Shadow CIPOyour behind-the-scenes Chief IP Officer

For venture-backed founders raising or preparing to raise

Your Shadow CIPO: continuous IP intelligence and a Chief IP Officer's judgment... at a subscription, not by the hour.

The AI does the analysis. A fractional Chief IP Officer does the judgment. You get both.

Get a teardown of your top competitor's filings
Led by Will Rosellini15 years in IP monetizationRaised a Series A himself
Hourly billing makes deferral the rational choice... until the bill comes due at the raise: a thin portfolio, a weaker round, blocking patents nobody saw.
Will Rosellini · Chief IP Officer

The operator

Led by Will Rosellini

Your fractional Chief IP Officer. The judgment layer that turns the analysis into the IP story your round needs.

15years

in IP monetization

Series A

raised one himself

I raised a Series A myself at the end of a Phase 2, so I know exactly what an investor wants the IP story to look like.

Will Rosellini

Track record

Will led the first US FDA approval of an AI medical device and has spent 15 years turning IP into leverage: portfolios, licenses, and rounds. The proof here is the mechanism and that track record.

The mechanism

How it works

Episodic consulting creates blind spots, and deferral compounds the risk. A subscription replaces the open-ended meter with continuous coverage.

Automated analysis

Freedom-to-operate, prior art, landscape, and competitor filings, run continuously instead of once a quarter.

A Chief IP Officer's judgment

Analysis becomes strategy: portfolio framing and the investor narrative your round needs.

Continuous monitoring

A monthly cadence catches the landscape shifts and competitor filings episodic consulting misses.

The engagement

The shape of the engagement

One continuous relationship, three depths of coverage. Annual prepay takes 10% off.

Scout

01
Pricing$2,500/moFor pre-seed and seed

Continuous freedom-to-operate and landscape monitoring, with monthly IP strategy read-outs.

Shield

02
Pricing$5,000/moFor companies raising a Series A

Everything in Scout, plus competitor-filing intelligence and investor-narrative preparation.

Arsenal

03
Pricing$10,000/moFor growth-stage portfolios

Everything in Shield, plus outcome-aligned participation when you monetize the portfolio.

Straight talk

Honest answers

Why not a patent firm?

Patent firms bill $500 to $800 an hour, with no ceiling. This is continuous coverage on a flat subscription: you know the number before the work starts.

What does it cost?

Scout is $2,500/mo, Shield is $5,000/mo, Arsenal is $10,000/mo. Annual prepay takes 10% off. No hourly meter, no surprise invoices.

Why not wait until we raise?

That is exactly when the bill comes due. The portfolio you wish you had takes months to build.

Is this legal representation?

No. Will is your fractional Chief IP Officer: strategy and judgment, not legal representation.

The one ask

See where a competitor is boxing you in before your next raise.

Tell us your top competitor. We will research their recent filings and send you a teardown within five business days. No calendar, no commitment.

White spaceCompetitor filings

A competitor's filing wall, and the white space they've left you. Illustrative.

Request your competitor teardown

For venture-backed founders. Not a fit for law firms or patent-prosecution-only needs. Note: patent applications publish on an ~18-month lag, so a teardown reflects what is public to date.