We’re excited to be part of the Nordic Innovation Fair 2024, a key event bringing together innovators, industry leaders, and investors from the medtech, biotech, pharma, food & agritech, and cleantech industries. Taking place on 23-24 September 2024 in Copenhagen, the event will showcase over 130 business opportunities and provide a platform for networking and collaboration. Investors will have the unique opportunity to connect with key players across the Nordic innovation ecosystem to explore new partnerships and unlock commercial opportunities.
At Potter Clarkson, we understand that every investment pitch is designed to impress, but it's essential to look beyond the initial numbers and plans to assess the long-term potential of an investment. Our multi-disciplinary team has worked alongside the investment community for years, specialising in IP due diligence, helping investors evaluate the intangible assets that often carry the most value and the most risk.
OUR EXPERTISE
When we work with investors, our starting point for IP due diligence is that an investor is never investing in the IP alone. You are investing in the company as a whole - its ideas, products, people, and plans.
This means your IP due diligence must be wide-ranging, all-inclusive, and conducted with a strict commercial focus, ensuring you can confidently decide whether to invest, knowing the company has everything it needs to deliver on its business plan and your desired exit.
We work with investors to:
- Conduct a detailed review of the company’s business plan from an IP perspective
- Analyse the IP strategy in place to support the business plan
- Assess whether the existing or planned IP will support the company’s goals
- Ensure that the necessary commercial, licensing, and legal agreements are in place
- Confirm clear ownership of IP
- Review how the company manages its IP internally
- Uncover how they plan to work with third parties and the impact on their IP strategy
- Evaluate their approach to IP-related risks, including freedom to operate (FTO)
Our deep understanding of the life sciences, food and agritech, and cleantech sectors, combined with our investor-focused approach, helps you make informed decisions that reduce risks and maximise the commercial success of your investments.
Learn more about our expertise in these sectors:
KEY RESOURCES
Leverage these resources to help you protect and maximise the value of your investments.
VerifyiP: DUE DILIGENCE FOR INVESTORS
To make the IP due diligence process as easy and efficient as possible for our investor clients, we created VerifyiP, a fixed price/fixed outcome model that combines everything we’ve learned from years of working with both investors and start-ups. By the end of the process, you'll receive a clear and concise report, giving you all the key insights needed to make informed investment decisions.
HOW CAN IP DUE DILIGENCE MINIMISE RISK AND MAXIMISE VALUE?
This whitepaper shares some of the critical IP-related issues we've uncovered while working with investors. It highlights how robust, detailed, and highly focused IP due diligence can help you make the most informed investment decisions.
UNDERSTANDING IP DUE DILIGENCE FOR SEED AND PRE-SEED START-UPS
Navigating the world of IP due diligence can seem daunting, but by breaking it down into six key steps, we systematically evaluate a start-up's IP position. Each step is designed to help investors gain confidence in the start-up’s ability to protect and commercialise its innovations.
