Exit Stage: Liquidity Event
Maximize Exit Value
Access a variety of solutions to help you optimize and articulate your IP value, maximize your enterprise value, and protect your market positions.
Solutions for Exit
Stage Companies
I'm trying to sell my business and I want to maximize the value of my company
Quality of IP Report (QoIP)
The M&A and capital markets have historically treated intellectual property as a due diligence line item – a source of risk rather than a strategic asset. Now, with QoIP, companies and deal teams can position an IP portfolio as a core part of the business and a source of enterprise value.
Realizing full value for an IP-intensive company in a sale or material financing transaction requires IP-intensive positioning. Let Aon help your deal team catalogue your IP with precision, articulate its value with impact, and maximize the return on your IP investment.
Is a QoIP report right for my company?
With your answers to the questions below, we can assess whether QoIP has potential to enhance the positioning of your IP in a transaction setting.
We're going public
IPO / Liquidity Event
IPOs can be an essential tool to raise capital and accelerate a company's growth. However, they are not without several common risk and people challenges that must be addressed. By implementing effective D&O insurance, companies can minimize risk, attract the necessary talent, and maximize value through strategies throughout the IPO maturity lifecycle. Aon is a leading provider of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability (D&O) for IPOs.
Request ConversationPrivate Company D&O – Aon’s Private and Nonprofit Practice provides competitive coverage and pricing for our private company clients
Board-Ready Analytics – Our analyses extends beyond benchmarking, to include evaluation of securities and derivative claim settlement data and our actuarially-based D&O Insight review.
Coverage Terms – Experienced team focused exclusively on management liability insurance, are integrated into the broking team and involved in both pre-placement discussions with clients and carriers, as well as post-claim negotiation.
Carrier Selection– Aon’s tools, such as our carrier behavior matrix and carrier market share analytics help in making fact-based decisions.
I’m looking for non-dilutive debt capital
IP Backed Lending
Access non-dilutive debt capital by unlocking IP as collateral for debt providers. Raising equity capital while growing rapidly is complicated and expensive. Let us help you unlock the value of your IP assets and use it as collateral for an IP-backed loan.
Get StartedIs IP lending right for my company?
Answer the questions below and we can help determine if IP-Backed Lending is right for you.
I’m concerned about the sustainability of my revenue streams
IP Insurance
Protect your company from threats and/or charges of infringement. IP rights are often asserted by competitors looking for an edge and patent trolls, who are non-practicing entities that buy up patents with the motive to sue others for infringement.
Aon offers defensive coverage for Patent, Copyright and Trademark issues, with endorsements available for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Business Interruption, and Adverse Media.
It is important to keep your intellectual property protected, particularly in times of economic instability – layoffs, furloughs, and large numbers of employees working remotely can leave your most valuable assets vulnerable to theft. IP litigation increases in times of economic downturn and, for individual companies, before and after funding events.
Aon's Intellectual property insurance was a 2019 winner of the Business Insurance Innovation Award.
Is an IP Insurance Solution right for my company?
Answer the questions below and we can help you determine if IP insurance is right for your organization.
I need to protect my trade secrets
Trade Secret Registry
Begin building and protecting your trade secret portfolio today. Trade Secret Registry allows you to identify, record, protect and manage your crown jewel assets, creating a verifiable ownership record without your trade secrets ever leaving your firewall. For many early-stage companies, this process is a cost-effective alternative to patenting your innovations.
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