Intellectual Property Holding Company

Good IP shouldn't sit idle.
We get it moving again.

River Toast acquires patents, trademarks, and proprietary technology, then licenses each asset to the operators ready to run with it. We are long-horizon owners: we hold, protect, and channel intellectual property toward the markets where it does the most good.

Start a conversation How it works
Patents Trademarks & Brands Proprietary Technology Royalty Portfolios
Acquire We buy IP outright at a fair price, giving originators a clean, certain exit.
License We match each asset with an operator equipped to bring it to market.
Steward We defend and maintain every right, compounding its value over time.

What We Do

Ownership that gets ideas moving again.

Plenty of valuable IP goes unused, stranded with owners who can't commercialize it. River Toast takes ownership and routes each asset to a company that can, turning dormant rights into products, revenue, and reach.

Acquire outright

We buy patents, trademarks, copyrights, and proprietary technology, giving inventors and owners a clean exit and cash in hand.

License to builders

We place that IP with companies that have the team, capital, and channels to commercialize it responsibly.

Defend & maintain

We keep registrations current and enforce rights, so an asset's value compounds instead of quietly eroding.

Widen the reach

The right partner extends an asset's footprint, opening durable royalty streams that reward everyone involved.

Our Approach

Bought carefully. Built to hold.

We are owners, not traders. Each acquisition clears one bar: will this intellectual property do more in capable hands than it does sitting on a shelf?

  1. 01

    Find & vet

    We surface IP with real, defensible value and an obvious path to use, then diligence it closely.

  2. 02

    Buy with certainty

    We write clean deals that hand owners liquidity and give the asset a permanent, well-funded home.

  3. 03

    Place it well

    We license to companies whose products, markets, and ambitions genuinely fit the asset, on terms that align everyone.

  4. 04

    Tend it for years

    We maintain, defend, and extend the portfolio, reinvesting in the assets and relationships that pay off over time.

Where We Focus

We'll consider almost any protectable idea.

River Toast is sector-agnostic and flexible on structure. If a right can be owned and someone is positioned to build with it, it's in scope.

Utility & design patents
Trademarks & brand portfolios
Proprietary & trade-secret technology
Copyrights & creative works
Software & data assets
Existing royalty & licensing streams

About River Toast

Ideas outlast the companies that make them.

River Toast started from a simple observation: intellectual property is one of the most valuable and most neglected assets a business can hold. A strong patent or brand often sits untouched because the people who created it ran out of time, money, or runway to use it.

That's the gap we fill. We buy the IP, hand its creators a fair exit, and license it to operators who can move it forward, giving every asset the long-term care it needs to keep earning. The name is playful; the way we underwrite is not.

Own IP, or looking to license some?

If you hold intellectual property that needs a home, or you're a company hunting for the right rights to build on, let's talk.

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