In-Q-Tel

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In-Q-Tel

Company type	Privately held not-for-profit corporation
Genre	Technology research, Government (taxpayer) funded Venture capital firm
Predecessor	Peleus
Founded	September 29, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-29) (as Peleus)
Founders	Norm Augustine[1] Gilman Louie[2]
Headquarters	Arlington, Virginia, U.S.[3]
Key people	Steve Bowsher (President and CEO)[4]
Services	Investment in information technology supporting U.S. intelligence capability
Owner	Central Intelligence Agency
Website	www.iqt.org

In-Q-Tel (IQT), formerly Peleus and In-Q-It, is an American not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Arlington, Virginia. It invests in companies to keep the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability.^[2] The name "In-Q-Tel" is an intentional reference to Q, the fictional inventor who supplies technology to James Bond.^[5]