Investments
372Portfolio Exits
99Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
1About In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel identifies and partners with companies developing technologies to help deliver these solutions to the Central Intelligence Agency and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) to further their missions. Launched by the CIA as a private, independent, not-for-profit organization, IQT was created to bridge the gap between the technology needs of the Intelligence Community and new advances in commercial technology. Similar to a corporate strategic fund, IQT operates for strategic investments rather than financial investments benefits to its customers in the Intelligence Community.
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Latest In-Q-Tel News
Sep 13, 2023
12 Sep 2023 oneNav has announced the successful closing of a $17million Series C funding round and launched its pureL5 Acquisition Receiver Core (pARC). The funding round, led by MVP Ventures, includes participation from previous investors Google Ventures, GSR, Norwest Venture Partners and In-Q-Tel. The company said the new funding round was at an increased valuation over earlier funding. Overall, oneNav has raised $50 million. “There’s a huge demand for vastly better GNSS performance in phones, watches and IoT trackers. This new funding will be used to ramp up our support for many more tape outs in 2023 and 2024,” said Steve Poizner, oneNav CEO and co-founder. The new pureL5 pARC product can augment customers’ existing GNSS solutions, which saves time and money, said Ellen Kirk, oneNav vice president, strategic marketing and business development. “[pARC] is a standalone solution. Customers have many hours invested in their measurement and positioning engines, they aren’t going to take them out,” she said. “What they do not have is direct L5 acquisition. All hybrid solutions acquire L1 first, then acquire L5.”
In-Q-Tel Investments
372 Investments
In-Q-Tel has made 372 investments. Their latest investment was in Open Cosmos as part of their Series B on September 9, 2023.
In-Q-Tel Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/10/2023 | Series B | Open Cosmos | Yes | A&G Barcelona, Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander, Claret Capital Partners, ETF Partners, In-Q-Tel, Ireon Ventures, KhengNam Lee, Taavet Hinrikus, Trill Impact, Undisclosed Investors, and Wille Finance | 3 | |
8/21/2023 | Series A | HEO Robotics | $7.69M | Yes | 2 | |
6/7/2023 | Series C | oneNav | $16.14M | Yes | 3 | |
4/18/2023 | Series A | |||||
2/27/2023 | Series B |
Date | 9/10/2023 | 8/21/2023 | 6/7/2023 | 4/18/2023 | 2/27/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B | Series A | Series C | Series A | Series B |
Company | Open Cosmos | HEO Robotics | oneNav | ||
Amount | $7.69M | $16.14M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | A&G Barcelona, Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander, Claret Capital Partners, ETF Partners, In-Q-Tel, Ireon Ventures, KhengNam Lee, Taavet Hinrikus, Trill Impact, Undisclosed Investors, and Wille Finance | ||||
Sources | 3 | 2 | 3 |
In-Q-Tel Portfolio Exits
99 Portfolio Exits
In-Q-Tel has 99 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Nanosys on September 07, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/7/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
6/29/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
5/31/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 9/7/2023 | 6/29/2023 | 5/31/2023 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
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Sources | 3 | 3 | 2 |
In-Q-Tel Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
In-Q-Tel has 10 strategic partners and customers. In-Q-Tel recently partnered with KA Imaging on November 11, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/2/2022 | Partner | Canada | KA Imaging Announces New Strategic Funding Fueling Innovation `` We are pleased to be part of the In-Q-Tel , Inc. portfolio and look forward to expanding our relationship with IQT and its government partners , '' said Amol Karnick , President and CEO of KA Imaging . | 3 | |
11/2/2022 | Partner | United States | OpenFin Pushes Into Government Sector With In-Q-Tel Partnership OpenFin has entered into a strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel , the intelligence community 's venture capital arm , in a push to establish its presence in the government sector . | 1 | |
10/26/2022 | Partner | United States | Trust Lab to Help Federal Market Safeguard the Web from Misinformation and Harmful Actors. Trust Lab enters strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel . | 1 | |
5/17/2022 | Partner | ||||
9/2/2021 | Vendor |
Date | 11/2/2022 | 11/2/2022 | 10/26/2022 | 5/17/2022 | 9/2/2021 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Canada | United States | United States | ||
News Snippet | KA Imaging Announces New Strategic Funding Fueling Innovation `` We are pleased to be part of the In-Q-Tel , Inc. portfolio and look forward to expanding our relationship with IQT and its government partners , '' said Amol Karnick , President and CEO of KA Imaging . | OpenFin Pushes Into Government Sector With In-Q-Tel Partnership OpenFin has entered into a strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel , the intelligence community 's venture capital arm , in a push to establish its presence in the government sector . | Trust Lab to Help Federal Market Safeguard the Web from Misinformation and Harmful Actors. Trust Lab enters strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel . | ||
Sources | 3 | 1 | 1 |
In-Q-Tel Service Providers
1 Service Provider
In-Q-Tel has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Counsel | General Counsel |
Service Provider | |
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Associated Rounds | |
Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
In-Q-Tel Team
26 Team Members
In-Q-Tel has 26 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, President, Christopher Darby.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Darby | Chief Executive Officer, President | Current | |
Name | Christopher Darby | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer, President | ||||
Status | Current |
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