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IQT

Massachusetts · Virginia · Washington, District of Columbia · San Francisco Bay Area · Boston / New England

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U.S. nonprofit strategic technology investor legally known as In-Q-Tel, Inc., founded in 1999 to connect emerging commercial technologies with the needs of intelligence and defense agencies and their allies. It invests globally in companies working in AI, cybersecurity, biotechnology, space, microelectronics, energy and other technical fields. IQT supports technology transfer through development and licensing agreements or equity-only investments, receiving a small equity stake and board-observer status. Its published ranges are $500,000–$3 million for technology development agreements and $250,000–$500,000 for equity-only investments. It works with commercial investors and government partners to adapt products for mission needs. IQT is a 501(c)(3) organization, operating through offices in the U.S., UK, Australia and Singapore. Its disclosed neuroscience investments include Science Corporation and Synchron.

Founded: 1999
Type: Venture capital

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No funds on record yet.

Team

Grant W. IQT, Partner	$5M$3M – $8M	Boston / New England
Brinda Jadeja IQT, Partner	$5M$3M – $8M	San Francisco Bay Area
Kevin O'Connell IQT, Vice President	$5M$3M – $8M	Virginia
Thomas Gillespie IQT, Managing Partner	$5M$3M – $8M	Virginia
Eugene Chiu IQT, Investor (Signal team listing)	$1M$100K – $5M	Massachusetts
J.D. Englehart IQT, Managing Director	$1M$100K – $5M	Washington, District of Columbia
Jordan Sun IQT, Investor (Signal team listing)	$25K$5K – $50K	San Francisco Bay Area
Gareth Keane IQT, Partner	$2M$500K – $5M

Operations and support

A.J. BertoneEVP, Investments

Bruce AdamsEVP, General Counsel

Dan GwakChief Investment Officer

Jennifer NelsonEVP, International

Julianne SobralChief of Staff

Liz FoxEVP, Communications

Matt StrottmanChief Operating Officer

Megan AndersonEVP, Technology

Steve BowsherCEO

Yan ZhengEVP, Strategic Engagements

Investments

team@apexlogos.ai3 hours ago
Ten published current executives verified https://www.iqt.org/about/our-team and 2026 authentic full-color brand logo https://www.iqt.org/branding-kit . Existing eight NFX-sourced investing roles retained pending individual current-affiliation checks; executive-only website roster is not evidence of departures. IQT1552, InQTel2659 and GoldiInQTelInc4738 are naming variants of the same legal nonprofit In-Q-Tel Inc. Current primary website https://www.iqt.org/about identifies nonprofit and equity/development-agreement model; do not create a traditional fund record from investment capacity or government program budget. Duplicate ScienceCorporation SeriesC9494 participation27702 source evidence appended to retained11014 before native deletion. Synchron SeriesD11498 participation80543 investorchanged2659to1552. Other alias holdings and CRM relationships still require reconciliation; aliases retained.
team@apexlogos.ai3 hours ago
Issuer confirms IQT participation in KursOrbital seed24156 EUR3.7m: https://kursorbital.com/tpost/afxsxtvc81-kurs-orbital-raises-37-million-in-seed-f . Existing investor1552 reused. Same-firm aliases InQTel2659 and GoldiInQTelInc4738 discovered with generic profiles; require current full primary profile and identity/relation audit before consolidation. No inferred round allocations/committedfundsize.

$230M2026-03-05	Science Corporation	Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, IQT, Quiet Capital, 885 Capital, Mangusta Capital, Octant Ventures, RRE Ventures, Bayshore Global Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners
$200M2025-11-06	Synchron	Double Point Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Bezos Expeditions, Neuro Technology Investors, METIS Innovative, National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, T.Rx Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, K5 Global, Protocol Labs, IQT
$25M2024-06-06	Science Corporation	IQT
€3M2024-03-06	Kurs Orbital	OTB Ventures, Credo Ventures, Inovo.vc, Maciej Małysz, IQT

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