Fireside Chat with Clayton Williams, In-Q-Tel

Clayton Williams is the Managing Director of IQT International UK Ltd., where he manages IQT’s relationship with the UK government and is responsible for identifying, investing, and guiding IQT’s portfolio of deep tech start-up technology across Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Prior to this role, Clayton was the Managing Director of IQT International’s Asia-Pacific business, and managed IQT’s relationship with the Australian government. Clayton has invested and advised early-stage startups broadly across “deep tech” critical technology areas such as quantum, space, robotics, and next generation communications. Clayton joined IQT initially as a specialist on IQT’s technical team focused on the development and diligence of technology in autonomous systems, remote sensing, and advanced manufacturing markets.

Before IQT, Clayton worked as a technologist and integrator for signal processing platforms at the US Naval Research Laboratory in support of the US Intelligence Community. Clayton received a degree in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech University.

IQT is a not-for-profit strategic investor that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to intelligence and national security agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.