Article One Partners Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2008

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 68

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $8M

Article One Partners General Information

Description

Operator of a research community focused on intellectual property. The company's online crowdsourcing platform leverages a crowd of more than 30,000 researchers to identify patents, non-patent literature and non-textual content to inform users' IP-related business decisions, enabling clients to make the best possible IP-related business decisions whether they are innovating, defending or monetizing their IP portfolios.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
Patent Profit
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • 90 Broad Street
  • Suite 402
  • New York, NY 10004
  • United States
+1 (917)
Primary Industry
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Industries
Social/Platform Software
Database Software
Acquirer
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • 90 Broad Street
  • Suite 402
  • New York, NY 10004
  • United States
+1 (917)

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Article One Partners Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Merger/Acquisition 29-Sep-2017 $8M Completed Generating Revenue
5. Merger/Acquisition 08-Jan-2015 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC 05-Mar-2012 Completed Startup
3. Early Stage VC 27-Jul-2010 Completed Startup
2. Early Stage VC (Series A) 15-Dec-2009 $3M $4.2M Completed Startup
1. Early Stage VC 29-Oct-2009 $1.2M $1.2M Completed Startup
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Article One Partners Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
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Operator of a research community focused on intellectual property. The company's online crowdsourcing platform leverages
Media and Information Services (B2B)
New York, NY
68 As of 2014

London, United Kingdom
 

New York, NY
 
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Article One Partners Competitors (4)

One of Article One Partners’s 4 competitors is PatSnap, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in London, United Kingdom.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
PatSnap Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom
LexisNexis Group Corporate Backed or Acquired New York, NY
IP Author Venture Capital-Backed Fremont, CA
Questel Private Equity-Backed Paris, France
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Article One Partners Patents

Article One Partners Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20130311500-A1 System and method for optimizing data acquisition based on community and time period optimization Inactive 15-May-2012
US-20130151424-A1 Systems, methods and computer program products for generating and sharing information among a plurality of persons Inactive 07-Nov-2011
US-20130110710-A1 Systems, methods and computer program products for incentivizing efficient acquisition of patent rights Inactive 01-Nov-2011
US-20130110596-A1 Foreign language incentive structure for crowdsourced research Inactive 19-Oct-2011
US-20120296834-A1 Systems, methods and computer program products for a patent litigation entity to improve monetization of a patent asset Inactive 17-May-2011 G06Q50/18
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Article One Partners Former Investors (3)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Alleghany Holding Company Minority
General Catalyst Venture Capital Minority
ipCreate VC-Backed Company Majority
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Article One Partners FAQs

  • When was Article One Partners founded?

    Article One Partners was founded in 2008.

  • Where is Article One Partners headquartered?

    Article One Partners is headquartered in New York, NY.

  • What is the size of Article One Partners?

    Article One Partners has 68 total employees.

  • What industry is Article One Partners in?

    Article One Partners’s primary industry is Media and Information Services (B2B).

  • Is Article One Partners a private or public company?

    Article One Partners is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Article One Partners?

    The current valuation of Article One Partners is .

  • What is Article One Partners’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Article One Partners is .

  • How much funding has Article One Partners raised over time?

    Article One Partners has raised $16.2M.

  • Who are Article One Partners’s investors?

    Alleghany, General Catalyst, and ipCreate have invested in Article One Partners.

  • Who are Article One Partners’s competitors?

    PatSnap, LexisNexis Group, IP Author, and Questel are competitors of Article One Partners.

  • When was Article One Partners acquired?

    Article One Partners was acquired on 29-Sep-2017.

  • Who acquired Article One Partners?

    Article One Partners was acquired by RWS Holdings.

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