Raising Capital: How Investors Evaluate Intellectual Property?

​Raising capital isn’t only about traction and storytelling — investors also look closely at how you protect (and manage) your intellectual property (IP) to assess risk, defensibility, and long-term value.

​Join us for a practical breakfast panel designed for founders preparing to fundraise (or thinking ahead to future rounds). We’ll unpack how angel investors evaluate IP during diligence, how IP influences valuation conversations (even early-stage), and the common missteps that can slow down — or derail — investment discussions.

​🎟️ Admission: Free (Registration Required)

​☕ Bagels & Coffee

​📋 Agenda

​8:30 AM – Registration & Networking 

​9:00 AM – Panel Discussion + Q&A

​10:15 AM - Networking

​10:30 AM - Event concludes

​What You’ll Learn

• ​What IP signals increase investor confidence (ownership clarity, defensibility, risk awareness)

• ​How IP can influence valuation conversations — even before revenue

• ​Common diligence red flags (founder vs. company ownership, contractor assignments, public disclosures)

• ​Practical steps founders can take now to be more “investor-ready” from an IP perspective

​This event is graciously sponsored by Smart & Biggar

​Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property, and with over 180 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents. We are also the largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

​Speakers and Panelists - to be announced

• ​Moderated by IDEA