Valuable Tip!! Finally – A Secure Ride Through Silicon Valley.

Investors have long waited for a safer ride through Silicon Valley and companies have long wished that venture capital was not so darn expensive. Most entrepreneurs learn that the legend of Silicon Valley and its reality are very different things. Building a business always takes longer than expected and more investment rounds than planned for, leaving entrepreneurs with very little ownership in the company in the end to make the journey worth the ride. 

You can imagine my surprise when I learned that there is a new ride in town – IP Capital – that is lower risk, lower cost, and more capital intensive in its mandate – looking to help companies build hardware and other real products (doing it right, rather than software light). 

The New Ride is IP Capital.

With this new ride comes a new kind of venture capitalist, the IP Capitalist, who brings IP-mastery as an additional skill set that can truly help companies grow more affordably and investors more securely. How? Through the value of their intellectual property – the technologies and know-how underlying their products and services that form the basis for customer demand, and the related IP rights that protect that IP in global markets.   

With valuations falling worldwide, if you are a highly innovative company in need of growth capital for plants, property, and equipment, you may find IP Capital is your saving grace. IP Capital trades lower dilution in return for the value of a company’s IP as collateral to secure the downside of an investment. As a practical matter, your IP is not at risk. The IP collateral is there to help your company grow more affordably and only matters if the company later fails, or is likely to fail. IP Capital is not bank debt or equity, it’s a hybrid – a mix of the best of both worlds, without all the drag of these traditional solutions to slow it down. 

Continuing with the status quo of venture capital as it always has been, without change, has disrupted the circle of life that once was Silicon Valley. It no longer serves the purpose it once did in the same broad sweeping way in creating new industries that bring long-term growth, hope, and prosperity to countries, companies, and people. It’s time for change is what I say. 

More Secure. More Affordable. 

What differentiates IP Capital from venture capital is that it recognizes that most of the value of a company is in its intellectual property and uses that knowledge to provide a less dilutive solution to emerging growth companies that is more secure for investors. A win, win.

While IP Capital focuses on the same metrics as venture capital in making an investment decision, IP Capital adds to the mix a deep focus on the IP of a company, what makes it different, and what it’s worth to others should the company fail, or be likely to fail. It then leverages the value of that IP to make investments much more secure for investors and less costly to the equity ownership of the company for entrepreneurs and existing investors. 

IP Capital offers emerging companies for the first time ever the ability to fund each investment round with venture capital or IP Capital, or a mix of the two, providing companies with the option of leaving more of the ownership of a company in the hands of those who are building it. The better the management team, the more powerful IP Capital is as an option.

If you want a try this new ride on for size hit them up and get a ticket while the getting is good, with more information available in the link below.