Aon Advantage Funds
What is Aon Advantage Funds?
Aon Advantage Funds LLC (AAF) is an alternative asset manager affiliated with Aon plc (Aon). In fulfilling its responsibilities to identify, evaluate, and execute investments on behalf of its investors, AAF leverages the resources of the broader Aon organization to assist with investment research, fund administration, and operations.
How Does Aon Advantage Funds Work?
We utilize the broader resources of Aon to support and operate AAF while focusing our energies on identifying innovative investment opportunities on behalf of our investors. By partnering with Aon’s intellectual property solutions group, AAF has access to Aon’s proprietary intellectual property valuation and risks platform, which allows us to utilize a more modern approach to assessing and valuing intangible assets.
Who Does Aon Advantage Funds Serve?
We serve institutional investors by providing them with innovative investment opportunities. Together with our investors, we are committed to making capital more accessible and affordable for innovative growth-stage companies seeking to further commercialize their enterprises. Partnering with Aon’s intellectual property solutions group has allowed AAF to become a vanguard in intellectual property-backed lending.
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Institutional Investors
AAF partners with institutional investors to support investment identification and selection in the intellectual property space. We then implement a disciplined method for providing patient capital to quality investment opportunities.
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Growth-Stage Companies
Rapidly growing companies with rich intellectual property portfolios can leverage their intellectual property as collateral to obtain new capital to fuel the further expansion of their business.
Meet the Team
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Matthew Farrar
Managing Partner and Head of Aon Advantage Funds
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John Thompson
Senior Portfolio Manager, Aon Advantage Funds
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Addison Amer
Senior Portfolio Manager, Aon Advantage Funds
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Justin Wirt
Senior Portfolio Manager, Aon Advantage Funds
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Eric Burel
Vice President, Aon Advantage Funds
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Brian Shea
Head of Healthcare Origination, Aon Advantage Funds
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David Zaccaria
Chief Operations Officer, Aon Advantage Funds
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Michael Gorman
Vice President, Aon Advantage Funds
Our Portfolio
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News August 2023
Yes
$55M senior secured term loan from Aon Advantage Fund
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News September 2022
Leia, Inc.
$125M senior secured term loan from Aon Advantage Fund
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News April 2022
Grubbrr
$35M senior secured term loan from Aon Advantage Fund
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News February 2022
Chasm
$25M senior secured term loan from Aon Advantage Fund
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News September 2021
BrainScope
$25M senior secured term loan from Aon Advantage Fund
Portfolio Disclaimer
For informational purposes only. Not a recommendation of any particular security or strategy. There is no guarantee Aon will have access to future IP-related transactions with the same or similar characteristics to the transactions described above.
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