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In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel

Venture Capital

In-Q-Tel invests in technology companies to advance capabilities for the United States intelligence community and its allies.


Recent investments

Series B
£36.7M

The investment round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from multiple returning and strategic backers.

"Automata’s robotic capabilities are truly the first of its kind and the company has combined this with deep expertise in automation and a highly effective business model which has created a leading-edge over competitors. Automata Labs accelerates human ingenuity, empowering labs, and scientists, to achieve consistent results faster, on a greater scale, and to ultimately upscale their ambitions. We are delighted to have led this financing round as Automata represented exactly the type of highly innovative company we invest in and support. We are excited for Automata’s next steps, both within the life sciences industry, and beyond."
— Jess McCreadie, Principal, Healthtech
Seed
£2.3M

The round was led by NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance with participation from Deeptech Labs and In-Q-Tel.

"Data scientists and machine learning engineers can spend up to 80 per cent of their time sourcing, cleaning and organizing training data. Our Chameleon platform solves this challenge. This round will enable us to open up our platform to even more customers in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, enabling them to build AI vision solutions that better understand the way humans interact with each other and the world around them."
— Steve Harris, CEO
Series A
£7.1M

The Series A round was led by MMC Ventures with participation from In-Q-Tel, White Star Capital, and Oxford Capital.

"As a long-standing service provider to the UK government, we’re committed to supporting its National Cyber Security Strategy initiatives. OnINBOX’s ability to help our employees differentiate between real emails and the latest in highly targeted and well-crafted phishing emails helps us to maintain our high-security standards."
— Ian Colcomb