Storage Appliance gains $3m from Intel Capital.

Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of US-listed semiconductor company Intel, has invested a reported $3m in Storage Appliance, a Canada-based maker of the Clickfree automatic backup software.

Storage Appliance raised $15m in August for its series C round from local venture capital firm Tandem Expansion Fund and $10m in April 2009 from VC peer Jefferson & Partners.