Robert Cote

CEO

Robert Cote is one of the world’s leading IP lawyers and investors, bringing 25 years of experience in identifying, valuing, and investing in the breakthrough IP assets of technology companies that built new industries in America that are responsible for its prosperity. He has experienced firsthand the challenges technology companies face in funding the growth of their businesses as they enter commercial markets. He developed the IP capital model as a better way of investing in and scaling a new generation of these companies.

The model is designed to enable many more companies with breakthrough IP to succeed in having an impact in the world and in bringing long term-growth in jobs and wages to people and their communities, while delivering big returns to investors because of the infinite potential of breakthrough IP to bring transformative economic benefits to a company when broadly adopted.

Prior to founding Cote, he established and led the New York office of McKool Smith as its Managing Partner, where he was instrumental in helping the firm achieve #1 rankings in IP. Robert is ranked by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) as one the world’s top IP leaders.