IP Valuation of Indian Startups for Southeast Asian Joint Venture Investments

Introduction Intellectual property has quietly become the most valuable thing an Indian startup owns and the hardest thing to price. According to WIPO's Global Intangible Finance Tracker, global corporate intangible assets reached USD 61.9 trillion in 2023, ten times their 1996 value, with India ranking among the top twenty most intangible asset-intensive economies globally. Against this backdrop, Southeast Asian joint venture investors are increasingly looking at Indian tech and health...