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10 In-Q-Tel investors
These ten current and former In-Q-Tel investors have held investing roles at the fund. A reader can learn how investors at In-Q-Tel approach their work from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10A.J. Bertone
LinkedInExperience: Managing Partner · IQT
Managing Partner at IQT since 2017, based in San Francisco, a role the profile lists at partner level in general management; the headline reads Investor at In-Q-Tel. A.J. Bertone was earlier a Consultant at Bain & Company (2015–2017) and served in various positions in the US Army (2006–2013).
Daniel Gwak
LinkedInExperience: Chief Investment Officer · IQT
Chief Investment Officer at IQT since 2026, after an earlier stint as a Partner at IQT (2013–2017). Between the two roles, Daniel Gwak was Managing Partner at Point72 Private Investments (2017–2026). The listing also shows Infantry Fire Team Leader in the Marine Corps (2009–2013) and Summer Associate at Bain & Company (2012).
Eugene Chiu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Partner · IQT
Senior Partner at IQT since 2013; the headline reads Partner, Investments at In-Q-Tel. Eugene Chiu was earlier Co-Founder & VP Business Development and Commercial Operations at Predictive Biosciences (2006–2010) and is listed as Co-founder & VP Business Development at BigMachines from 2000.
J.D. Englehart
LinkedInExperience: Investment Director · IQT
Investment Director at IQT since 2019, based in London. J.D. Englehart was earlier an Associate at Lavrock Ventures (2017–2019) and an Associate at Razor's Edge (2018), also held an Adjunct Professor role at Georgetown University (2021–2022), and has been a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2024.
Jon Chait
LinkedInExperience: Managing Partner · IQT
Managing Partner at IQT since 2025, based in Greater Boston, after serving as a Partner there (2022–2025). Jon Chait has also been a General Partner at Dace Ventures since 2007 and a Partner at Mount Independence Investments since 2013, and lectures at Bentley University's McCallum Graduate School of Business.
Justin Wilder
LinkedInExperience: Partner · IQT
Partner at IQT since 2025, after serving there as Managing Director (2023–2025) and as Senior Vice President, Cyber Practice Lead (2014–2023). The profile describes Justin Wilder as a strategic investor engaging early-stage venture-backed startups across the United States. The prior role was Director, Virginia Operations / Senior Principal Scientist at Siege Technologies (2009–2014).
Katie Gray
LinkedInExperience: Partner · IQT
Partner at IQT since 2011, based in the San Francisco Bay Area; the profile describes Katie Gray as a Senior Partner at In-Q-Tel who leads one of five core practice areas. Before IQT, the listing shows product management roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Plastic Logic and Palm Computing. Katie Gray also volunteers as Outreach Lead for Venture Capital & Private Equity at Stanford Women on Boards.
Michael Webb
LinkedInExperience: Principal · IQT
Principal at IQT since 2024, based in New York; the headline reads Principal at In-Q-Tel. Michael Webb was earlier a Strategic Advisor at New Vista Capital (2023–2024), an Advisor at Agile Space Industries (2022–2023), a Private Equity Associate at J.F. Lehman & Company (2018–2021) and an Investment Banking Analyst at Wells Fargo (2016–2018).
Nat P
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, IQT International Ltd. · IQT
Former Managing Director, IQT International Ltd. at IQT (2018–2023), a role the profile describes as leading European investments, and Senior Vice President at IQT (2013–2018). Nat P was earlier Director, Cyber Attack and Penetration Division at Knowledge Consulting Group and a Principal Consultant at Neohapsis and Symantec.
Thomas Gillespie
LinkedInExperience: Managing Partner · IQT
Former Managing Partner at IQT (2005–2025); the profile describes Thomas Gillespie as a "Long-time In-Q-Tel Investment Lead for the Deep Tech practice in general and the space technology sector in particular." The current role is Head of the Alliance Fund at Geodesic Capital (since 2025), and earlier roles were Management Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and Chief Operating Officer of LaunchFuel.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's seniority and practice to your question, since a managing partner, a practice lead and a principal or investment director see different parts of the work. Check whether the role is current or former, how long the person spent at IQT and which office or region they covered.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a strategic investor source, evaluate and close a venture investment?
- 02How are practice areas organized on a strategic venture team, and how does a practice lead run one?
- 03How does a strategic investor's work with a company continue after the investment?
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