dfuse Raises $3.5 Million in Seed Funding

Blockchain API company dfuse announced that it raised $3.5 million in seed financing co-led by Intel Capital and Multicoin Capital. The funding will help the company expand its blockchain platform by growing its engineering and customer success teams.

Intel Capital ramping up team, efforts in Israel

Chip giant Intel considers Israel its home base, and the size of the nation has nothing to do with the size of its investment there, say entrepreneurs at Intel Capital’s conference in Arizona.

Intel Capital hosts 7th Annual CISO Summit

At our annual CISO Summit in Palo Alto, Intel Capital brought together startup leaders with chief information security officers from some of the biggest names in business.

Founder Q&A: Avaamo Co-Founder Ram Menon is using AI to change the way we communicate

In this edition of Founder Q&A, we speak to Ram Menon about his life as a Silicon Valley CEO. After helping build TIBCO into a global heavyweight, Menon launched Avaamo, a leader in specialized chatbots that’s re-defining how the technology can help enterprises and their customers.

Intel Capital invests more than $30M in three startups to accelerate growth of the cloud

Intel Capital has invested $30 million in three disruptive companies: Catalytic, a SaaS intelligent automation startup; Fortanix, a cloud security company; and Pliops, which is developing next-generation NAND flash storage processors. These three companies are advancing innovation in areas critical to the growth of cloud computing.

Sky Limit Entertainment Receives Series A Funding from Intel Capital

The Beijing-based VR/AR content developer is making VR technologies and experience commercially viable in entertainment, sports and education sectors in China.

Intel Capital’s Van Pelt Speaks with Congressional Leaders about Diversity in Venture Capital

Following a day of meetings on Capitol Hill, Intel Capital Vice President Trina Van Pelt was asked to suggest ways Congress can increase investment in women and underrepresented minorities.

CTAccel Receives Series A Funding Led by Intel Capital

Hong Kong based CTAccel is a leading FPGA acceleration technology and solution provider. Company will use investment proceeds to develop image processing and image analytics solutions and to strengthen market penetration in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

China Has Put the Automotive Renaissance into Hyper Drive

With the automotive industry undergoing a seismic shift due to innovations such as electric vehicles and autonomous driving, Matt Stone from Intel Capital discusses how China that will push this market into overdrive, guided by the Five Year Plan the country passed in 2016.

Founder Q&A: Magnus Nilsson, Co-Founder of iZettle

In this edition of Founder Q&A, we discover how Magnus once again became a startup co-founder in his mid-50s (this time, almost by accident); the decision-making and leadership lessons that helped him grow iZettle into a successful unicorn company while working with a team nearly half his age; and how Ford’s launch of the Model T in 1908 planted the seeds for his entrepreneurial journey.