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David Johnson

Managing Director at Intel Capital

Palo Alto, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Director / Investment Director

    2004

    Investment focus: Co-lead Intel Capital's Frontier Domain. Invest in Internet of Things, Autonomous Systems, Network Infrastructure and Chip Technology. Sample investments include Skylo (Satellite to Device Communications), Deep Sentinel (CV for physcial security), MatrixSpace (mmWave Radar and mesh networking for physical security), Asato (Copilot for CIOs), Foghorn (Edge Intelligence for Industrial IoT- Acq Johnson Controls), Cellwize (Radio Access Network automation), ParkourSC (Supply Chain Visibility), Matroid (Scaled Computer Vision), Landing.ai (AI for Industrial), K4Connect (Connected-life platform for seniors), Netspeed Systems (Advanced NoC Fabric IP for SoCs- Acq by Intel), Beceem (WiMAX & LTE chipsets- Acq by Broadcom). Joined Intel Capital as Technical Assistant to John Miner, President of Intel Capital in 2004.

1993 - 2004

  • M&A and Strategic Investments Manager- Treasury

    1999 - 2004

    Deal lead for acqusitions and strategic investments for Treasury group. Competed over a dozen acquisitions and approximately 10 VC/private equity investments primarily in the communications sector. Key investments include Netscaler, Mobile365, Rainfinity and E2O.

  • Finance Manager / Controller

    1993 - 1999

    Finance Manager for the "P7" division, the Microprocessor Products consolidations group, and Controller for the contract mfg, assembly test, and fab materials groups in TMG.

1991 - 1993

  • Financial Analyst, MBA Finance Rotation Program

    1991 - 1993

1987 - 1989

  • Distribution Supervisor

    1987 - 1989