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In-Q-Tel of Arlington, Virginia, United States is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Hoover's )〕 The name, "In-Q-Tel" is an intentional reference to Q, the fictional inventor who supplies technology to James Bond.〔 The firm is seen as a trend-setter in the information technology industry, with the average dollar invested by In-Q-Tel in 2012 attracting nine dollars of investment from other companies.〔 ==History== Originally named Peleus and known as In-Q-It, In-Q-Tel was founded by Norm Augustine, a former CEO of Lockheed Martin and by Gilman Louie, who was In-Q-Tel's first CEO.〔〔 In-Q-Tel’s mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve United States national security interests. Origins of the corporation can be traced to Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology leader Ruth David who promoted the importance of rapidly advancing information technology for the CIA. In-Q-Tel now engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and venture capitalists to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the CIA, DIA, NGA, and the wider intelligence community. In-Q-Tel concentrates on three broad commercial technology areas: software, infrastructure and materials sciences. Former CIA director George Tenet says,
In-Q-Tel sold 5,636 shares of Google, worth over $2.2 million, on November 15, 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA sells Google shares )〕 The stocks were a result of Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, the CIA funded satellite mapping software now known as Google Earth. As of August 2006, In-Q-Tel had reviewed more than 5,800 business plans, invested some $150 million in more than 90 companies, and delivered more than 130 technology solutions to the intelligence community.〔〔(In-Q-Tel website: Investing in our National Security. ) Obtained August 2006.〕 In 2005 it was said to be funded with about $37 million a year from the CIA.〔(n-Q-Tel, CIA's Venture Arm, Invests in Secrets )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「In-Q-Tel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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