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Latham Advises Index Ventures on Ankar’s Seed Round
June 2, 2025
London team represents lead investor on seed funding round of new AI intellectual property platform.
Latham & Watkins has advised Index Ventures as lead investor on the £3 million seed funding round of Ankar, a startup developing an end-to-end AI-powered platform to assist R&D and IP teams with invention discovery, patent drafting, filing, and enforcement.
Index Ventures led the round, alongside Daphni, Motier Ventures, Booom, and Puzzle Ventures.
The Latham team was led by London partner Shing Lo, with associate Jonathan Lin. Advice was also provided on intellectual property, data, and technology matters by London partner Fiona Maclean, with associate Ben Leigh; and on employment matters by London partner Sarah Gadd.