Today, Intel Capital announced new investments in eight startups totaling $60 million. Below is each company, along with the size of the round they just raised. (Not all would disclose when I asked during the conference call). And while Intel led most of the investments it was not the sole investor, so the total adds up to more than $60 million.
Accertify (fraud management for online transactions): $4 million round.
Grid Net (energy management and smart grids for consumers): size not disclosed, but GE Capital and Catamount Ventures also invested.
HealthiNation (online health videos): did not disclose.
Internet Mall (Czech-based online retailer targeting Central Europe): $45 million (28 million Euros).
TOA Technologies (mobile workforce management): $13 million
Veoh Networks (Web video): $30 million
Vostu (Ning-like social network for Latin America): $1.3 million seed round.
Vriti Infocom (education marketplace in India): did not disclose. Intel was the only investor
You would have thought they would have given Healthination the extra thousand bucks to get the properly spelt domain name.
What do you think is the reason for not disclosing their raised amounts?
@1 I think Healthnation was probably taken so they went with Healthination as a spin on fascination
I would like to submit the business plan for our new Jobs website, monster.com/dice competitor.
Where is the URL for the Intel Venture Capital wing?
Do they have an email or other contact address to submit to their risk capital division?
@3
That’s what he was saying. Spend the cash and buy the right domain name.
@5, I strongly disagree. Once ONE single company gives in to domain trolls, the domain trolls will win. They must be defeated.
Veoh.com getting big money but they close their service to Turkey. The reason is that they cant make enough money.
yeah, I think correctly-spelled names are definitely worth the investment if you have the cash.
LOL… you were funny even though you didn’t mean to be. That’s the irony.
wondering why not invest in ning.com more than ning type social networking for Latin America
Does anyone know if Veoh.com is using recommendation based on video-content or meta-tags/text ? The next state-of-the-art in video recommendation comes from the domain of computer-vision and it is already making great progress, in terms of researches and publications.
I think Intel investment with this company make sense.
Nat
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more niche marketplaces are penetrating the market, which is something healthy. we’ve launched Darrb.com (a marketplace for delivery services) few months ago & many people showed interest in the idea of niche market places.
Intel is spreading its eggs – good for them if they have the cash on hand… it’s a fantastic way to pay less taxes while, at the same time, create future streams of revenue should one of these guys work-out for the best!
Jon
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