Since 1999 In-Q-Tel has been strategically investing in startup companies that are used by the intelligence community. These investments are primarily enterprise software companies. The CIA Library has an in-depth overview of why and how the public/private partnership came to be in the late 1990s. By 2013, these companies have amassed more than $3.2 Billion in venture funding, and employ more than 7,000 people.

In-Q-Tel Co-Investors, Ordered by Number of Portfolio Companies Shared

Count Firm Companies 7 HarrisHarris SiOnyx, OpGen, Cambrios Technologies, Contour Energy Systems, Nextreme Thermal Solutions, nanosys, D-Wave Systems 7 Intel Adaptive Computing, SignaCert, 10gen, Mocana, Quantum4D, nanosys, GainSpan 6 Polaris T2 Biosystems, SiOnyx, nanosys, Infinite Power Solutions, Seventh Sense Biosystems, Veracode 5 Samsung LensVector, Cambrios Technologies, Microchip Biotechnologies, Pure Storage, IntegenX 4 DAG 3VR, Huddle, FireEye, Cloudera 4 Sutter RedSeal Networks, Pure Storage, Platfora, Forterra Systems 3 Battery Delphix, Narrative Science, Platfora 3 Flagship Seventh Sense Biosystems, T2 Biosystems, Quanterix 3 Greylock Pure Storage, Cloudera, Delphix 3 Norwest Elemental Technologies, FireEye, Apigee 2 Accel Tenable Network Security, Cloudera 2 Atlas Recorded Future, Veracode 2 Avalon Cambrios Technologies, Cloudant 2 DFJ D-Wave Systems, Power Assure 2 Flybridge T2 Biosystems, 10gen 2 Highland OpGen, QD Vision 2 Ignition Visible Technologies, Cloudera 2 IntelCapital HyTrust, Adaptive Computing 2 Lux Cambrios Technologies, nanosys 2 Matrix Huddle, OpenSpan 2 Menlo LensVector, 3VR 2 Meritech Veracode, Cloudera 2 NEA 10gen, Cleversafe 2 Sequoia FireEye, 10gen 2 Shasta Mocana, LucidWorks 2 SigmaPrime OpenSpan, CallMiner 2 SV Angel Cloudera, Mocana 2 USVP Contour Energy Systems, ThreatMetrix 2 VantagePoint 3VR, Tendril 2 Venrock RedSeal Networks, nanosys 1 3MVentures Mersive 1 AH Platfora 1 Aisling T2 Biosystems 1 AlsopLouie Cleversafe 1 Altos NetBase Solutions 1 August ThreatMetrix 1 Bain Quanterix 1 BaldertonCapital Recorded Future 1 Crosslink SiOnyx 1 DataCollective Platfora 1 DavidSacks Palantir Technologies 1 DCM SignaCert 1 DFJEsprit Lime Microsystems 1 Eden Huddle 1 ElDorado nanosys 1 FoundersFund Palantir Technologies 1 GeneralCatalyst Elemental Technologies 1 GoldenSeeds Carnegie Speech 1 GoogleVentures Recorded Future 1 GSV Palantir Technologies 1 IA Recorded Future 1 Index Pure Storage 1 InterWest Pelican Imaging 1 KeithRabois Palantir Technologies 1 KPCB 3VR 1 Lightspeed Delphix 1 Lowercase MotionDSP 1 Mayfield Pixim 1 MDV Pixim 1 Nokia Pelican Imaging 1 NorthBridge QD Vision 1 NYAngels Carnegie Speech 1 NYC 10gen 1 Omidyar InnoCentive 1 QualcommVentures Pelican Imaging 1 Redpoint Pure Storage 1 RRE Tendril 1 Tenaya ThreatMetrix 1 USV 10gen 1 Vanedge OpenGeo 1 YC Cloudant

