In-Q-Tel (IQT)
CVC🇺🇸 United StatesInvestment thesis
Not-for-profit strategic investment platform serving the US intelligence and defense community (and allies), founded to keep the CIA and other agencies equipped with cutting-edge commercial technology. Practices 'global security investing' across space, biotech, microelectronics and energy, having transitioned hundreds of portfolio technologies to government partners.
Notable portfolio
Palantir (early)Google Earth/Keyhole (early)Palantir
Sector focus
SpaceBiotechMicroelectronicsEnergyAICybersecurityQuantum computingSpace systemsAdvanced materialsNational securityIntelligenceDefenseAdvanced computing