| Intel Capital, Intel’s venture capital organization, makes equity investments and strategic acquisitions to stimulate technology growth and advance how people work and live. Intel Capital's mission is to find and support innovative companies worldwide. It invests in technology companies targeting digital entertainment, enterprise computing, networking and communications, software development and manufacturing. Created in 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$4 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in more than 30 countries through 2005. During this time, about 160 portfolio companies have been acquired by other companies and another 150 have gone public on various exchanges around the world. Intel Capital currently employs investment managers in about 25 countries worldwide. In 2005, Intel Capital invested about US$265 million in about 140 deals, with approximately 60 percent made outside the U.S.
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