Christopher Darby

In-Q-Tel Reaches 800th Investment Milestone, Expanding Into AI and Quantum Computing

2025-04-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

In early April 2025, In-Q-Tel announced its 800th investment since the CIA venture capital arm’s founding in 1999, marking a major expansion of intelligence community financial entanglement with private technology companies. The milestone investment came as In-Q-Tel broadened its focus beyond …

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In-Q-Tel Leaders Launch Chain Bridge SPAC, Criticized as 'Revolving Door on Steroids'

2021-11-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In November 2021, the senior leadership of In-Q-Tel—CEO Christopher Darby, President Stephen Bowsher, and technology investor Michael Rolnick—filed for an initial public offering for Chain Bridge I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) seeking to raise $200 million. The blank check company …

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