Intellectual Ventures is an Invention Capital company. While venture capitalists and private equity investors typically seek out existing ideas and companies for investment opportunities, Intellectual Ventures focuses on funding the creation of new inventions and introducing a variety of new models for monetizing invention as a stand-alone asset.

Intellectual Venture’s experts evaluate and identify the marketability of inventions -- usually grouped together for maximum value -- and then determine a monetization strategy based on the particular assets and industry. These strategies will include licensing, spin outs, and joint ventures and are dependent upon the technology, the culture of the specifc industry and, most importantly, market timing and opportunity.