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Chip Shot: Intel Capital America Fund 80% Invested

At the eleventh annual Intel Capital CEO Summit in Huntington Beach, CA, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini gave an update on Intel Capital’s Invest in America (IIA) Fund, a $200 million commitment to investing in innovation in the U.S. over the next two years.  In less than nine months, Intel Capital has invested nearly 80% of the committed dollars in 56 companies around the country. These investments, totaling $156 million, are in exciting new areas from cloud computing and cleantech to educational gaming and smartphones. Intel, along with 24 fellow Venture Capitalists,  is committed to the nation’s global competitiveness and investing in industries that will produce the next high tech jobs in the U.S.

Chip Shot: Another Successful Exit for Intel Capital

Intel Capital portfolio company Accertify announced today that it is being acquired by American Express. Intel Capital first invested in Accertify in 2008. As the sole institutional investor in the company, Intel Capital provided Accertify with strategic and operational planning guidance, industry introductions and strong financial support that enabled the company to focus on growing the business. Accertify also participated in Intel Capital’s business development events including Intel Capital Technology Days and the Intel Capital CEO Summit. Accertify provides e-commerce companies with software, tools and strategies for preventing online fraud and mitigating enterprise-wide risks.

Chip Shot: Intel Capital Portfolio Company HiSoft Completes IPO

Intel Capital congratulates HiSoft Technology International Limited on the completion of a successful initial public offering. Intel Capital first invested in HiSoft in 2004 with the goal of developing and fostering innovation in the IT service industry in China. In 2006, Intel Capital participated in the company’s series B financing round with an investment from the Intel Capital China Technology Fund. As a portfolio company, HiSoft took advantage of the many company building services offered by Intel Capital, including attending the Intel Capital CEO Summit. HiSoft provides software outsourcing, applications development, testing and localization, and ERP consulting services to clients in US, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.hisoft.com.

Chip Shot: Intel Capital Portfolio Company HiSoft Completes IPO

Intel Capital congratulates HiSoft Technology International Limited on the completion of a successful initial public offering. Intel  Capital first invested in HiSoft in 2004 with the goal of developing and  fostering innovation in the IT service industry in China. In 2006,  Intel Capital participated in the company’s series B financing round  with an investment from the Intel Capital China Technology Fund.  As a portfolio company, HiSoft took advantage of the many company  building services offered by Intel Capital, including attending the Intel Capital CEO Summit.  HiSoft provides software outsourcing, applications development, testing  and localization, and ERP consulting services to clients in US, Europe  and Asia. For more information, please visit www.hisoft.com.

Chip Shot: Intel Capital Celebrates Tenth IPO This Year

Intel Capital portfolio company CrucialTec Co., Ltd today began trading on the KOSDAQ Market Division of the Korea Exchange, becoming the tenth portfolio company IPO for Intel Capital this year. The investment in CrucialTec was announced last year at the 2009 Intel Capital CEO Summit in Huntington Beach, CA and helped the company to accelerate development of the Korean smartphone industry while supporting CrucialTec’s market expansion. CrucialTec develops input solutions that use optical technology for mobile phones, smart phones and IPTV remote controllers. This is the second Intel Capital Korean portfolio company IPO to date in 2010 – Korean Rich Internet Application provider Tobesoft went public in early June.

Chip Shot: Intel Capital to Announce New Investments at CEO Summit

At the tenth annual Intel Capital CEO Summit in Huntington Beach, CA, Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani will host a press conference at 12:30 p.m. PST tomorrow, Nov. 17. The press conference will be streamed live at this Web site. Sodhani will provide a general update on Intel Capital and announce several new investments spanning various geographies. The Intel Capital CEO Summit, which runs today through Wednesday, provides Intel Capital portfolio companies with company-building, deal-making and learning opportunities through keynote presentations, expert panel discussions and more than 500 matchmaking meetings between start-up CEOs and industry executives from some of the largest Global 2000 corporations.

Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Immelt Met To Broker MSNBC-Fox News Truce: Report

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch and General Electric chief Jeffrey Immelt met up at — appropriately enough — the Microsoft CEO summit in Redmond, Wash., to figure out how to defuse tensions between the two channels, Company Town has learned….

Should Newspaper Companies Get Out Of The Newspaper Business?

Forget the bailout. I have a great new business model for Detroit automakers. Sell Toyotas and Hondas. Detroit already has the dealer networks. There’s great demand for Japanese cars. In fact, Detroit could retool all of their manufacturing plants to make Toyotas and Hondas.
That proposal is similar to one put forth for newspaper companies by [...]