Intellectual Ventures (IV) is a global invention and investment business that buys, licenses and sells patents – providing some of the world’s most innovative companies with access to IP, while creating a wide range of technology-focused partnerships and new companies. Led by avid inventor and technology leader Nathan Myhrvold, IV has created more than 15 companies with the power to transform industries. At the edge of technological advances that serve both the developed and developing world, IV works with many of the world’s top inventors to push innovation forward.