In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel, founded in 1999 and based in Tysons, Virginia, is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that partners with innovative companies to provide advanced technologies to the U.S. Intelligence Community, including the Central Intelligence Agency. The organization focuses on accelerating the development and delivery of vital solutions that enhance national security. In-Q-Tel invests in a diverse range of technology sectors, such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, data analytics, and the Internet of Things, seeking to support startups that can deliver timely innovations essential for intelligence and defense operations. By identifying and fostering cutting-edge technology, In-Q-Tel plays a crucial role in equipping government agencies with the tools necessary to fulfill their missions effectively.

Stephen C. Bowsher

President and CEO

Steve Bowsher

President

Kristi Bradford

Investor

Eugene Chiu

Partner

Michael Falcon

Partner

Thomas Gillespie

Managing Partner in Washington, DC

Brinda Jadeja

Partner

Jackie Kossmann

Investor

William Morrison

Senior Associate

Nat Puffer

Managing Director

Brian Smith

Senior Partner, Washington DC

William Strecker

Executive Vice President and CTO

Matthew Strottman

Executive Vice President and COO

Grant Whiting

Principal

Chenny Zhang

Investor

A.J. Bertone

Partner

Kevin K.

Investor

J.D. Englehart

Investor

Past deals in Geospatial

Morpheus Space

Series A in 2022
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

Pixxel

Series A in 2022
Pixxel is a company that manufactures remote sensing satellites, providing valuable data on various resources such as minerals and water on the Moon, Mars, and asteroid belts. Founded in 2018 by students from BITS Pilani, an Indian university, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Pixxel's technology aims to contribute to advancements in space exploration and resource management by delivering high-resolution satellite imagery and data analysis.

Memgraph

Seed Round in 2021
Memgraph Ltd, established in 2016 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in real-time graph database solutions. The company’s platform is designed to understand and analyze the relationships between data points, allowing for insights that mimic human cognitive processes. As a fully managed, cloud-hosted service, Memgraph’s technology offers high-performance data ingestion and querying capabilities, enabling enterprises to access and process large volumes of interconnected data efficiently. This innovative approach supports real-time operational applications, empowering organizations to gain valuable intelligence and enhance decision-making in a data-driven environment.

Emesent

Seed Round in 2020
Emesent Pty Ltd develops and markets hovermap system that collects data in underground areas. It offers complete inspection and mapping of underground assets such as mines, transport tunnels, and utility tunnels. The technology also works in areas that do not have global positioning system (GPS) access. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Pullenvale, Australia.

Morpheus Space

Seed Round in 2020
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

Toposens

Seed Round in 2020
Toposens specializes in developing three-dimensional ultrasonic sensor systems that utilize echolocation principles to accurately localize objects and people in real-time. The company's technology is designed for near-field collision avoidance, making it particularly relevant for autonomous vehicles, as well as for applications in smart buildings and robotics. By offering an efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional sensing technologies, Toposens aims to meet the advanced technological needs of various industries. The company collaborates with prominent industrial and high-tech partners to integrate its innovative 3D ultrasonic technology into a range of applications, enhancing safety and performance in diverse environments.

Immersive Wisdom

Series A in 2018
Immersive Wisdom Inc. specializes in developing virtual, mixed, and augmented reality software that facilitates real-time geospatial collaboration and intelligence across various industries, including government, energy, transportation, logistics, and telecommunications. Founded in 2016 and based in Boca Raton, Florida, the company offers a platform that allows users to collaborate in shared virtual workspaces, utilizing live 3D maps and integrating data from diverse sources such as IoT feeds, telemetry, and UAV streaming video. The software includes a developer kit that enables the creation of customized workflows and seamless integration with existing data systems, providing clients with the tools needed for effective decision-making and operational efficiency. Immersive Wisdom is also recognized as an In-Q-Tel portfolio company, supported by leading investors.

Plotly

Series B in 2018
Plotly, Inc. is a data science and AI company based in Montreal, Canada, that offers an online platform for data analysis and visualization. Its tools are designed for a diverse audience, including scientists, students, engineers, and analysts, allowing them to analyze, simulate, and graph various data formats such as Excel spreadsheets, CSV, TSV, and Matlab files. Plotly simplifies the creation and sharing of interactive web applications and visualizations, enabling users to leverage these capabilities across different programming languages. The company aims to integrate data science into business applications, making advanced analytics accessible and practical for a wider range of users.

