George Hoyem
InvestorGrowth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners · Venture Partner at Lavrock Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
About
George Hoyem is President at Nexus Bridge and has more than 25 years of experience in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and the national security and intelligence markets. He previously spent over 15 years as Executive Vice President of Investments at In-Q-Tel, the strategic venture arm of the CIA and U.S. Intelligence Community, where he led the investment team and oversaw investments in companies including Groq, Cylance, Deepgram, D-Wave, GitLab, Matterport, Phantom Cyber, Sysdig, ThinKom, and Swarm Technologies. He holds leadership and advisory roles with Intrepid Growth Partners, Lavrock Ventures, and Kensington's ONE9 defence and security platform, and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association.
Experience
- Nexus BridgePresidentcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- QohashDirector Board of Directorscurrent2026 — present
- Lavrock VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Intrepid Growth PartnersGrowth Partnercurrent2025 — present
- ONE9 / Kensington Capital PartnersInvestment Committee Membercurrent2025 — present
- QunnectDirector Board of Directorscurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- xCuresBoard Of Directorscurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- IQT - Board ObserverBoard Observer at various IQT Investments2010 — 2026United States
- In-Q-TelEVP Investments2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- In-Q-TelManaging Partner2010 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- National Venture Capital AssociationBoard Member2017 — 2021Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Solera NetworksBoard of Directors2008 — 2013
- SpectraSensorsChairman & Board of Director2003 — 2012
- Blueprint VenturesManaging Partner2002 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- El Dorado VenturesVenture Partner1998 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseGeneral Manager1997 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area
- VeriFoneGeneral Manager - Internet Commerce Division1995 — 1997San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Venture Capital99Start-ups99Corporate Development49Mergers17SaaS24Entrepreneurship80Angel Investing17Strategy99Big Data14Enterprise Software31E-commerce40Strategic Partnerships75
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Mergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityInvestmentsGo-to-market StrategyManagementExecutive ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Mobile DevicesProduct ManagementCyber-securityFrom George's professional profile.
Colleagues at Intrepid Growth Partners
Adrian Weller
Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners
Ajay Agrawal
Co-founder & Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners
Brian “Tap” Taptich
Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners
Grant Wallace
Principal at Intrepid Growth Partners
Harley Finkelstein
Investor at Felicis Ventures
Jessica Galli
Principal at Intrepid Growth Partners
Jessica Hao
Senior Associate at Intrepid Growth Partners
John Tang
Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners
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Barry SchulerScout
Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ
Enrique SalemScout
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Salil DeshpandeScout
General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures
Deepak Ravichandran
Partner at Alkeon Capital
Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan
Partner at Jump Capital
Karan Mehandru
Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group
Zach DeWitt
Partner at Wing
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is George Hoyem?
- George Hoyem is President at Nexus Bridge and has more than 25 years of experience in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and the national security and intelligence markets. He previously spent over 15 years as Executive Vice President of Investments at In-Q-Tel, the strategic venture arm of the CIA and U.S. Intelligence Community, where he led the investment team and oversaw investments in companies including Groq, Cylance, Deepgram, D-Wave, GitLab, Matterport, Phantom Cyber, Sysdig, ThinKom, and Swarm Technologies. He holds leadership and advisory roles with Intrepid Growth Partners, Lavrock Ventures, and Kensington's ONE9 defence and security platform, and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association.
- Where does George Hoyem work?
- George Hoyem is Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners.
- Where did George Hoyem go to school?
- George Hoyem studied at Western Michigan University (BA, Business & Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended Western Michigan University16
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Shared employers
Also worked at Qohash2
Also worked at xCures5
Also worked at In-Q-Tel36
A.J. BertoneExecutive Vice President, Investments at In-Q-TelBruce AdamsExecutive Vice President and General Counsel at In-Q-TelLiz FoxProduct Marketing and Communications at In-Q-TelAsheem ChandnaPartner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure softwareWesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsGilman LouieInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners
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Also worked at National Venture Capital Association71
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