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investing in global innovation to secure the nation

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:

identify

startups led by visionary founders developing game-changing innovations in strategic technology areas

evaluate

how these innovations can best serve the current and future mission needs of our government partners

leverage

our deep in-house expertise to adapt and transfer cutting-edge technologies for maximum impact
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co-investors have worked with us
Poland
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Netherlands
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Ukraine
50.4504
30.5245
South Korea
37.532600
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Japan
34.5644527
133.123282
United States
38.525109
-98.5463321
United Kingdom
53.472217
-2.3060336
Switzerland
46.7126081
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Sweden
63.0778973
14.8098968
Spain
40.4378494
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Singapore
1.3759506
103.7652247
Norway
61.7756569
9.4998615
New Zealand
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171.6137492
Italy
43.0949919
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Israel
31.2614177
34.7128628
Ireland
53.4232387
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Germany
50.9915988
10.2056751
France
46.7235578
2.4777178
Finland
62.1330022
25.0317324
Canada
53.3586889
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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 20+ countries

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mission partners

IQT's unique approach pairing high-tech problem solvers with government challenges has produced impactful solutions for the CIA; DIA; NGA; NRO; NSA; DHS; U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Central Command, and U.S. Space Command; U.S. Space Force; and the U.K. and Australian national intelligence communities. We recently welcomed the U.S. Army, the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering, the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Department of the Navy as new partners and look forward to supporting their missions as well.

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portfolio highlights

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powering global innovation

We make investments across a wide range of technology sectors. Highlights of our work 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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Microelectronics

IQT drives innovation in microelectronics, powering advancements in technology from smartphones to military systems. Discover how we're investing today to build the tech of tomorrow.

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Energy

IQT has invested in energy innovation for 20+ years with the goal of supporting resilient and performant energy systems.

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