In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel (IQT) is a U.S. not-for-profit strategic investment firm established by the CIA in 1999 that invests in frontier technologies for government mission needs, with at least one quantum-related portfolio company.
- Investor type
- Government and public funder
- Quantum focus
- Some quantum investments
- Headquarters
- Tysons, United States
- Founded
- 1999
- Quantum investments named in sources
- QuantWare
- Website
- iqt.org
In-Q-Tel, branded as IQT, describes itself as an independent not-for-profit strategic investment firm set up in 1999 by the CIA. Its stated role is to help transition private-sector technology into public-sector use for U.S. and allied national security missions. The organization says it has grown from a U.S.-focused information technology investor into a global investment platform spanning areas such as AI, biotechnology, microelectronics, energy, and space systems.
IQT is relevant to the quantum sector because QuantWare states that it is funded by In-Q-Tel. IQT presents itself in these pages as a broad frontier-technology investor working with government partners. Its listed offices include Tysons, Virginia, as well as Menlo Park, Cambridge, London, Sydney, Singapore, and Munich.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the sources below, retrieved by DesignQuantum.
- IQT iqt.org
- IQT | About | Our History iqt.org
- QuantWare | About quantware.com
Last verified: October 28, 2026