Background
A private equity group was considering the acquisition of a publicly-traded company for the immediate purpose of privatization and to then provide growth capital. The target company had established a very strong and large domestic and international patent portfolio, and had a heavily experienced management team in place that provided the foundation for accelerated growth opportunities.
Engagement
Ocean Tomo was retained to provide merger and acquisition (M&A) support. With IP being the key asset in the business, Ocean Tomo performed a valuation analysis that provided the equity investor with the comfort of not only the short-term cash flow opportunities, but more importantly the long-term revenue opportunities due to the strength of the portfolios and the quality of the engineering team that showed consistent efficiency in its identification and acquisition of critical portfolios.