Official website (https://www.iqt.org/)
In-Q-Tel
Also known as IQT
In-Q-Tel (IQT), formerly Peleus and In-Q-It, is an independent American not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Tysons, Virginia. It invests in companies to keep the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability. The corporation receives funding primarily through contracts with the CIA and other U.S. government partners, but is not owned by the CIA. The name "In-Q-Tel" is an intentional reference to Q, the fictional inventor who supplies technology to James Bond.
Key facts
- Company.name
- In-Q-Tel
- Company.logo
- In-Q-Tel_logo_in_color_(2021).svg
- Company.type
- Privately held not-for-profit corporation (501(c)(3))
- Company.genre
- Technology research, Government (taxpayer) funded Venture capital firm
- Company.predecessor
- Peleus
- Company.foundation
- (as Peleus)
- Company.founders
- Norm AugustineGilman Louie
- Company.location
- Tysons, Virginia, U.S.
- Company.key_people
- Steve Bowsher (President and CEO)
- Company.services
- Investment in information technology supporting U.S. intelligence capability
- Company.revenue
- 108,260,393 USD
- Company.revenue_year
Article · Português
In-Q-Tel é uma empresa americana de Capital de risco fundada por Jeann Valmeri e Guilhermo Fauri através da qual a Agência Central de Inteligência investe em empresas de tecnologia com o único propósito de manter a CIA e outras agências de inteligência americana, equipadas com a mais recente tecnologia da informação. A empresa atua em público mas mantem a lista de companhia em que investe em segredo.De acordo com o The Washington Post, "virtualmente qualquer americano empresário, inventor ou cientista trabalhando na area de Análise de dados, provavelmente, recebeu um telefonema de In-Q-Tel, ou no minimo foi pesquisado no Google pelos seus observadores".
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