Protect the IP behind every loan or investment
Contracts assign ownership and grant security interests — but they're only half of what you need. EscrowTech documents and securely stores the IP embodiments themselves, giving investors and lenders dated, independent corroboration of what the company actually owns.
Contracts assign ownership. Escrow proves it exists.
Before you invest in or lend to a company, you need to ensure it actually owns the intellectual property it claims to possess — and that founders and employees will continue to create relevant IP with your funds. The value of your investment or the security of your loan may depend on it.
Attorneys can prepare contracts that assign IP from founders and employees to the company and grant security interests over it. Those contracts are essential — but they're only half of what you need. Without independent, dated proof of the underlying materials, your collateral may be unidentifiable when it matters.
IP escrow is the other half. Dated corroboration plus retrieval rights — so your security interest can actually be enforced.
Founders & employees leave with IP
They walk out with source code, trade secrets, invention disclosures, encryption keys, and other proprietary materials.
Outdated or missing materials behind
What's left at the company is incomplete, stale, or simply gone — and impossible to reconstruct after the fact.
Disputed ownership claims
Founders argue the IP was developed after leaving and that the assignment contracts they signed don't apply.
Collateral that can't be located
Your security interest is only as good as your ability to identify and retrieve the underlying IP when it matters.
Deposit virtually any embodiment of IP
Materials are held in a depository dedicated to protecting you — the investor or lender. Periodic deposits build an independently corroborated audit trail of the company's intellectual property.
Computer programs
Source code, build artifacts, and development environments.
Confidential documents
Internal records, technical specs, and proprietary materials.
Invention disclosures
Documentation of inventions and conception records.
Drawings
Engineering drawings, schematics, and design files.
Prototypes
Working prototypes and physical embodiments of the technology.
Samples
Physical samples that evidence the underlying IP.
Formulas
Proprietary formulations, recipes, and chemical compositions.
Data
Datasets, databases, and structured technical information.
Encryption keys
Securely escrowed keys for future verified access.
From deposit to enforceable collateral
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Set up the depository
A dedicated depository is established for the benefit of the investor or lender.
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Periodic deposits
The company deposits IP embodiments — source code, documents, prototypes, keys, and more.
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Date & corroborate
EscrowTech dates and confirms each deposit, building an independently corroborated audit trail.
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Two-site secure storage
Materials held in EscrowTech's Perpetual Storage Vault and on-site facility — guarded, monitored, fire-protected.
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Inspect or retrieve
Investors and lenders can inspect or retrieve materials per the agreement — including upon default.
Built for investors and lenders
Venture capital & private equity
Verify what the company owns at the time of investment, and build a running record of what's created with your capital. Defeat after-the-fact claims that key IP was developed elsewhere.
Lenders & secured creditors
A security interest in IP is only as enforceable as your ability to identify and retrieve it. IP escrow makes the collateral concrete, dated, and recoverable on default.
M&A and joint ventures
Establish the IP baseline at deal close and track contributions through the life of the venture — independently corroborated.
Operating companies
Reassure investors and lenders, and protect against rogue-employee scenarios with periodic, dated deposits of mission-critical IP.
Transparent pricing, locked for 3 years
The cost of an IP escrow is minuscule compared to the loss of uncollectable collateral or an unverifiable investment.
Per account
- $995 one-time setup fee
- Includes 2 cu. ft. of vault storage
- Fees locked for the first three years
- First-year satisfaction guarantee — full refund if not satisfied
Excess Storage Charge applies only beyond the 2 cu. ft. included with your account.
Don't lend or invest on faith alone
Pair your contracts with an IP escrow — and turn assignments and security interests into something you can actually enforce.