In-Q-Tel Inc

In-Q-Tel is the strategic arm of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Launched by the CIA in 1999 as a private, independent, not-for-profit organization, In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of the United States. Working from an evolving strategic blueprint defining the Intelligence Community's critical technology needs, In-Q-Tel engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and venture capitalists to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the CIA and the larger Intelligence Community. In-Q-Tel concentrates on three broad commercial technology areas: software, infrastructure and material ( www.in-q-tel.org )