Intel Sinks $40 Million in 10 Tech Companies
Intel announced that it has added ten companies to its Intel Capital portfolio.
A total of $40 million went to:
- content sharing platform Box
- content distributor Hungama.com
- chip designer Focaltech
- social radio Jelli
- social game company LIFO Interactive
- mobile proximity platform NewAer
- e-payment provider PagPop
- cloud services company Tier 3
- 3D game developer Transmension
- mobile advertising company UUCun
The announcement was made at the Intel Capital Global Summit, which reportedly hosts more than 1,000 Intel funded entrepreneurs. "Our annual Global Summit and the ongoing Intel Capital Technology Days provide our portfolio companies with unmatched access to the decision-making executives critical to revenue-generating sales or partnerships," said Intel capital president Arvind Sodhani in a statement. "The 10 new investments in innovative companies announced today stand to benefit greatly from these longstanding company-building resources."
Intel rarely benefits from its investments directly, but typically places its investments strategically to support its core businesses and support an increase in chip sales.
Buy everything...
Then destroy it.
Dude... they didn't "buy" these companies, they invested in them...
Kids these days...
Buy everything...
Then destroy it.
Dude... they didn't "buy" these companies, they invested in them...
Kids these days...
Kids these days...
LOL!!! darn kids is right.
Also, I am not a "kid." And since you referred to me as "dude," I suspect that I am older than you are. Let's just keep the discussion about tech and leave the insults and derision at the door.
Well, it did say the following:-
Ultrabook is really just a formfactor, their core businesses and chip sales cover all form factors and this spread of investments represent investing in the industry, so even though supporting Ultrabooks would not be a bad thing, it isn't quite that narrow a focus
expansion box ecosystem may have to wait.
We are still missing a smart Operating system with an assistant. 6 cores CPU are useless to casual here, a very smart assistant will be a great boost for casual to return to desktop.