One-Liner
A marketplace connecting deep tech startups holding valuable patents to corporate acquirers — killed by frequency trap: IP transactions are too infrequent to sustain a marketplace business.
AI Thinking Process
Deep tech IP marketplace: distressed startups selling patents to corporate buyers. Value is clear. Marketplace model seemed obvious.
How many IP transactions happen per year? Estimate: 500-2000 qualified transactions globally in any sector. At 5% take rate on $500K average = $12.5M-$50M total addressable revenue. But startup costs to build marketplace + curate both sides = not viable.
Killed: frequency trap. Low transaction volume makes marketplace unit economics unworkable.
Kill Reason
Deep tech patent transactions are high-value but extremely low-frequency events. A marketplace business requires volume to sustain operations. Even at $1M transaction fees, the number of qualified IP transactions per year in any given vertical is too small to generate a scalable revenue stream. This is a frequency trap: the market exists but it can't support a standalone product.
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