# Justin Wilder

> Justin Wilder is a seed investor at IQT (Arlington) backing Sensor and Security. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel)
- Location: Arlington, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajwilder/

Justin Wilder is a seed investor at IQT in Arlington focused on Sensor and Security. Justin Wilder is Senior Vice President Leading the Cyber Practice at In-Q-Tel, an independent, non-profit, strategic investment firm that identifies, adapts, and delivers innovative technology solutions in support of national security priorities serving the United States Intelligence Community. In his role, Mr. Wilder establishes technicalinvestment direction while overseeing a portfolio of innovative cybersecurity companies addressing complex challenges at the intersection of national security and commercial industry. He has led the research and technical diligence exploring a number of domains leading to developmental investments in over 20 startups spanning Digital Forensics, Behavioral Analytics, Endpoint Protection, Orchestration and Automation, and Secure DevOps. His cybersecurity experience spans twenty years in service of Academic, Fortune 50, DoD, Federal, and Intelligence clients as a developer, engineer, advisor, and entrepreneur. Justin received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and his Master’s degree in Computer Science from George Washington University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor | 1 | 25% |
| Security | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Navigation | 1 | 25% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |
| South Korea | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atomionics | Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration. | $12.7M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| CLIKA | CLIKA is a software company that develops optimization tools to streamline the execution of artificial intelligence projects. The company provides an AI compression platform that enables compact, accelerated, and hardware-ready deployment—across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| Phantom | Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.The company's mission is to close the security gap by enabling enterprise security operations to be smarter, faster, and stronger. Phantom Cyber orchestrates key stages of security operations from prevention to triage and resolution, deliveringdramatic increases in security operations productivity and effectiveness. Codifying the “rules of engagement,” approval authorities, and escalations allows skilled first responders bring to bear all of their experience to make better decisions and act quickly and confidently.Phantom was established in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $13.5M | Series B | Jan 10, 2017 |  |
| Phantom | Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.The company's mission is to close the security gap by enabling enterprise security operations to be smarter, faster, and stronger. Phantom Cyber orchestrates key stages of security operations from prevention to triage and resolution, deliveringdramatic increases in security operations productivity and effectiveness. Codifying the “rules of engagement,” approval authorities, and escalations allows skilled first responders bring to bear all of their experience to make better decisions and act quickly and confidently.Phantom was established in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California. |  | Series A |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accenture Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accenture-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BHP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhp-billiton-petroleum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golden Gate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-gate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Milemark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milemark-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paspalis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paspalis-innovation-and-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IQT

VC Fund · Arlington, United States

IQT identifies and partners with companies developing advanced technologies. It evaluates emerging technologies and collaborates with entities that show potential for practical applications. IQT serves industries such as defense, cybersecurity, and telecommunications.

5 contacts available at IQT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Darby | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-darby |
| Daniel Geer | Chief Information Security Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-geer |
| Daniel Gwak | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-gwak-2 |
| Eugene Chiu | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-chiu |
| Justin Wilder | Senior Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-wilder |

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## FAQ

### What does Justin Wilder invest in?

Justin Wilder invests primarily in Sensor, Security and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Justin Wilder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Justin Wilder closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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