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investing in global innovation to secure the nation

IQT Again Named Most Active Investor in Top Defense and National Security Startups
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IQT Again Named Most Active Investor in Top Defense and National Security Startups
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IQT Again Named Most Active Investor in Top Defense and National Security Startups
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IQT has delivered significant mission impact for more than a quarter century by building a unique—and uniquely powerful—not-for-profit global investment platform that accelerates the introduction of groundbreaking technologies to enhance the national security and prosperity of America and its allies.

To advance our Global Security Investing mission, we envision over-the-horizon developments in key frontier tech domains and then engage our platform to:

a mission-driven leader

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portfolio technologies transitioned to government partners
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years delivering mission impact
a champion of innovation

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investments, including 30+ companies now valued over $1B
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co-investors have worked with us
Japan
34.5644527
133.123282
United States
38.525109
-98.5463321
United Kingdom
53.472217
-2.3060336
Switzerland
46.7126081
8.0703385
Sweden
63.0778973
14.8098968
Spain
40.4378494
-3.8355912
Singapore
1.3759506
103.7652247
Norway
61.7756569
9.4998615
New Zealand
-43.0825259
171.6137492
Italy
43.0949919
12.3023006
Israel
31.2614177
34.7128628
Ireland
53.4232387
-7.9705158
Germany
50.9915988
10.2056751
France
46.7235578
2.4777178
Finland
62.1330022
25.0317324
Canada
53.3586889
-106.606088
Belgium
50.5268688
4.5231809
Austria
47.6070309
13.8276065
Australia
-25.0459379
131.4438877

A Global Investment Platform

Investments in 35+ U.S. states and nearly 20 countries

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government Partners

IQT’s unique approach pairing high-tech problem solvers with government challenges has produced countless impactful solutions for the CIA; DIA; FBI; NGA; NRO; NSA; DHS (including CBP and other DHS components); U.S. Cyber Command; and the U.K. and Australian national intelligence communities. We recently welcomed the Office of Naval Research (ONR), U.S. Central Command, and U.S. Space Force as new government partners and look forward to supporting their missions too.

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portfolio highlights

powering global innovation

We make investments across a wide range of technology sectors. Highlights of our work in Space and Biotech are featured below.

Space

As one of the earliest investors in startups building satellites and rockets, IQT helped launch the private space industry.

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Biotechnology

Engineered biology and revolutionary health technologies will transform entire economies – IQT is investing in startups leading this new industrial revolution.

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