Invention,assessed.
Focus: what still has to be proven
Deep-tech ventures usually do not fail because the science is weak. They fail when a result that works in the lab cannot yet be made, sold, approved, or protected at company scale. VentureIP helps deep-tech VC funds see that gap before capital moves.
Founding access by review
Tier 3 at 1%
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Scorecard model
Founding access
By review
Readiness profile
Gap review
Production risk
Lab result
Early proof works
Pilot
Can it repeat?
Production
Yield, cost, approval
1% founding carry rate
Available after review
Assessment snapshot
Built for fund teams reviewing hard science before capital moves.
Funds
Primary audience
Built for deep-tech investment teams
3
Core questions
Protection, scale, and proof
5 days
Review sprint
Five to eight ventures
3
Report outputs
Full report, IP brief, Cipher scorecard
Why this matters
The path from lab result to investment-ready evidence.
VentureIP shows fund teams what is strong, what is still an assumption, and what evidence needs to appear next.
Step 01
Proof gap
A working prototype is separated from evidence a fund can trust.
Step 02
Technical review
Patent strength, production risk, and next proof points are reviewed together.
Step 03
Decision package
The scorecard and analyst notes become a report the fund can use.
What VentureIP does
Three plain questions. One technical assessment.
Every engagement asks the same core questions: Is the invention meaningfully protected? Can the technology become a real product? What still has to be proven before capital moves? The venture judgment stays with the fund. Our job is the technical read that makes that judgment possible.
Pillar 01
Patent landscape
We review the patent the founder filed and the patents around it: competing filings, nearby inventions, and areas that may create conflict.
Pillar 02
Can the technology scale?
We compare what the prototype proves with what a real product would require: repeatable manufacturing, cost, supply chain, deployment, and approvals.
Pillar 03
Can the invention be protected?
We assess whether the patent position creates real leverage, or whether competitors can design around it quickly.
Core failure mode
The risk is the distance between a lab result and an investable company.
VentureIP turns that distance into a clear map: what is known, what is still assumed, and what has crossed the line into evidence a fund can act on.
Lab to production path
Technical review starts where the prototype stops.
Lab result
Early proof works
Pilot
Can it repeat?
Production
Yield, cost, approval
The process
From invention disclosure to decision-ready report.
Step 01
Intake
Invention disclosure, technical brief, and commercial context captured under NDA.
ThenStep 02
Evidence review
We check patents, technical literature, market context, regulation, and financial assumptions.
ThenStep 03
Analyst review
A domain analyst reviews every machine-generated finding before it enters the report.
ThenStep 04
Three-format delivery
Full report, technology and IP brief, and Cipher scorecard. Five business days for 5 to 8 ventures.
Cipher scorecard
Every assessment includes a Cipher validation score.
Five plain tests. One profile shape. A read on where the venture is strong and where the business gaps concentrate.
Signature output
The score is not the point. The shape is.
Cipher is VentureIP's scorecard for the distance between a credible technology and a company a fund can back. A venture can have strong science and still break on the path to market.
Founding cohort / By review
Apply to join the founding cohort.
Selection is by review, not first-come. Accepted funds receive Tier 3 access at the 1% founding carry rate.
Who we serve
Deep-tech VC funds, and the counsel firms that refer into them.
Proof
Selected assessments.
Insights
Recent thinking.
For funds investing in hard science
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Start with your current pipeline shape. Selection is by review, not first-come.