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Hilco IP Merchant Banking

The Leader in Technology IP Liquidity and Risk Transfer

  • 20162016

    Founded
  • 2020+

    Staff
  • 300300+

    Combined Years Experience

Get to know Hilco IP Merchant Banking

Hilco IP Merchant Banking (HIPMB) is a fully integrated intellectual property (IP) investment, Advisory and Monetization business. The company acquires and monetizes the highest quality IP to provide liquidity and risk transfer to leading technology businesses. HIPMB focuses on semiconductors design, process and packaging as well as ICT (wireless, wireline, user equipment, infrastructure, cloud, and IoT). To date, the company’s licensing and technical team has created more than $5 billion in value over the course of their careers.

From origination through monetization, HIPMB is the only IP investment team that combines leading global special solutions investors with chief technology officers, licensing heads and senior technologists from world leading technology companies in the pursuit of latent IP value. 

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Hilco IP Merchant Banking is a leading provider of Intellectual Property advisory services, integrating IP expertise and technical experience, with established business and market acumen. Our goal is to empower you to protect and grow your business by helping you understand the content and potential of your patent portfolio to make informed IP and technology investment decisions.

Our knowledge of trading strategies, IP finance, monetization and capital solutions pertaining to patents across technologies enables us to provide a complete array of IP investment tools and services to our clients.

Hilco IP Merchant Banking Leaders
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Hilco IP Merchant Banking is a fully integrated intellectual property advisor, investor and monetization agent. It monetizes patent assets on behalf of or sourced from the world’s leading semiconductor and telecommunications companies. HIPMB operates a closed value creation system that combines leading special situations analysts with IP licensing professionals, counsel and senior technologists/engineers in the pursuit of IP Alpha.

Michael Friedman
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Chief Executive Officer at Hilco IP Merchant Banking

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Hilco IP Merchant Banking is a fully integrated intellectual property advisor, investor and monetization agent. It monetizes patent assets on behalf of or sourced from the world’s leading semiconductor and telecommunications companies. HIPMB operates a closed value creation system that combines leading special situations analysts with IP licensing professionals, counsel and senior technologists/engineers in the pursuit of IP Alpha.

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Afzal Dean

President
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Sailesh Merchant

Chief Technology Officer
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What Sets us Apart

In IP investment the single critical differentiator that sets Hilco IP Merchant Banking apart from our competitors is our multifaceted best-in-class team of professionals. Our team includes some of the IP investment and advisory industry’s most well-respected and capable experts and includes unique strengths in technical, business, financial and legal spheres. Their highly professional approach to customer service and proven ability to deliver measurable results in all facets of IP analysis, investment and management is unique in the industry.

Expertise at Crucial Moments

Hilco IP Merchant Banking stands out from its competitors by going beyond traditional IP investment services to exceed expectations while delivering results. Profitably navigating the IP industry requires the right strategies and advisory provided by well informed IP investment experts at crucial moments in an ever-changing market. At Hilco IP Merchant Banking, we provide exactly that. Our clients experience the benefits that come with exclusive access to experienced industry leaders as well as the latest data on market trends and the most current IP investment and management strategies.