What Quant IP does

Quant IP, legally Quant IP GmbH, is a Munich-based (Germany) private company founded in 2018 that builds AI-assisted analytics on global patent data for professional investors. Its core capability is converting roughly 90 million invention records spanning 29 years of point-in-time data into company-level innovation metrics (patent quality, green innovation, overall innovation strength) and into more than 1,000 pre-defined investment themes. Products are delivered in three forms: (1) Quant IP Data Feeds — aggregated and invention-level datasets mapped to financial identifiers and offered as backtestable feeds; (2) Quant IP SIA — a SaaS platform for fundamental and thematic research; and (3) Quant IP API — programmatic access for in-house analytics and NLP use cases. The commercial model is annual subscription, quote-based, with trial access and data dictionary sampling before commitment.

The company sells primarily into asset managers, systematic investors, fundamental investors, banks, financial advisors, and data providers such as S&P Global, FactSet, and Refinitiv. Distribution is sales-led and direct-to-enterprise, with CTAs centered on demo requests, data dictionary access, and Calendly-booked meetings; no reseller or marketplace channel has been disclosed. Marquee logos span Citi, BNP Paribas, Nomura, Robeco, Amundi, Mirova, Hillsdale Investment Management, and Futurice; the company claims 250+ customers globally with combined AUM of $3 trillion and coverage of 55,000 listed equities in developed markets. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, but enterprise alt-data benchmarks imply contract values ranging from mid-five figures to seven figures depending on use case and feed scope.

Quant IP is founder-controlled (Lucas von Reuss as Founder and CEO), bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding rounds or parent entity, and operates with roughly 10 named staff across executive, product, engineering, sales, and operations functions. The business sits inside a broader global IP management software market valued at approximately US$5.3 billion in 2024 and projected near US$13.7 billion by 2031, addressing a niche alt-data and innovation-analytics segment within professional investment workflows.

Name

Quant IP

Legal name

Quant IP GmbH

Website

https://quant-ip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quant IP is a Munich-based, AI-assisted patent-data analytics vendor that converts global invention records into innovation metrics and thematic datasets for professional investors, delivered as data feeds, API access, and the SIA research platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Data & Patent Analytics for Asset Management

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

akta.pro primary industry

IP & Patent Information Publishing (Patent/Litigation Analytics, Prior Art) (MPAJACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI), IP Management, Patents & Trademark Software (BPAEAPAN)

Keywords

• Patent data analytics
• Innovation metrics
• Alternative data
• Thematic investing
• Alpha generation

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Patent Data Feeds Subscription: Subscription-based access to patent data feeds providing innovation metrics at company level for all public companies worldwide. Includes aggregated feeds, invention level feeds, and green technology feeds.
2. API Access: Programmatic access to Quant IP's innovation data for building in-house solutions and custom analyses. Sold as subscription with API usage.
3. SIA Platform Subscription: Subscription to Quant IP SIA (Solutions for Innovation Analytics) platform for fundamental and thematic research, including access to pre-defined themes and custom theme creation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quant IP provides patent data feeds, an innovation analytics research platform (Quant IP SIA), and an API that translate global patent activity into company-level innovation metrics and investment signals for asset managers and financial institutions. The proprietary dataset maps patent records to financial identifiers across 100% of global patent activity with 29 years of point-in-time history, enabling both systematic alpha generation and fundamental thematic research.

Product overview

Quant IP is a patent data and innovation analytics platform for asset management professionals. The product portfolio consists of three core offerings: (1) Quant IP Data Feeds – aggregated and invention-level patent data packages mapped to financial entities with proprietary innovation metrics; (2) Quant IP SIA – a fundamental and thematic research platform for evaluating company innovative strength and discovering technology investment themes; and (3) Quant IP API – developer access for building custom in-house solutions and conducting deep analytics. These products work together to translate patent data into actionable innovation insights for systematic and fundamental investors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Quant IP Data Feeds: Patent data packages providing company-level innovation metrics for listed companies in developed markets
• Quant IP SIA
• Quant IP API

Products and services

• Quant IP Data Feeds Ready-to-use patent data packages mapped to financial identifiers for identifying innovation leaders across 55,000 listed equities in developed markets. Includes aggregated feeds, invention-level feeds (with text data for NLP), and green technology feeds, all carrying proprietary innovation metrics for patent quality, green innovation, and company innovation strength. Targeted at systematic investors running factor strategies and backtesting.
• Quant IP SIA (Solutions for Innovation Analytics) Fundamental and thematic research SaaS platform for evaluating company innovative strength, discovering technology themes, identifying investment opportunities, and analyzing competitive landscapes. Provides 1000+ pre-defined investment themes plus custom theme creation, designed for fundamental asset managers, ESG investors, and advisors.
• Quant IP API Developer API providing programmatic access to Quant IP's innovation data for building in-house solutions and conducting custom analyses using proprietary innovation metrics. Enables definition of thematic baskets and innovation indicators based on relevant inventions in specific technology areas, with text and granular data points available for NLP use cases.

Quantifiable outcome

• $3 Trillion total AUM of customers, demonstrating significant market adoption and trust
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PatSnap: PatSnap is a patent analytics platform that provides innovation intelligence, technology landscaping, and competitive intelligence to R&D and corporate strategy teams. It overlaps with Quant IP on patent-to-entity mapping and innovation metrics, and increasingly targets financial customers.
• Relecura: Relecura offers patent analytics, patent valuation, and technology intelligence for corporate, legal, and financial users. It competes directly with Quant IP in translating patent data into investment-grade innovation signals.
• IPlytics: IPlytics provides patent analytics with a focus on standards-essential patents, SEP/FRAND analysis, and technology market intelligence. It is comparable to Quant IP as a specialized patent data and analytics vendor, particularly for investment-oriented use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Clarivate (Derwent): Clarivate owns Derwent and other patent data assets and serves both IP professionals and corporate strategy teams with much broader coverage. It is a large incumbent in the patent analytics space with resources that dwarf Quant IP's.
• Questel (Orbit Intelligence): Questel's Orbit Intelligence and IPfolio suites provide patent search, analytics, and IP management software to global enterprises. Comparable to Quant IP on patent intelligence delivery, but with a broader IP-management portfolio and larger enterprise base.
• LexisNexis PatentSight: PatentSight (LexisNexis) is an established patent analytics platform used by corporates, attorneys, and increasingly financial analysts. It competes with Quant IP on patent valuation and innovation benchmarking for institutional customers.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence is a large incumbent vendor of financial and alternative data to asset managers and is already a Quant IP customer. It is comparable as a competitor-become-partner and could choose to build competing innovation analytics in-house.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): Refinitiv, now part of LSEG, is a global financial data and analytics incumbent serving the same asset-manager buyer base as Quant IP. Already a customer, it represents a potential competitor via in-house alternative data expansion.

Emerging players

• Semantic Scholar / Lens.org: The Lens is a free, open patent and scholarly knowledge base used widely for research and analytics. It overlaps with Quant IP on patent data accessibility and is sometimes adopted by academics and smaller funds as a substitute.
• Perplexity / AlphaSense (alternative-data angle): AlphaSense and similar alternative-data platforms serve institutional investors with aggregated financial and innovation-related insights. They compete with Quant IP for budget share within the same asset-manager analytics stack, though they cover a much broader content set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Quant_IP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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