Patlytics Secures $14 Million Series A Led By Next47

We’re thrilled to announce a major milestone in our journey at Patlytics: we’ve successfully raised a $14 million Series A funding round, led by the world-class venture capital firm Next47. This funding marks a significant step forward in our mission to revolutionize the IP landscape through the power of artificial intelligence. You can read the full press release here.

Why We’re Excited

At Patlytics, we’ve always believed that managing intellectual property (IP) should be smarter, simpler, and more strategic. Since our founding, we’ve been committed to building cutting-edge AI solutions that help corporations and law firms streamline their patent processes, uncover new insights, and maximize the value of IP portfolios.

Our Series A will help us continue that mission; here's how.

What This Funding Means for Patlytics

The $14 million investment will allow us to accelerate our growth in several key areas:

1. Product Development: We’ll enhance our AI-driven platform with new features and capabilities, ensuring it continues to set the standard for innovation in patent management. 
2. Global Expansion: We’re committed to expanding our footprint to serve clients in new markets worldwide, meeting the needs of global corporations and law firms. The new funding will enable us to establish a stronger international presence, ensuring businesses everywhere can benefit from our cutting-edge solutions.
3. Talent Acquisition: We’re growing our team of engineers, data scientists, IP experts, and in-house patent attorneys to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. The addition of new in-house patent attorneys will further enhance our ability to support client deployments and ensure seamless integration of our solutions.
4. Customer Success: We’ll invest in resources and support to ensure our clients achieve measurable success with Patlytics, including helping them meet and exceed IPQ and HPQ Gold quality metrics.

Why Next47?

Partnering with Next47 is an honor and a privilege. We chose Next47 for their world-class go-to-market experience and their deep understanding of the IP market. Their expertise in scaling transformative technology companies, combined with their global network and resources, make them the ideal partner for this phase of our growth. We’re excited to collaborate with their team as we continue to innovate and expand our impact in the IP space.

A Thank You to Our Team and Customers

This milestone would not have been possible without the incredible dedication of the Patlytics team and the trust of our customers. To our team: your passion and commitment to excellence inspire me every day. To our customers: thank you for believing in our vision and partnering with us to redefine what’s possible in patent management. The Series A round will help Patlytics double down on its innovation culture, and deliver meaningful outcomes across the patent lifecycle. Key 2025 product advancements include: 

• Patent Application Drafting — Transform invention disclosures into draft patent applications, including claims and specification, in minutes with Patlytics’ drafting agent.
• Invention Disclosures — Accelerate innovation capture. Efficiently draft and evaluate invention disclosures with automated prior art searches, and patentability assessments.
• Invalidity Analysis — Assess § 102 anticipation and § 103 obviousness; generate detailed claim charts with element-by-element analysis.
• Infringement Detection — Streamline Evidence of Use (EOU) discovery with Patlytics’ search agent. Map patents to products, detect infringement across targeted companies, and assess the infringement read.
• Infringement Analysis — Analyze potential infringement (and non-infringement) of issued and potential patents.
• SEP Analysis — Maximize standard-essential patent portfolio. Conduct in-depth analysis of patents against technical standards to identify potential Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and assess their value.
• Portfolio Management — Unlock the full potential of IP assets. Auto-classify, evaluate, and optimize IP assets for strategic decision-making.
• Office Action Responses — Streamline prosecution with AI analysis and customizable templates to quickly generate high-quality responses to office actions.
• Workspace Collaboration — Collaborate securely with customizable access controls for all intellectual property tasks.

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Looking Ahead

The future of IP management is here, and it’s powered by AI. This Series A funding is just the beginning. With Next47 by our side and the support of our incredible team and customers, we’re poised to redefine the standards of innovation, efficiency, and strategy in patent management. This includes ensuring our clients have the tools to consistently achieve IPQ and HPQ Gold standards, making their portfolios stand out in the competitive landscape.

Stay tuned for exciting updates as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. If you’re interested in joining us on this journey -- as a customer, partner, or team member -- we’d love to hear from you. You can always reach out to the team or request your demo here.

Here’s to the next chapter of growth and innovation at Patlytics!

Paul Lee
CEO, Patlytics

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