The Deal
Sunday, November 8, 
5:07 am

Austin Ventures leads IP startup Innography's Series A

  Share     E-Mail    Discussion    Print Story


innography.gifIntellectual property management startup Innography Ltd. emerged from stealth mode Monday with the announcement of a $6.5 million Series A round. Austin Ventures led the round with Hunt Ventures.

The Austin, Texas-based startup, which was founded in 2006, develops on-demand software that helps businesses manage, protect and wring revenues out of their IP portfolios. Innography claims that its products help uncover important IP issues when evaluating M&A prospects and reveal potential litigation vulnerabilities. The company said it has 25 customers, including Hewlett-Packard Co. [HPQ]

Innography was seed funded to the tune of $800,000 by Hunt Ventures in July 2007. Hunt managing director Steve Coffey sits on the company's board, as does Austin Ventures' Chris Pacitti. - Olaf de Senerpont Domis


See Aug. 18 press release on Series A funding from Innography
See Aug. 18 story on Innography from The Statesman
See Aug. 9 post on IP issues in Microsoft's Yahoo! pursuit from Innography founder Tyron Stading

Continue reading below

Also on Dealscape





Post a comment




The Deal Pipeline

Deal Video


Inside The Deal: Linklaters' Schmidt says how regulators handled Pfizer Inc.'s acquisition of Wyeth is an outlier of how others merger reviews will be conducted.


More video...

Crisis On Wall Street
Technology
Deals of The Decade

Community

Industry Insight

Dealing with frozen bank lending

If your bank is not willing to lend, what can you do as your company continues to seek growth?


Judgment Call

The coming age of the renminbi

The Chinese currency will play an increasingly important role in international commerce and finance.


Industry Insight

Banking on PE investments

Howls of protest greeted the FDIC policy statement, but the financial services industry should get over it.



©Copyright 2008, The Deal, LLC. All rights reserved. Please send all technical questions, comments or concerns to the Webmaster.