The venturing fund of the US intelligence community has invested in remote networking startup Connectify.

US-based wireless networking software company Connectify secured financing on September 28th from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the venturing fund belonging to the US Central Intelligence Agency. The amount invested by In-Q-Tel was not disclosed.

Connectify previously raised just under $1m in funding, in October 2004, under its previous name of Nomadio. Nomadio’s most significant achievement was developing technology used for unmanned, remote-controlled bomb disposal vehicles for use by the military.

In contrast, Connectify’s software allows users to create a hotspot for wireless…