Startups Who Received Investment from In-Q-Tel

Name Estimated Employees Total Funding Location Palantir Technologies 920 $301,000,000 Palo Alto FireEye 867 $85,450,000 Bay Area Cloudera 413 $141,000,000 Bay Area Apigee 321 $107,100,000 Bay Area 10gen 268 $73,400,000 New York Veracode 241 $74,260,328 Boston Tenable Network Security 199 $50,000,000 Columbia Pure Storage 171 $245,856,468 Bay Area Huddle 146 $38,200,000 United Kingdom Elemental Technologies 124 $27,600,000 Portland RedSeal Networks 120 $29,100,000 Santa Clara Delphix 115 $44,500,000 Menlo Park QD Vision 102 $70,000,000 Boston OpenSpan 101 $31,000,000 Alpharetta Cleversafe 96 $91,400,000 Chicago Mocana 94 $35,500,000 Bay Area NetBase Solutions 90 $50,700,000 Bay Area Goal Zero 87 $7,000,000 Bluffdale Basis Technology 85 ThreatMetrix 83 $36,200,000 Bay Area Visible Technologies 83 $80,500,000 Seattle Tendril 82 $111,190,000 Boulder Adaptive Computing 80 $19,999,999 Provo 3VR 73 $53,000,000 Bay Area D-Wave Systems 69 $66,223,982 Canada GainSpan 64 $76,821,324 Bay Area InnoCentive 56 $30,300,000 Boston Digital Reasoning Systems 56 Franklin LucidWorks 53 $31,999,999 Bay Area Platfora 52 $27,200,000 Bay Area OpGen 49 $63,132,442 Gaithersburg Adapx 47 $30,000,000 Seattle Cloudant 46 $16,250,000 Boston Lingotek 45 $4,997,122 Lehi T2 Biosystems 44 $83,500,000 Boston MedShape Solutions 43 $11,557,026 Atlanta Etherstack 43 Pixim 42 $45,100,000 Bay Area Recorded Future 42 $20,900,000 Boston WiSpry 41 $48,300,000 Irvine TerraGo Technologies 41 $18,729,962 Atlanta Cambrios Technologies 38 $31,500,000 Sunnyvale Looxcie 37 Quanterix 37 $41,499,999 Boston Pelican Imaging 36 $37,000,000 Bay Area Narrative Science 36 $9,550,000 Chicago Bay Microsystems 34 $8,400,000 Bay Area OpenGeo 33 $3,000,000 New York Boreal Genomics 32 Contour Energy Systems 31 $20,000,000 Los Angeles Redlen Technologies 29 LensVector 27 $30,000,000 Sunnyvale Power Assure 24 $34,750,000 Bay Area Biomatrica 23 $5,000,000 San Diego SiOnyx 23 $20,150,000 Boston VSee Lab Inc 22 San Jose GATR Technologies 21 MotionDSP 20 Bay Area KZO Innovations 18 Reston Genia Photonics 18 Surveylab Group 18 $1,390,000 NZL RedOwl Analytics 17 Microchip Biotechnologies 15 $22,600,000 Bay Area NovoDynamics 15 Carnegie Speech 14 $14,886,399 Pittsburgh ReversingLabs 13 SpotterRF 10 Quantum4D 7 $200,000 Bay Area Lime Microsystems 7 $343,000 United Kingdom Traction Software 6 Boston Connectify 5 Philadelphia Mersive 5 $2,819,647 Denver SitScape 5 MiserWare 3 Blacksburg Walleye Technologies 1 Boston Weather Analytics Alexandria zSpace HyTrust $34,500,000 Bay Area InView Technology $274,999 Austin Teradici $63,000,000 Canada Digital Solid State Propulsion FMS Advanced Systems Group iMove $5,103,121 Portland IntegenX $143,879,767 Bay Area CallMiner $40,110,889 Fort Myers Alfalight Madison SignaCert $18,800,000 Portland Nextreme Thermal Solutions $21,000,000 Durham Network Chemistry $6,000,000 Bay Area Forterra Systems $1,200,000 Bay Area Bio-NEMS Bay Area Signal Innovations Group (SIG) SpectraFluidics $550,000 Goleta Qynergy 908 Devices $15,100,000 Boston Semprius $47,641,005 Durham Sonitus Medical $25,000,000 Bay Area Claremont BioSolutions Oculis Labs $1,414,665 Hunt Valley Advanced Photonix Ann Arbor nanosys $103,273,415 Bay Area Seventh Sense Biosystems $20,687,500 Boston Infinite Power Solutions $50,574,076 Littleton Imprint Energy piXlogic

UPDATE: In-Q-Tel, The CIA’s VC Arm, Has Had A Busy Few Years (here’s the new post from December 1, 2016)

In-Q-Tel has made a lot of new investments in recent years, and the company has expanded its network of syndicate partners, which is pretty much business as usual at the CIA’s VC fund.

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