IQT, also known as In-Q-Tel, is a mission-driven, not-for-profit investment platform focused on connecting global innovation with national security needs. For more than a quarter century, it has worked with government partners to identify promising startups, assess how their technologies can address current and future mission challenges, and help adapt and transition innovations for practical use. Its work spans strategic technology areas including space, biotechnology, microelectronics, and energy.

IQT invests in companies developing technologies such as satellites, rockets, engineered biology, advanced health solutions, and resilient energy systems. The organization also draws on in-house expertise and a broad network of co-investors to support the development and deployment of emerging technologies. Its partners include U.

S. intelligence and defense organizations, other government agencies, and national intelligence communities in the United Kingdom and Australia. IQT describes its global platform as supporting investments across more than 20 countries and 35 U.

S. states. Through this approach, the organization seeks to strengthen the security and prosperity of the United States and its allies by bringing high-tech problem solvers together with government challenges