A diversified group needed to decide which intellectual assets deserved shared investment, which should remain business priorities, and who should connect those decisions across functions.
A group preparing a divestment needed to decide how shared technology, knowledge and rights could support the departing business and retained operations after separation.
A multinational preparing for expert departures needed to decide how people, knowledge and local AI should work together to sustain capability across its businesses.
An investment team considering a technology-enabled business needed to decide whether its claimed advantage supported the acquisition thesis and what remained uncertain before making a commitment.
A fund reviewing its portfolio needed to decide where management attention and investment could strengthen competitive resilience while supporting the distinct growth priorities of each business.
A family office preparing a generational transition needed to decide how brands, relationships and business knowledge could endure while giving new leadership room to develop.
A watchmaking and jewellery maison sought to sustain rare gestures, independent judgement and creative renewal as experienced artisans prepared their successors.
A heritage jewellery maison and an independent designer explored how fresh creative expression could coexist with control of enduring house assets in a proposed collaboration.
A leather goods maison weighed international distribution against the craft capacity, specialist suppliers and distinctive savoir-faire that made its growing reputation worth protecting.
A photonics venture used IP Design to connect a competitive landscape, customer needs and technical possibilities before committing scarce development capital to its architecture.
An advanced materials venture considered a pilot with an industrial partner, balancing access to real operating conditions against know-how exposure and future application rights.
An energy technology venture sought focused DELSOL FORGE support when a persistent materials problem threatened development progress, partner confidence and the economics of its proposition.
A quantum spinout sought a commercial starting point that investors could understand while maintaining the university relationships, facilities and research essential to its development.
A quantum company weighed a platform partnership offering market access while making interfaces, customer relationships and technical access central to its future value.
A quantum company wanted AI to extend scientists' capacity while sustaining the original thinking, expert judgement and knowledge continuity behind its competitive advantage.
An AI company prepared for expansion by connecting data quality, provenance and negotiated uses with the commercial value its next product could create.
An AI company asked where to invest when competitors accessed similar foundation models and customers expected its product to deliver value beyond model performance.
An AI company negotiated an expansion while distinguishing customer-specific deliverables, shared improvements and the core know-how supporting its product and growth.