Where is your investment heading?
Understanding what makes the business defensible
Creating and delivering a value-map for your intangible assets
In deep tech most of the investment proposition rest on technology
Defining and protecting your Intellectual Property unlocks value within your enterprise.
The important question isn't simply whether the company has patents. It's whether the company has developed something valuable, differentiated and difficult for competitors to replicate — and whether its IP position helps preserve that advantage as the business grows.
IP Arkitek provides independent IP due diligence for investors in technology-led businesses.
We examine the technology and IP through a commercial lens:
Where does the company's competitive advantage really come from?
How well does its IP support that advantage?
How difficult would it be for competitors to replicate or work around the technology?
Are the company's resources focused on protecting the things that matter?
Are there gaps that could affect growth, investment or exit?
How well equipped is the company to manage IP as it scales?
What should management prioritise following investment?
The result is a commercially focused assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities within the company's technology and IP position.
How do investors benefit?
The top team gains clear understanding the value of their assets and to manage them
Our work with your investment propect provides benefits beyond the creation of additional patents.
You will see the differences through:
Closer alignment between business strategy and IP investment
More efficient allocation of patent budgets
Systematic management of trade secrets
Reduced dependence on individual inventors
Improved visibility of future IP opportunities
Enhanced due diligence readiness
Stronger support for future fundraising and strategic partnerships
Increased confidence that the company's competitive advantage is being protected through a deliberate and repeatable processes
Our Business First Approach
Designed to tell the real story behind the IP
WHY → WHAT → HOW
Our approach connects commercial strategy, technology development and IP.
WHY - What does the market value?
Understand the customer need, market opportunity and commercial drivers behind the technology. Why are businesses in this market?
WHAT - What gives the business an advantage?
Identify the innovations, technology, capabilities and knowledge that differentiate the business from its competitors. What is our value proposition?
HOW - How do we sustain that advantage?
Develop an IP strategy that makes those advantages harder to replicate and supports the company's commercial objectives. How do we protect the IP in the way that is right for us?
The objective isn't to build the biggest IP portfolio.
It's to build the right one.
IP strategy starts with competitive advantage
Why do clients like what we do?
Every business uses Intellectual Property to gain a competitive advantage. We help you discover and unlock these assets and increase the value of your Intellectual Property. We will find value in assets that you probably never knew you owned and value in assets that you may have thought you had control of, but aren’t yours to own.
Together we can discover the value within your Intellectual Property which is the first step towards developing a strategy to reconstitute and strengthen your competitive edge and enable collaboration on your terms.
IP Value Creation - how investors make a difference
What shifts the needle in your favour?
IP manifests itself through branding, technology, know-how, product design, data, contracts and market knowledge. Protection can be provided in a multitude of ways and at different stages as you grow. By blending your business goals with the how you want to achieve them, and within what timelines enables your business to:
Grow with confidence;
Attract investment;
Build stakeholder value.
Let’s create a best in-class asset portfolio to support your business journey.
IP Culture
Building a lasting IP ecosystem
If you want to stay ahead of the competition you need to recognise when intellectual property is created, as it is being created. It is important to assign a strength of value to your intellectual property and understand how that value can grow. Achieving all this requires your people to have a good understanding of intellectual property and how it can be deployed to help your growth plans.
Together we will architect your intellectual property that empowers your people and strengthens the IP Culture of your enterprise.
IP Operations
Sustaining long-term value of your assets
How does your intellectual property serve the medium to long term plans for your business? Different types of intellectual property take time to mature in value - some are instant creators of values whilst others build value over time, years even. Timing is critical if major business events are planned, such as an exit or investment round.
Together we create a sustainable IP ecosystem.