Intel Capital held its eighth annual CEO Summit on May 9-11, 2007 at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was attended by a record breaking number of attendees from Intel Capital portfolio companies and Global 2000 companies. The event included keynote presentations, panel discussions, elevator pitches, and matchmaking meetings between portfolio company CEOs and industry executives as part of the focus on learning and deal-making.

"With global reach, larger investment stakes and active collaboration, Intel Capital is a leader in company building and becoming engaged with companies beyond our initial investment," said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital. By bringing together savvy business executives, global decision makers, and inspired entrepreneurs, CEO Summit demonstrates Intel Capital’s proactive strategy in helping its portfolio companies succeed.

"We most likely will sign a deal with one of your portfolio companies. The Summit deserves all the credit of getting me and the CEO together again, more importantly, revived the conversation which leads to a potential deal quickly. Thanks again for providing me with this wonderful opportunity. I am thoroughly impressed by the effectiveness and professionalism that Intel Capital team possesses. It was a fantastic event!"
Tami Zhu, Executive Director, Head of AOL Ventures

"I believe Intel CEO Summit is one of the best opportunities to meet leading edge companies."
Ichirou Akimoto, Manager of Corporate Planning, Venture Business Development, NEC

"I had a great time. This is by far the best event of its type I have ever attended. I can't think of many ways to improve it. I hope I can attend more of these in the future."
Kurt Estes, Director of Business Development, Early Stage Accelerator, Motorola

At the event, Intel Capital announced investments totaling US$31 million. The deals, all led by Intel Capital, include: China-based 51.com (social networking) and Phoenix Microelectronics (microelectronics); Aternity (application management software) and Ceedo (portable computing environment), both based in Israel; and from the United States, Jajah (Internet telephony solutions) and Tutor.com (education network).

During an international press conference, CEOs from five new portfolio companies told their stories to an attentive audience of journalists who were interested Intel Capital’s global investment story as well as the local perspective from the new investments in China, Israel, and the U.S. As a result, more than 200 stories were published around the world.

During CEO Summit more than 450 matchmaking meetings took place between about 125 portfolio company CEOs and more than 100 industry executives. For many, the sessions offered unparalleled access to normally inaccessible industry executives through their relationship with Intel Capital. As a result of careful screening, participants rated the networking sessions as highly successful with more than 89% considering the matches "relevant" and 83% of industry executives citing specific follow-up intentions with portfolio companies.

Intel Capital also hosts Intel Capital Technology Days (ITDs) , localized structured matchmaking events similar to CEO Summit. ITDs occur throughout the world and have recently debuted in Latin America and the Middle East. Last year, Intel Capital hosted 53 ITDs around the globe with 435 appearances by its portfolio companies. So far this year, Intel Capital has hosted 33 ITDs with 241 portfolio company appearances and companies such as Procter and Gamble, Telefonica, Sprint, and Target participating.

Learn more about successful Intel Capital portfolio companies.

The Intel Capital CEO Summit featured talks by global business leaders who shared their unique expertise with attendees at the event. Prominent speakers included Paul Otellini, President and CEO of Intel Corporation; Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures; Jeff Taylor, CEO of Eons.com; Brad Anderson, CEO of Best Buy; David Thompson, author of Blueprint to a Billion; and Arvind Sodhani, along with other business experts from around the world.

Opening Keynote, Arvind Sodhani - President, Intel Capital (PDF* 3.2MB)
Eric Kim - Senior VP & GM Digital Home Group, Intel Corporation (PDF* 3.54MB)
Innovation at Intel, Justin Rattner - Chief Technology Officer, Intel Corporation (PDF* 6.83MB)
Software & Solutions Group Breakout Presentation (PDF* 0.89MB)
Dadi Perlmutter - Senior VP & GM Mobility Group, Intel Corporation (PDF* 9.13MB)
Closing Keynote, Arvind Sodhani - President, Intel Capital (PDF* 1.75MB)

More than 9 out of 10 portfolio companies surveyed this year said they would recommend Intel Capital CEO Summit to a friend or colleague. In addition, more than 85% said the event would enable future business for their companies.

Through unique opportunities such as CEO Summit, Intel Capital will continue to work with its portfolio companies to make them more successful and create engines of technology innovation around the world. Intel Capital, as part of Intel Corporation, is poised to promote and support innovative technology start-ups and companies around the globe.