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Intel Capital

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent Intel CorporationHQ Santa Clara, United StatesFounded 1991

Intel Capital is the corporate venture arm of Intel Corporation (semiconductors). It was founded in 1991 and is based in Santa Clara, United States. It invests from Seed to Series C+ in cloud, devices, frontier.

Assets under managementS6
USD 5bn+
Companies backedS3
1,800+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series C+
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Series C+
SectorsCloud, Devices, Frontier, Silicon
GeographyNorth America, Israel, Western Europe, Asia Pacific (Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page)
OfficesSanta Clara, United States

Sources: S6 Intel IR: Intel Capital to Become Standalone Investment Fund (14 Jan 2025); S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Investment stage: Seed to Series C+

Investment stage: Seed to Series C+Bar showing Intel Capital invests from seed to series c+. Sector chips: cloud, devices, frontier, silicon. Stacked bar of portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page.Investment stage: Seed to Series C+Intel CapitalSTAGEPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C+GrowthLate stagePORTFOLIO MIXPortfolio by the firm's own tags, share of 137 companiesCloud49.6% (68)Frontier22.6% (31)Silicon18.2% (25)Devices9.5% (13)GEOGRAPHYPortfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page10126North America 101Israel 26Western Europe 7Asia Pacific 2Other 1CorporateVentureCapital.comSources: S6, S2, listed on the profile
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Series C+
SectorsCloud, Devices, Frontier, Silicon
GeographyNorth America, Israel, Western Europe, Asia Pacific (Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page)
OfficesSanta Clara, United States

Sources: S6 Intel IR: Intel Capital to Become Standalone Investment Fund (14 Jan 2025); S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Investments closed by company type
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ItemCompaniesShare
Cloud6849.6%
Frontier3122.6%
Silicon2518.2%
Devices139.5%

A company can carry more than one tag

Sources: S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Investments closed by company type

Investments closed by company typeDonut chart of portfolio by the firm's own tags: Cloud 49.6%, Frontier 22.6%, Silicon 18.2%, Devices 9.5%.Investments closed by company typeIntel Capital · Portfolio by the firm's own tags137TAGGED COMPANIESCloud49.6% 68Frontier22.6% 31Silicon18.2% 25Devices9.5% 13CorporateVentureCapital.comSource: Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes)
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ItemCompaniesShare
Cloud6849.6%
Frontier3122.6%
Silicon2518.2%
Devices139.5%

A company can carry more than one tag

Sources: S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeUSD 5bn+Assets under managementStated by the firm or its parentS6
Companies backed1,800+companiesStated by the firmS3
Companies on the firm's portfolio page137companiesCounted from the firm's own listS2

Sources: S6 Intel IR: Intel Capital to Become Standalone Investment Fund (14 Jan 2025); S3 Intel Capital at Thirty-Five (Anthony Lin); S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Scale and capital allocated

Scale and capital allocatedIntel Capital headline size USD 5bn+, basis: Assets under management. Dot strip of 2 published counts: Companies backed 1,800+; Companies on the firm's portfolio page 137.Scale and capital allocatedIntel CapitalUSD 5bn+ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENTCOUNTS THE FIRM AND ITS PAGES PUBLISH1001,00010,000Companies backed1,800+ companiesCompanies on the firm's portfolio page137 companiesStated by the firmCounted from a list or another sourceCorporateVentureCapital.comSources: S6, S3, S2, listed on the profile
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeUSD 5bn+Assets under managementStated by the firm or its parentS6
Companies backed1,800+companiesStated by the firmS3
Companies on the firm's portfolio page137companiesCounted from the firm's own listS2

Firms and databases count companies, rounds and investments differently.

Sources: S6 Intel IR: Intel Capital to Become Standalone Investment Fund (14 Jan 2025); S3 Intel Capital at Thirty-Five (Anthony Lin); S2 Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes).

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Santa Clara, United States
Offices
  • Santa Clara, United States

Portfolio companies by regionS6S2

  • North America101 · 74%
  • Israel26 · 19%
  • Western Europe7 · 5%
  • Asia Pacific2 · 1%
  • Other1 · 1%

Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page

LeadersS1

Intel Capital on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyIntel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC)Single sourceS7
Parent industrySemiconductorsSingle sourceS7
Founded1991Single sourceS3
HeadquartersSanta Clara, United StatesReported by Wikipedia: Intel CapitalS8
StatusActiveSingle sourceS3
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS6
Headline sizeUSD 5bn+ (Assets under management)Single sourceS6
Companies backed1,800+Single sourceS3
People on the team page25Single sourceS1
StagesSeed, Series A, Series B, Series C+Single sourceS6

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 137 companies: 137 active.S2

The firm also states 1,800+ companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S3

Portfolio by the firm's own tags. A company can carry more than one tagS2
TagCompaniesShare
Cloud6849.6%
Frontier3122.6%
Silicon2518.2%
Devices139.5%

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

55 companies on the Intel Capital portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company name across the firms' own lists.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
Samsung Next9TwelveLabs, Bria, FieldAI, Quantum Machines, Higgsfield AI, Overwolf, and 3 more
Applied Ventures6Ayar Labs, Syntiant, Metalenz, Exo Imaging, 3D Glass Solutions, Impact Nano
Qualcomm Ventures6Upscale ai, Hugging Face, SiFive, Eclypsium, Quantum Machines, Scale AI
Cisco Investments6DataRobot, Eliyan, Scale AI, JupiterOne, Lightbits, MemVerge
Wipro Ventures5Immuta, Avaamo, LILT, Tuskira, Vectra
M125Syntiant, Upscale ai, Synack, Xsight Labs, Zenity
Samsung Catalyst Fund5Upscale ai, Eliyan, Landing AI, ProteanTecs, Skylo
AMD Ventures4Ayar Labs, Eliyan, Hugging Face, SiFive
Dell Technologies Capital4Immuta, Fly.io, MaxIQ, MinIO
GV4Synack, Censys, Security​Scorecard, Upbound
NTT DOCOMO Ventures3Ayar Labs, Now.gg, TileDB
Salesforce Ventures3Upscale ai, DataRobot, Hugging Face