HEAVY.AI

Series C in 2018
OmniSci, Inc. specializes in accelerated analytics solutions powered by graphics processing units (GPUs). Its analytics platform enables users to interactively query and visualize data, facilitating data science workflows across vast datasets. This technology is utilized by various sectors, including automotive, insurance, investment management, logistics, media, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, utilities, and public services. The platform stands out by allowing organizations to derive insights from data far beyond the capabilities of conventional analytics tools. OmniSci's origins trace back to research at Harvard and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has formed strategic partnerships with several prominent investors and firms, including Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and NVIDIA. OmniSci aims to support both business and government entities in leveraging data for informed decision-making.

Memgraph

Seed Round in 2018
Memgraph Ltd, established in 2016 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in real-time graph database solutions. The company’s platform is designed to understand and analyze the relationships between data points, allowing for insights that mimic human cognitive processes. As a fully managed, cloud-hosted service, Memgraph’s technology offers high-performance data ingestion and querying capabilities, enabling enterprises to access and process large volumes of interconnected data efficiently. This innovative approach supports real-time operational applications, empowering organizations to gain valuable intelligence and enhance decision-making in a data-driven environment.

Orbital Insight

Series B in 2016
Orbital Insight, Inc. is a geospatial analytics company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2013. The company operates a cloud-based platform that utilizes artificial intelligence, computer vision, and data science to analyze vast amounts of geospatial data. This data includes satellite imagery, synthetic aperture radar, and other sources such as unmanned aerial vehicles and geolocation signals. Orbital Insight's technology provides insights into societal and economic trends that are not easily visible, helping organizations understand complex interactions between natural and human activities. Its product offerings include solutions designed for various sectors, such as consumer traffic analysis and monitoring energy supply and infrastructure. The company serves a diverse clientele, including businesses, governments, and humanitarian organizations, enabling them to make informed decisions based on actionable intelligence derived from extensive geospatial data analysis.

HEAVY.AI

Series A in 2016
OmniSci, Inc. specializes in accelerated analytics solutions powered by graphics processing units (GPUs). Its analytics platform enables users to interactively query and visualize data, facilitating data science workflows across vast datasets. This technology is utilized by various sectors, including automotive, insurance, investment management, logistics, media, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, utilities, and public services. The platform stands out by allowing organizations to derive insights from data far beyond the capabilities of conventional analytics tools. OmniSci's origins trace back to research at Harvard and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has formed strategic partnerships with several prominent investors and firms, including Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and NVIDIA. OmniSci aims to support both business and government entities in leveraging data for informed decision-making.

BlueLine Grid

Venture Round in 2016
BlueLine Grid operates the nation’s premier, trusted collaboration network for law enforcement, first responders, security teams, and corporations. BlueLine Grid provides an encrypted suite of messaging, voice, location, conferencing, virtual command, and file-sharing tools dedicated to the needs of public and private security officials, connecting teams internally and with each other on any device. BlueLine Grid was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

Graphistry

Seed Round in 2016
Graphistry, Inc. develops and offers a SaaS based and a visual investigations platform. It offers a software tool to deploy, connect, analyze, investigate, and integrate data. The company's product helps in incident response, siem optimization, threat hunting, anti-fraud, and data science. Graphistry, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Boundless Spatial

Series B in 2015
Boundless provides product support, training, and core development to meet your geospatial requirements. By providing the first open GIS ecosystem—a commercially-supported open-source platform and family of powerful products—Boundless is unlocking the full value of location-based data. They’re not an average group of software developers and geospatial geeks. In fact, they’re the world’s foremost leading authority on open source GIS and location-based data. Over the past 14 years, Boundless has set the standard in open source geospatial expertise. Their team is active in the open source geospatial (FOSS4G) community, gathering and sharing their deep understanding of GIS theories and concepts. They’re now expanding this expertise by introducing the first open GIS ecosystem, unlocking the value of location-based data for all.

