# Patsnap

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/patsnap

- Industry: Business Support Services
- Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
- Website: www.patsnap.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $353M
- Latest round: Series E (Mar 17, 2021)
- Investors on record: 9

## About

Founded in 2007, and based in Singapore, Patsnap, Inc. provides patent search, patent insights, and intellectual property services, for researchers, and corporations. The company was founded by its CEO Jeffrey Tiong. 

PatSnap provides companies and international brands with a research and development intelligence and intellectual property intelligence platform that employ machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing to offer insights and analytical overviews of their intellectual property portfolios. The company’s platform and its research and development experts offer guidance in developing their client’s patent from inception to commercialization by assessing the risk in their intellectual property portfolios and offering insights to aid in decisions regarding their research and development processes.

The company's product portfolio includes a research and development intelligence platform; an intellectual property Intelligence platform; a sequence searching platform for biomolecules called PatSnap Bio; a research and development platform for the chemical sector called PatSnap chemical, and a Synapse platform for life sciences professionals. It also provides a range of business solutions such as intellectual property data as a service, investor solutions that help with technology investment decisions, and strategy and business solutions. The company’s client base includes Dyson, Spotify, Oxford University Innovation, and The Dow Chemical Company.

## Funding rounds

- Series E, Mar 17, 2021, $300M — Hong Shan, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, CPE Funds Management, Tencent Investment, Shunwei Capital, SB Investment Advisers
- Series D, Jun 14, 2018, $38M — Hong Shan, Shunwei Capital, Qualgro
- Series C, Nov 21, 2016 — Hong Shan, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, Shunwei Capital, Qualgro
- Series B, Dec 17, 2015, $11M — Summit Partners, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
- Series A, Sep 1, 2014, $3.6M — Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, Accel-X Management
- Series A, Jun 1, 2010, $0.7M — Accel-X Management

## Investors

- Accel-X Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel-x-management) — Series A
- Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series E
- Summit Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/summit-partners) — Series B
- Hong Shan — Series C, Series D, Series E
- Shunwei Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shunwei-capital) — Series C, Series D, Series E
- Qualgro (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/qualgro) — Series C, Series D
- CPE Funds Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cpe-funds-management) — Series E
- Tencent Investment — Series E
- SB Investment Advisers (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sb-investment-advisers) — Series E