2026-03-23Other factsSECONDARYA March 2026 Politico report revealed that ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard is advancing plans to shift In-Q-Tel from CIA control to ODNI because the firm 'caters too much to the tech needs of the CIA over other defense and…
2026-01-01Other factsPRIMARYIn-Q-Tel has 479 portfolio companies including 25 unicorns, 21 IPOs, and 157 acquisitions
2025-10-07Other factsSECONDARYIn-Q-Tel senior partner Katie Gray acknowledged in a 2025 podcast that the firm works with 'repeat founders' and maintains informal 'alumni' relationships, but no public record indicates systematic tracking of…
2025-04-15TransactionsSECONDARYIn-Q-Tel announced its 800th investment as of April 2025
2005-04-25Other factsSECONDARYWatchdog groups have documented isolated revolving-door cases involving In-Q-Tel employees (e.g., Michael Griffin from IQT president to NASA Administrator), but these concern IQT staff rather than portfolio company…
2004-06-15TransactionsPRIMARYIn-Q-Tel invested approximately $2 million in Palantir Technologies — a critical early investment made when most Silicon Valley venture capital firms had rejected the company
2004-06-15Other factsSECONDARYGilman Louie, In-Q-Tel CEO from 1999 to 2005, personally attended Palantir Technologies' initial pitch and championed the company within the intelligence community
2004-01-01Other factsPRIMARYPalantir was founded in 2004 with CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel funding, founded by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and PayPal alumni
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