ID Ventures

ID Ventures is a venture capital manager that finds and develops companies holding what it calls life-changing ideas. It describes itself as the first and most active fund manager specialising in intellectual property investment, and it judges company value through close examination of that IP.

What ID Ventures offers

• Venture investment — funding matched to a company's growth stage.
• IP due diligence — detailed review of intellectual property to judge company value.
• Mentoring — support to strengthen IP competitiveness and raise company value.
• Overseas expansion support — help entering foreign markets through its global network.

Who it works with

It invests in companies with attention to environmental, social and governance results. Past investments named on its site include a webtoon platform, Tapas Media, a crowdfunding platform, a drug developer and a games maker.

Key facts

• Network: investors, universities, public research institutes, patent and law firms and accelerators
• Team: patent attorneys, accountants and people from finance and start-up backgrounds
• Site language: not English