In-Q-Tel, Contrast Security Partner to Counter Cyber Attacks on Gov’t Software Apps

Steve Bowsher, president of In-Q-Tel, has officially assumed additional responsibilities as CEO of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s venture capital arm. He succeeds Chris Darby, who went into retirement after more than 17 years of service at IQT, the nonprofit company said Thursday. Bowsher “possesses deep dedication to innovation and national security and visionary leadership. We

Stoke Space raised $100 million in new Series B investment and the latest Industrious Ventures-led round brought the reusable rocket builder’s total funding to $175 million. The funding round logged participation from the University of Michigan, Sparta Group, Long Journey, and existing investors In-Q-Tel, Breakthrough Energy, YCombinator, Point72 Ventures, NFX, MaC Ventures and Toyota Ventures,

Nonprofit organization Silicon Valley Defense Group has named In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, as the most active investor in top defense and national security startups. IQT has invested in 34 companies included in SVDG’s inaugural list of top 100 defense and dual-use technology startups backed by venture capital firms. “It’s encouraging to see