# In-Q-Tel **Entity class:** Strategic venture organization ## Definition **In-Q-Tel** is the strategic venture organization created to connect CIA and Intelligence Community mission needs with commercial technologies developing faster than traditional government acquisition cycles. It became an institutional bridge among venture capital, startups, computing, data systems, and national-security requirements. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Gilman Louie|Gilman Louie]], [[wiki/Commercial Technology and Intelligence|Commercial Technology and Intelligence]], [[wiki/Venture Capital and National Security|Venture Capital and National Security]], and [[wiki/Intelligence Technology Acquisition|Intelligence Technology Acquisition]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. House of Representatives, hearing on the CIA's In-Q-Tel venture, June 14, 2000](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-106hhrg70548/pdf/CHRG-106hhrg70548.pdf). **As of:** 2026-09-23