CreaFREE has just published (on its platform www.creafree.org) an important video interview of Mr. Alain Souloumiac in which he describes a new and efficient way for startups to raise capital.
Statistics show that 90% of startups fail, but one out of two that has good intellectual property (IP) manages to raise money and succeed. IP has a deterrent effect on copiers.
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More than 90 % of startups are not crowned with success. Because they lack intellectual property (IP) protection due to cost barriers, they are unable to value their innovation and finance their R&D. In contrast, statistics show that more than 40% of companies that benefit from IP can raise more than 5 million dollars to commercialize their innovations