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Trina Van Pelt

Vice President & Senior Managing Director, Intel Capital

About

Trina Van Pelt is a venture capital investor at Intel Capital with 25+ years as a technology dealmaker who has led or closed more than 85 technology acquisitions and investments totaling over $50B, and she serves as a visible policy-facing voice for Intel Capital by personally meeting with bipartisan U.S. Congressional leaders to brief them on venture policy, cybersecurity, and STEM workforce needs. She leads Intel Capital's Frontier Technology focus area covering AI, urban mobility, autonomous transportation, and advanced enterprise software, while also serving as chair of Intel Capital's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative during a period when the firm deployed more than 20% of new capital into startups led by women and underrepresented founders. Trina Van Pelt is a venture capital investor at Intel Capital with 25+ years as a technology dealmaker who has led or closed more than 85 technology acquisitions and investments totaling over $50B, and she serves as a visible policy-facing voice for Intel Capital by personally meeting with bipartisan U.S. Congressional leaders to brief them on venture policy, cybersecurity, and STEM workforce needs. She leads Intel Capital's Frontier Technology focus area covering AI, urban mobility, autonomous transportation, and advanced enterprise software, while also serving as chair of Intel Capital's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative during a period when the firm deployed more than 20% of new capital into startups led by women and

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
AI
Chips
Deeptech
Hardware
Enterprise
Cybersecurity

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $20M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA