Tag Archives: In-Q-Tel

Dr. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, has returned to the Riverside Research board of trustees, the company reported on Monday. Porter has nearly 25 years of experience in the defense and technology industries and is currently the co-president and co-founder of LogiQ.

Morpheus Space, a space technology startup based in Germany, secured funding from investors such as In-Q-Tel and Airbus’ venture capital arm to support expansion efforts in the U.S., Defense One reported Wednesday.

StackRox has received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to help a large U.S. financial services provider  protect cloud-based applications through the implementation of a Kubernetes and container security platform.

Michael Griffin, former undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors at small satellite launch service provider Rocket Lab. He brings more than 35 years of federal government and space industry experience to Rocket Lab, the company said Wednesday.

Tara O’Toole, executive vice president and senior fellow at In-Q-Tel, has said that artificial intelligence can help “fundamentally improve” synthetic biology concepts to support U.S. efforts to compete with China, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.

In-Q-Tel has invested in New York-based software developer nTopology in a move to help bring the latter's digital design and engineering platform to the government sector.

Sayari Labs, a Washington, D.C.-based developer of financial intelligence platforms, has added $2.5M to its round of Series B financing after it secured investments from In-Q-Tel, TFX Capital and MissionOG.

Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Deepgram to help bring the latter's speech recognition technology to the government. 

A round of Series B funding led by investment firm GGV Capital has brought in $30M for Coder, an open source tools provider that aims to help software developers accelerate workflow through cloud-based development environments. In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's venture capital arm, participated in the financing round along with Redpoint Ventures and Uncork Capital.

Synthetic data technology maker AI. Reverie has received $5.6M in equity funding to support upcoming efforts such as portfolio expansion, talent acquisition and technology assessments.

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has invested in Canberra, Australia-based QuintessenceLabs to help the latter expand its portfolio of quantum cybersecurity offerings.

Data security firm Enveil has raised $10M in a round of Series A financing led by C5 Capital and supported by several investors including Capital One Ventures, Mastercard, 1843 Capital and Bloomberg Beta. Enveil said Tuesday it will use the investment to expand its ZeroReveal product line, build up its global sales team and client support functions and broaden its presence in government and commercial markets.

Brian Schettler, managing director of Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures, told Defense News in an interview posted Thursday that getting venture capital funding for defense companies that are focused on hardware is a challenge and one way to help address that reluctance among investors is looking at the “capitalization piece.”

Industry experts said space startups are engaging more with the U.S. government as they see it as a client and as an investor, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “We saw many firms overtly or less overtly turn towards government as a potential customer," Carissa Christensen, CEO of analyst firm Bryce Space & Technology, said Tuesday at a Washington Space Business Roundtable event.

Vannebar Labs plans to introduce technology platforms that leverage artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning to help defense and intelligence agencies address national security issues, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.