Intellectual Property
Capital
Funding for Companies with Valuable Intellectual Property
West U Capital helps to maximize the value of your intellectual property (IP). We precisely tailor a capital investment structure to optimize your specific situation. Investments include the acquisition of intellectual property, infusions of growth debt, equity positions, and hybrid combinations.
Founded by two experienced leaders in the intellectual property investment arena, West U Capital is actively seeking and investing in a broad range of transactions, all buoyed by strong underlying intellectual property. Our partners depend on West U Capital’s decades of intellectual property centric investment and capital management experience.
Companies that have wisely protected their innovation, primarily through patents, can look to West U Capital to build on that protected innovation through a wide range of capital options. Our capital can be a catalyst for growth or a momentum building monetization event or both.
Areas of Focus
Intellectual Property Acquisitions
Law Firm and Portfolio Financing
Patent Litigation Funding
Patent-based Lending
Tailored Equity Investments
At West U Capital, we develop a clear understanding of the potential value of intellectual property and its relationship to the total investment. Our funding options include loans, equity, and the acquisition of companies or intellectual property.
Who We Are
With decades of transactional and investment experience, our growing team has underwritten, executed, managed, and exited hundreds of IP related investments and transactions involving billions in invested capital.
Members of IAM Strategy 300, the world’s leading IP strategists, for over a decade.
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Joseph Kessler
FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER
Previously:
Co-Founder and Managing Director at Fortress IP Finance team
Founder of Koru Venture Partners
Founder and CEO of Global Technology Transfer
Co-Founder and President of Marqera, LLC
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Mark Roche
FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER
Previously:
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Techquity Capital Management
Co-Founder and Executive Director of AT&T Knowledge Ventures
Senior Director of Finance at Prodigy Communications
Director of Strategy & Acquisitions at Emerson Performance Solutions
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Francisco Barrenechea
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Previously:
Vice President Structured Lending & Special Situations, Morgan Stanley
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company
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Michelle Eber
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Previously:
Director of Patent Investments, Validity Finance
IP Litigation Attorney, Baker Botts
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Laurence Rosenberg
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Previously:
Partner, Highlands Advisory
Principal, Charles River Associates
Director, Berkeley Research Group
President, U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC
Senior Managing Director, alseT IP
Managing Director, GE Capital
Director, Merrill Lynch
Who We Serve
Our partners include small and medium companies, multi-national corporations, research entities, and universities from a wide array of technology and market sectors. Some companies are early stage, pre-revenue, while others are established players. Our interest spans all geographic regions.