Intellectual Property Funding (IPF)

No matter what industry you operate in, you could benefit from intellectual property funding for your software IP, as long as your intellectual software assets are:

• Wholly owned by you

• Clearly identifiable

• Business critical

We examine cash flows, third-party contracts, development costs and your future plans, so we can place a collateral value on your software IP.

You retain the full day-to-day commercial use and control of your software IP and can continue to develop and maintain your business-critical software as normal.

The average agreement is between three and five years.

No, we don’t provide any restrictions. Most customers have used the funds to accelerate their development, but others have used it for a range of other business purposes, from expanding their sales teams to buying out investors.

Product fees apply. Our technology specialists will talk you through the end-to-end process and will be able to give you a full quote, based on the specifics of your business.

Yes. The contracts are designed to make this straightforward.

You can:

(a)    Ask us to assign and transfer all rights and interest in the software IP back to you.

(b)   Introduce an independent third party to buy the software.

(c)    Review the possibility of revaluing the software IP with a view to commencing a new transaction.

In options (a) and (b) above, we retain a maximum consideration of 1% of the original value funded.

Yes. The contracts are designed to make this straightforward.