According to Intel Capital's TechCrunch bio, since it's launch in 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$9.5 billion in over 1,050 companies in 47 countries. In that timeframe, 175 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 241 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2009, Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 107 investments with approximately 50 percent of funds invested outside the United States and Canada.

The latest round of investments include:

• Intel Capital has invested $3m in unattributed funding in early stage start-up technology Althea Systems

• Intel Capital has provided $3m in Series A funding to enterprise IT design company Adaptivity

• Intel Capital have invested an undisclosed sum in Lilliputian Systems a provider of mobile power solutions for consumer electronics devices.

• Intel Capital have invested an undisclosed sum in Taifatech a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high performance controllers that connect devices to each other or to the network.

• Intel Capital have invested $40m in SilkRoad technology provider of a full suite of web-based talent management solutions.

• Intel Capital invested an undisclosed sum in Rock Flow Dynamics a developer of software for the petroleum industry

• Intel Capital participated in $8m Series C funding round of mobile video solutions provider Ortiva Wireless

• Intel Capital invested an undisclosed sum in Videon Central creaters of high performance digital video solutions for the consumer electronics market

• Intel Capital invested an undisclosed sum in De Novo an IT-infrastructure transformation and optimization, data center engineering systems, software infrastructure solutions, and information lifecycle management, as well as banking technologies company based in the Ukraine.

• Intel Capital invested an undisclosed sum in IPTEGO a German company which develops and provides software and hardware appliances for the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) industry.

• Intel Capital has invested $17m in Verismo Networks an Internet TV platform.

• Intel Capital has invested in a Series A funding round of boo-box, a Brazilian technology-based developer of social media advertising

• Intel Capital has invested in Winchannel a Chinese efficient market feedback company.

• Intel Capital has invested $5m in YuMe a video advertising technology company that makes professional video profitable for publishers and effective for advertisers

• Intel Capital invested $14m in unattributed funding to mobile app developer Layar

• Intel Capital provided $1.85m in seed funding for Yummly a semantic recipe search service.