In-Q-Tel, the corporate venturing style unit of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), backs Redlen Technologies with undisclosed sum.

Redlen Technologies Inc, a Canadian developer of cadmium zinc telluride semiconductors for radiation detection and imaging equipment, has secured a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel.

Redlen has been venture backed since 2004. Its investors include Canadian firms BC Advantage Funds, GrowthWorks and Yaletown Venture Partners.