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IP-Licence Equity Royalty

 

The Technology Licence Investing is a mechanism by which technology may be made available to select high-growth potential companies, effectively availing the licensees, technology that is needed to enable realizing the growth potential of the licensee in exchange for shares in the licensee legal entity. Enhance Knowledge by virtue of the authorization it is granted, sometimes negotiates such technology licence investing towards the funding of a licensee-company in an effort to enable the licensee start operating as soon as it is practicable.

In general, the shares offered in exchange for the licence investing may be Convertible Callable Series Preferred Shares that collectively is specifically secured by the value of the Technology Licence evaluated as a percentage of the revenue based on the Income Statement of the Prospective Financial Statement over the term of the Technology Licence Agreement which is usually about 15 yrs - 17 yrs, subject to adjustment to reflect reality of annual realized revenue. The offer of secured equity form is made with the aim of providing no-risk securement of the investment for the technology licensor for the attendant advantages.

However, there is always the preferential option of the licence-investor willing to take the venture stage investment-risk, to opt for the equity offering to be all in Common Stocks from the moment of licence investment.  

IP-Licensing Equity Royalty

Equity-Royalty IP-Licensing Asvantage

The offer of secured equity form is made with the aim of providing no-risk securement of the investment for the technology licence owner in that

  • by offering Preferred Shares the net share-value is secured by the cumulative-value of the royalty otherwise accruing from the agreement;

  • by making it convertible the licence owner gets to enjoy the appreciation in the under-lying valuation of the company should the technology owner wish to exercise the option of conversion to common Shares; and

  • by making it callable the value of the royalty accumulated gets to be paid to the licence owner in some future date should the licence owner choose not exercise the option of conversion or chooses only to exercise partial conversion while still getting back the invested principal.

Equity Royalty Implementations

Merger of Trust and Licensee Venture
Trust Licensee Merger is the most preferred by the beneficiaries of Trust-IP owners as it gives the equity position in the licensee, effectively turning their IP rights into equity rights. This option of licensing is also often the offered when prospective licensees are not well-funded as to meet the licensing financing needs.

Partial Licensing
Hybrid of the preceding Simple Trust-IP licensing and the Merger Licensing options, this approach is often the choice for new ventures because it enables the Trust Beneficiary Investors to both exchange some of the invested capital for equity while also being protected from venture failure, as with failures they are able to recover the licence for re-licensing to another venture of the same industry. 

 
 
   

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