usually invests between $ 300 and $ 500 million a year, but it is not capped, and in some cases has exceeded $ 1 billion.

In 2018, the most recent year for which data is available, a total of $ 391 million was invested, including 38 new investments and 51 additional investments, of which four companies were successfully listed and 14 were acquired. We will keep you informed.

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