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Defense, Intelligence & Government
SightGain
● McLean, VA
Continuous security validation platform — automated breach and attack simulation. McLean VA. DataTribe portfolio. DoD and enterprise cybersecurity focus.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Lockheed Martin
● Bethesda, MD
Defense prime contractor. Linnet States was Senior Systems Analyst supporting NSA/DoD programs.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Edgewater IT
● Frederick, MD
Edgewater Federal Solutions — enterprise IT, cybersecurity, systems engineering and data analytics for U.S. government customers including the Department of Energy and NIH. Founded 2002. Minority growth investment from Blue Delta Capital (2022).
Est. 2002
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Acclaim Technical Services
● Reston, VA
Acclaim Technical Services (ATS) — language and intelligence-analysis services and mission IT for the U.S. intelligence community. Founded 2000; employee-owned (ESOP since 2013). Backed by Blue Delta Capital; acquisitive (Axis of Engineering, Global Consulting Services, Entegra Systems, OASIC Engineering, Alder Technology).
Est. 2000
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Acme Logic Works
● Washington, DC
Materials science background from IQT. Does AI work. Small firm.
Frank DiMeo
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Defense, Intelligence & Government
Ad Hoc
● McLean, VA
Human-centered digital services for federal and state government (product, engineering, design, cloud, modernization). Founded by core members of the HealthCare.gov rescue team; work includes Medicare Plan Finder and VA. ~500 employees. Backed by Blue Delta Capital; privately held.
Est. 2014
Defense, Intelligence & Government
AIS
● Reston, VA
Applied Information Sciences (AIS) — cloud transformation, AI, application modernization and secure data solutions for the U.S. federal government and Fortune 1000. Employee-owned; Microsoft partner. Backed by Blue Delta Capital.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Balance Theory
● Columbia, MD
Hardened collaborative workspace for cybersecurity teams — collaboration platform for IC/defense. Columbia MD. DataTribe portfolio (Fund III). Raised $3M seed Dec 2022.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
BDS Incorporated
● Arlington, VA
Government tech services. Founded by Jim Hunt after 8yr as government scientist (mid-70s to mid-80s). Merged with BTG Inc 1991.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
BlueRidge.AI
● Winchester, VA
AI/ML platform for defense and national security applications. Winchester VA. DataTribe portfolio.
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Defense, Intelligence & Government
Booz Allen Hamilton
● McLean, VA
McLean VA. Global management and technology consulting firm. $10B+ revenue. Major IC/DOD contractor. Omar Balkissoon early career. Parsa Haroutunian, Seerist connection. One of largest employers in DMV national security corridor.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Cogent Communications
● Washington, DC
Cogent Communications is a Washington, DC-based Internet service provider and one of the world's largest ISPs, delivering high-quality Internet, Ethernet, transport, and colocation services. The company operates a global fiber network serving businesses, government, and universities across North America and Europe.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Concept Plus
● Fairfax, VA
Concept Plus — government IT contractor (cloud, data analytics, AI, enterprise modernization) serving DHA, State, DoD, DHS, SEC, VA. Founded 2008 by Ahmad Abuzaakouk; certified 8(a) minority-owned small business.
Est. 2008
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Core One
● Sterling, VA
Core One Solutions — national-security mission support (mission support, training & logistics, technical solutions) for the defense and intelligence communities. Founded 2014 by Patrick Moniz and Joseph Koo. Growth investment from Blue Delta Capital (2023).
Est. 2014
Defense, Intelligence & Government
CosmiQ Works
● VA
IQT Lab for commercial space and ML for remote sensing. Helps IC leverage commercial satellite imagery and open source ML. Co-founded by Todd Stavish and Ryan Lewis 2015.
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Defense, Intelligence & Government
DeepSequence
● Herndon, VA
Machine learning decision systems and analytics consultancy founded by Matthew McKnight in 2015, after leaving Noblis. Preceded Osparna in Matt's entrepreneurial career.
Matthew McKnight
Est. 2015
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Dragos
● Hanover, MD
Industrial cybersecurity company. Co-founded by former NSA cybersecurity experts. OT/ICS threat detection platform — protects industrial control systems for energy, manufacturing, water. DataTribe backed at seed stage. Valued at $1.7B in 2021 Series D. THE canonical DataTribe exit — "reverse IQT" model: government talent → commercial product.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Dreadnode
● Arlington, VA
Arlington VA. AI and offensive security testing. IQT portfolio. Red-teaming AI systems — adversarial ML, model vulnerabilities, AI safety testing for national security applications. Emerging company at the intersection of AI security and red team operations.
Est. 2023
Defense, Intelligence & Government
EchoMark
● McLean, VA
McLean VA. Invisible watermarking for documents and content — individualized steganographic marks to detect leaks and identify the source. IQT Spring 2025 investment. Critical for IC document security and insider threat detection. Each recipient gets a uniquely marked copy.
Est. 2022
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Enveil
● Fulton, MD
Homomorphic encryption company — enables computation on encrypted data without decrypting it. Founded by Ellison Anne Williams (fmr NSA mathematician). Fulton MD. DataTribe portfolio. Privacy-preserving analytics for IC and financial sector.