Aon and CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc., a Massachusetts-based advanced materials company, recently finalized a $25 million intellectual property-based funding arrangement.

Aon’s Intellectual Property (IP) Solutions team combined its proprietary IP valuation tools and a collateral protection insurance policy to help create an IP-collateralized debt structure that allowed CHASM to raise additional funds.

“Intellectual property is a bedrock of our economy. Working with IP-rich companies, such as CHASM, to leverage their IP to access growth capital is truly defining IP as an important and emerging asset class,” said Lewis Lee, CEO of Aon’s IP solutions.

Aon was recently named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list for its ground-breaking IP solutions and is working with companies like CHASM to help them seek access to minimally dilutive growth capital by valuing intangible assets and structuring capital solutions that leverage such value. Read more in CHASM’s press release here and an article in Reinsurance News here.