A hybrid,
Technology Investment
+ Development Firm
We invest in technologies that are at the intersection of 3 conditions:
- Our technology could improve Core
Category Benefit vs. adding ancillary ones - $10Bn+ Category Size
- Category saw only incremental
innovation over the past 10 years
5 steps
We follow 5 steps to de-risk new technologies to enable our customers to launch rapidly and with confidence:
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IP Acquisition
Tectonyx acquires global IP for technologies that meet our 3 investment criteria outlined above. We work closely with innovators in and outside of traditional category channels to identify and vet new technologies.
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IP De-Risking
Our world-class legal team validates and secures multi-vector IP protection across all Tier 1 markets globally to ensure long-term competitive advantage.
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Technical Refinement
Our best-in-class technical experts (engineers, scientists, designers) perfect and test the original technology to make it production-ready.
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Investment in Validation
We invest to validate our technologies. This spans high quality pilot-scale capital/tooling, consumer research, formula testing, and other areas. This investment enables our customers to immediately start scale-up after licensing.
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Licensing IP to Brands
We license IP to CPG leading brands and consider category/ territory/ timing-based exclusivity. All our patents provide 15-20 years of global protection.
As a fully owned subsidiary of APS, our team of engineers, scientists, designers, commercial and legal experts brings years of experience de-risking technologies such as twistMist™.
Principles
tectonyx operating principles
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Portfolio of Category-Changing Innovations
We leverage our access to inventors to build a portfolio of innovations that will change product categories for good (consumers + environment + company).
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Lasting Impact
We strive to utilize the “royalty in perpetuity” model when selecting and commercializing innovations in our portfolio.
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Fairness Culture
We give financial and emotional credit where it belongs: to our inventors, to our investors, and to our team.