Grayshift

Venture Round in 2015
Grayshift, LLC manufactures a device that provides access and extraction capabilities for locked and encrypted mobile devices for government agencies. The company offers GrayKey, a device that can unlock up-to-date smartphones and offers access to stop publishing the material. Grayshift, LLC was founded in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

BlueLine Grid

Series A in 2015
BlueLine Grid operates the nation’s premier, trusted collaboration network for law enforcement, first responders, security teams, and corporations. BlueLine Grid provides an encrypted suite of messaging, voice, location, conferencing, virtual command, and file-sharing tools dedicated to the needs of public and private security officials, connecting teams internally and with each other on any device. BlueLine Grid was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

Weather Analytics

Convertible Note in 2013
Weather Analytics is a breakthrough provider of precision climate data, weather intelligence and dynamic weather and sensor station integration. We find, assemble and format weather data so that you don’t have to. Our climate data is delivered in an easily accessible format that allows customers to focus their efforts on solving business problems versus aggregating and cleansing data from raw sources, which offer very limited value on their own.

Boundless Spatial

Series A in 2013
Boundless provides product support, training, and core development to meet your geospatial requirements. By providing the first open GIS ecosystem—a commercially-supported open-source platform and family of powerful products—Boundless is unlocking the full value of location-based data. They’re not an average group of software developers and geospatial geeks. In fact, they’re the world’s foremost leading authority on open source GIS and location-based data. Over the past 14 years, Boundless has set the standard in open source geospatial expertise. Their team is active in the open source geospatial (FOSS4G) community, gathering and sharing their deep understanding of GIS theories and concepts. They’re now expanding this expertise by introducing the first open GIS ecosystem, unlocking the value of location-based data for all.

ikeGPS

Venture Round in 2011
ikeGPS Group Limited specializes in designing and selling integrated GPS data capture devices and software, primarily targeting the United States market. The company operates through two main segments: Utility & Communications and New Business. Its flagship product, Spike, is a smart laser measurement tool used across various sectors, including signage, architecture, construction, and geospatial activities. Additionally, ikeGPS provides consulting solutions and services tailored for utilities, construction, and asset management industries. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from its Utility & Communications segment, which supports projects like broadband fiber and 5G rollout. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, ikeGPS was previously known as Surveylab Group Limited until a name change in 2013.

SitScape

Venture Round in 2010
SitScape, Inc. is an enterprise software company specializing in collaborative User-Defined-Operating-Picture (UDOP) situational awareness solutions. Its flagship product, a commercial-off-the-shelf software, allows users to aggregate, correlate, visualize, and analyze diverse data sources, creating a collaborative common-operating-picture. This software is utilized across various sectors, including digital operations, emergency response, crisis management, cyber security, and military applications, serving teams in finance, transportation, defense, public safety, law enforcement, utilities, telecommunications, and e-commerce. SitScape’s technology supports on-demand situational awareness, enabling live monitoring and information sharing without the need for programming. Incorporated in 2007 and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, the company has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings and reach.

SpotterRF

Venture Round in 2010
SpotterRF LLC, based in Orem, Utah, specializes in radar technology, offering micro surveillance radars (MSR) designed for detecting and tracking moving people and vehicles. The company also provides compact surveillance radars intended for non-military applications, particularly in airports across the United States. SpotterRF's MSR features a built-in miniature web server that allows users to monitor real-time movement through platforms like Google Earth. Its radar products are utilized in various sectors, including special operations, border patrol perimeter defense, and military force protection. The company has engaged in a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel to further enhance its capabilities.

Signal Innovations Group

Venture Round in 2010
Signal Innovations Group, Inc. develops decision systems for various sensor and data types for government customers and industry partners in national security, public safety, and commercial surveillance sectors. It offers a processing, exploitation, and dissemination software suite for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance that is deployed by analysts and war fighters on size, weight, and power constrained platforms; and a recognition software suite to offer a combination of detection, classification, and identification techniques, as well as to collect sensor data, including radars, sonar, images, and videos on onboard manned and unmanned vehicles to find and recognize air, ground, and undersea military targets. The company also provides hierarchical security assessment algorithms that are deployed to determine risk in various security environments; and a multi-source intelligence analysis suite of tools to offer a combination of natural language processing, search, and network modeling techniques. In addition, Signal Innovations Group offers video analytics software to process video from various cameras in the system and alert a human analyst when threatening or suspicious activities are observed; and mobile video analytics systems to provide awareness around various platforms for mobile transportation monitoring, including police cruisers, bus and passenger rail systems, and commercial freight monitoring. Further, it provides casino/video surveillance systems to interpret activities and events; and retail video analytics software to automatically identify shopping activities of individuals, link with inventory and point of sale information, and provide other contextual information. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Durham, North Carolina with locations in Durham, North Carolina; and Reston, Virginia. Signal Innovations Group, Inc. is a former subsidiary of Integrian, Inc.

