Brainbase is a Los Angeles–based provider of a platform for companies to manage licensing, partnership and sponsorship agreements end-to-end. Founded in 2016 by Nate Cavanaugh, Karl Johan Vallner and Nikolai Tolkatshjov, the company offers technology for globally recognized brands to manage and monetize intellectual property. The company has recently added customers including kathy ireland® Worldwide, MDR Brand Management, BuzzFeed and Bonnier. Brainbase raised $8M in a Series A financing in May 2020. The company plans to use proceeds to build a payments feature to expedite payments from licensees and to build Marketplace to showcase, connect, and close deals with brands, celebrities, athletes and influencers entirely online. The platform targets end-to-end management and monetization workflows for licensors and licensees. Brainbase operates licensing-management and marketplace products—Brainbase Assist and Marketplace—that enable companies to manage and monetize intellectual property through licensing. Founded in 2016 by Nate Cavanaugh, Karl Johan Vallner and Nikolai Tolkatshjov, the company is based in Los Angeles, California. It announced a $3M seed funding round to support its growth. As part of the announcement Ray Hatoyama, an IP and licensing expert, will join the board to provide strategic insight. The company also made two senior hires: Andrea Adelson as Head of Growth to expand the Marketplace, and Ted Larkins as Head of Business Development to focus on Brainbase Assist. Brainbase appears focused on scaling its Marketplace and licensing-management offerings following the seed raise. Brainbase is a Los Angeles-based company building an online marketplace for intellectual property licensing and brand deals. The company positions itself as a platform to facilitate licensing transactions between rights holders and licensees. On February 20, 2019 the company announced it had raised $1M in a seed funding round. The seed round was led by Tera Ventures and included Sterling Road plus angel investors Severin Hacker, Andrew Rabin, and Hamid Barkhordar. The article did not provide operating metrics, product roadmaps, or additional financial details beyond the seed raise. The announcement appeared in a paywalled socalTECH article.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

May 2020