Intellectual Property Due Diligence
A miscalculation of the management and intellectual property in an investment can cost a venture capitalist or private equity firm – and its investors – millions of dollars, damage the venture capitalist's or private equity firm's reputation, and impair its ability to raise new capital.
Patent Portfolio Management
A portfolio company's failure to use its intellectual property to create a new industry trend – or to ride the wave of an industry trend – can jeopardize the company's market share and profitability.
Management and Team Assessments
The improper staffing of a portfolio company can result in an inefficient or dysfunctional workplace and loss of profitability.
Avoid investment mistakes by understanding the risks and benefits of a potential investment's intellectual property;
Assess the competitive position and potential of their portfolio companies' intellectual property;
Identify new market and product development opportunities for their companies' intellectual property;
Evaluate and improve the senior management of potential and existing portfolio companies;
Evaluate and improve their portfolio companies' staffing.