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Intel Capital list

137 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

  • 3D Glass Solutions
  • AI21
  • Airship
  • AIRY3D
  • Aledia
  • Alkymi
  • AMFG
  • Anodot
  • Anyscale
  • Articul8 AI
  • Asato
  • Avaamo
  • Axonne
  • Ayar Labs
  • Baya Systems
  • Beep
  • Biofourmis
  • BoomTV
  • BRIA
  • Buildots
  • Cambridge Mechatronics
  • Capcon
  • caresyntax
  • Censys
  • Centrical
  • ChEmpower
  • Cornelis Networks
  • CY Vision
  • DataRobot
  • Deep Sentinel
  • Delair
  • Duality
  • EasySend
  • Eclypsium
  • Eko
  • Eliyan
  • EPIC Microsystems
  • EUV Tech
  • Exo Imaging
  • Fabric8Labs
  • FieldAI
  • Figure AI
  • Fly.io
  • Formant
  • Fortanix
  • Freshpaint
  • Gloat
  • Goldbelly
  • GoodData
  • Grip Security
  • Healx
  • Higgsfield AI
  • Hugging Face
  • hypersonix
  • Immuta
  • Impact Nano
  • Inrix
  • Intezer Labs
  • Inworld.ai
  • Joby Aero
  • JupiterOne
  • Kepler Computing
  • landing.ai
  • Lightbits
  • LILT
  • MatrixSpace
  • Matroid
  • MaxIQ
  • MDI Health
  • Medical Informatics
  • MemVerge
  • MerQube
  • Metalenz
  • Mighty Networks
  • MinIO
  • Moderne
  • Motivo
  • Movellus Circuits
  • Mueon
  • NeuroBlade
  • Nexite
  • Now.gg
  • NxtGen
  • Occipital
  • OliverIQ
  • OPAQUE
  • OrCam
  • Orchid Security
  • Overwolf
  • Oxide
  • OXMIQ Labs
  • Oxos Medical
  • Pico
  • Prime Intellect AI
  • ProteanTecs
  • Q-Factor
  • Qnovo
  • Quantum Machines
  • R3
  • RealSense
  • Retrace
  • RouteThis
  • SambaNova
  • SaVia
  • Scale AI
  • ScienceLogic
  • SecurityScorecard
  • SiFive
  • SiPhox
  • Skylo
  • Suger.io
  • Synack
  • Syntiant
  • Teikametrics
  • Tetrate
  • TileDB
  • TriEye
  • Trinity Cyber
  • TrueFoundry
  • Truffle Security
  • TuMeke
  • Tuskira
  • Twelve Labs
  • UNISERS
  • Upbound
  • Upscale AI
  • Vectra
  • VeriSIM Life
  • Voyantis
  • What3Words
  • Wooptix
  • WSC Sports
  • Xsight Labs
  • Xyte
  • Zenity
  • ZeroEyes
  • Zumigo

For founders

ItemWhat the firm saysSource
StagesSeed, Series A, Series B, Series C+S6
Beyond capitalPortfolio Development team; Embedded Expert Program; Nearly 30 portfolio events worldwide in 2025S3
Contact formwww.intelcapital.com/contact/S5

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2026-09-14BuildotsFunding roundUSD 130MNoS9
2026-08-19HiggsfieldSeries BUSD 400MNoS10
2026-08-03ZenitySeries CUSD 125MNoS11
2026-07-08Prime IntellectSeries AUSD 130MNoS12

Notable outcomes

IPOs and acquisitions of portfolio companies. Price shown only where published.

CompanyTypeYearAcquirer or exchangePriceSource
Astera LabsIPOS3

History

  1. Intel Capital founded, described by Intel Capital as the first corporate venture firm.S3
  2. 14 Jan 2025: Intel announces plan to separate Intel Capital into a standalone fund.S6

Where sources disagree

  • Companies count: deployed more than $20B into over 1,800 start-ups (Intel Capital, Jan 2026) (S3) vs 1,800 companies, $20 billion deployed (Intel IR, Jan 2025) (S6) vs 137 current companies on portfolio page; 'alongside 250 additional teams in our portfolio' (Jan 2026 post) (S2). Page rows vs cumulative claim.S3S6S2
  • Exit value: more than $200B in exit value (Jan 2026) (S3) vs created over $170 billion in market value in the past 10 years (Jan 2025) (S6). Different measures and dates.S3S6

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1Intel Capital TeamFirm
  2. S2Intel Capital Portfolio (company list with domain and location classes)Firm
  3. S3Intel Capital at Thirty-Five (Anthony Lin)Firm
  4. S5Intel Capital ContactFirm
  5. S6Intel IR: Intel Capital to Become Standalone Investment Fund (14 Jan 2025)Parent company
  6. S7SEC EDGAR submissions: Intel Corp (CIK 0000050863)Filing
  7. S8Wikipedia: Intel CapitalThird-party report
  8. S9Intel Capital news: Buildots $130MFirm
  9. S10Intel Capital news: Higgsfield $400M Series BFirm
  10. S11Intel Capital news: Zenity $125M Series CFirm
  11. S12Intel Capital news: Prime Intellect $130M Series AFirm

Disclaimer and corrections

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