PREVIEW / Some of the Business and Economic Events Happening Today

Enfish in the Chips: Pasadena software maker Enfish Technology is expected to announce today that it has received an $8-million venture capital investment from a group that includes tech giant Intel Corp.

Other investors are Black Diamond Ventures, a new Los Angeles venture capital fund, and New York-based firm Spencer Trask. The investment, the company’s second round of capital raising, will help it develop software designed to make information on computers easier to use.

“We are on a very fast track to accelerate the next phase of our software product that will ultimately bridge the gap between the desktop and the rest of the information sources that everyone needs,” said Louise Wannier, co-founder, chairwoman and chief executive of Enfish. “We will make it much easier for people to organize and track information on their computers.”

The investment by Intel, the chip maker based in Santa Clara, Calif., is a “major step forward” for the company, which plans to eventually go public, Wannier said.

Started in 1993, the privately held company has 60 employees. “Enfish” stands for “enter, find and share.”

The firm’s software, Enfish Tracker Pro, works like an intelligent search engine. It is an indexing program that allows users to find any text file, graphics file, bookmarked Web site or e-mail quickly. It checks the contents of a customer’s PC hard drive and networks and tracks the contents of Web sites a person visits regularly.