IPD Capital, LLC

IPD Capital is a value-added venture capital firm that invests in companies with good business models and helps them create intellectual property (IP) strategies to enhance shareholder value. The firm focuses on building patent picket fences around critical technology, leveraging patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets to strengthen technology positions and brand strategies, and pursuing in-licensing and acquisition of third-party IP that can expand the business model. IPD Capital targets companies across healthcare, biotech, SaaS, technology, manufacturing, software, and medical devices at the Seed through Series B stages, with check sizes ranging from $250,000 to $5 million. Prior to investment, the firm performs deep IP due diligence through its affiliated entity IPD Analytics, and post-investment provides board-level strategic advice on IP portfolio management and capital allocation to help portfolio companies build defensible competitive moats.