TerraGo

Venture Round in 2009
TerraGo Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing software applications and mobile apps that facilitate the collection, sharing, and collaboration of location-based data. Its product offerings include TerraGo Magic for creating custom applications without coding, TerraGo Edge which integrates smart forms with GPS and GIS functionalities, and TerraGo Publisher, enabling offline map sharing through GeoPDFs. Additionally, TerraGo Composer converts PDF maps into geo-registered formats, while TerraGo for Drones enhances the utility of commercial drone data. The company also provides tools like TerraGo Toolbar and GeoXray for accessing and filtering geospatial information. TerraGo’s solutions cater to various sectors, including agriculture, construction, defense, and public safety, serving over 850 organizations, including many government agencies and commercial enterprises. Founded in 2005 and based in Sterling, Virginia, TerraGo maintains an additional office in Atlanta and operates an online store. The company has a strategic partnership with Urban Control and was previously known as Layton Geo-Science Inc.

Quantum4D

Series A in 2007
Quantum4D, Inc. operates an innovative online platform that facilitates the exploration and analysis of large datasets through a user-friendly 3D interface. Founded in 2001 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, the company offers a visual information solution that transforms complex data into dynamic, moving models. This capability enables users to quickly identify trends, relationships, and anomalies in real-time, significantly reducing the time required for data analysis. By integrating various data sources into sophisticated visual representations, Quantum4D enhances decision-making processes for financial institutions, corporations, and government agencies. The platform addresses the challenges posed by traditional tools, which struggle to effectively manage the overwhelming volume of data in today's environment. Through its advanced technology, Quantum4D allows users to derive key insights rapidly, providing a competitive advantage in navigating the complexities of modern data.

TerraGo

Series A in 2007
TerraGo Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing software applications and mobile apps that facilitate the collection, sharing, and collaboration of location-based data. Its product offerings include TerraGo Magic for creating custom applications without coding, TerraGo Edge which integrates smart forms with GPS and GIS functionalities, and TerraGo Publisher, enabling offline map sharing through GeoPDFs. Additionally, TerraGo Composer converts PDF maps into geo-registered formats, while TerraGo for Drones enhances the utility of commercial drone data. The company also provides tools like TerraGo Toolbar and GeoXray for accessing and filtering geospatial information. TerraGo’s solutions cater to various sectors, including agriculture, construction, defense, and public safety, serving over 850 organizations, including many government agencies and commercial enterprises. Founded in 2005 and based in Sterling, Virginia, TerraGo maintains an additional office in Atlanta and operates an online store. The company has a strategic partnership with Urban Control and was previously known as Layton Geo-Science Inc.

GeoIQ

Series B in 2007
GeoIQ is a web-based analytics platform focused on location analysis, enabling organizations to manage and analyze real-time location data. The platform integrates publicly available data with geospatial information systems (GIS) technologies, allowing enterprises, marketers, retailers, and public sector organizations to combine extensive datasets and leverage location as a central point for analysis. This capability facilitates the identification of trends and opportunities, enhancing decision-making processes. GeoIQ's features support advertisers in tracking and optimizing their media buying campaigns effectively.

MetaCarta

Series C in 2005
MetaCarta specializes in geographic search and referencing solutions. The company offers a platform that includes tools designed to identify geographic references within various types of content. One of its key components is GeoTag, which accurately recognizes and extracts geographic information from documents, enhancing the ability to search and analyze location-based data. By focusing on geographic information, MetaCarta enables organizations to better understand and utilize the spatial context of their content.

iMove

Venture Round in 2004
iMove develops visual-scanning hardware for mission-critical security and surveillance applications. Immersive imaging has become a key component in security operations requiring timely, accurate, and actionable decisions. It was founded in 1995 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Keyhole Inc.

Venture Round in 2003
Keyhole, Inc., founded in 2001, is a software development company that specializes in geospatial data visualization applications. Initially established as a spin-off of Intrinsic Graphics, the company gained early funding from notable sources including a Sony venture capital fund, NVIDIA, and the CIA's venture-capital arm, In-Q-Tel. Keyhole is best known for its flagship product, Earth Viewer, which became the foundation for the widely acclaimed Google Earth application released in 2005. The company's technology also contributed to the development of Google Maps and Google Mobile. In addition to Earth Viewer, Keyhole provides interactive software that allows users to explore 3D representations of locations across the globe, along with information on nearby amenities such as hotels, parks, and public transportation.
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