CONDICO IP
Our passion is our growth-focused, technology-rich and innovation-driven clients.
Throughout their journey we help them with their topical challenges in,
- Intellectual Property
- Finance
- Corporate Development
We leverage our unique competence mix as well as our wide network to solve our clients’ challenges in these areas.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We help you with your most important IPR related challenges throughout your growth journey.
IP Strategy
Craft the IP strategy that best supports and boosts your business strategy, at each stage of your development.
Innovation Capture
Translate your R&D efforts into Intellectual Property assets.
IP Portfolio Development
Know which IP assets to create, acquire or divest to enhance shareholder value.
IP Licensing
Defend your business and generate new revenue streams from your IP assets.
Technology Licensing
Exploit your technology beyond your own products and access unique third-party assets.
FINANCE
Your company is changing and you need help to manage the increasing operational complexity, bring clarity to all stakeholders and support growth? A true member of your team, we design, build and run the financial operations you need, in a time-flexible manner
CFO-as-a Service
Strengthen your team:
Get a trusted partner onboard who will help you on an ongoing basis with your most pressing challenges.
Financial tools & processes
Set the foundations:
Implement cost-effective but state-of-the-art analytics-powered tools that meet the needs of your development phase.
Financial Planning & Analysis
Set the direction:
Evaluate strategic scenarios, define KPIs, create financial plans, establish budgets, forecast cash flow.
Business Intelligence & Financial Control
Steer the business:
Review progress against targets and forecasts, report to stakeholders, assess and implement corrective actions.
Working Capital Management
Fuel the business:
Secure cash from public and private financing institutions. Optimize your Net Working Capital.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
We bring our many years of experience in international business development and in deal-making to help you succeed in your most ambitious moves.
Business Development
Define and execute the best approach to entering or exiting businesses and markets.
Model and consider the alternative growth options.
Fundrasing
Get access to investors and end-to-end support to secure the funds you need to finance your growth plans.
M&A
Acquire complementary assets or divest excess assets not driving value. Create partnerships through equity based co-operation models.
Structured Solutions
Financially driven projects which may require structuring and involvement of 3rd party actors.
OUR TEAM

Thomas Westerlund
thomas@condicoip.com
Thomas has more than 15 years of experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance having worked for several multinational technology companies. In addition to this, he has some 8 years of experience structuring and negotiating complex IPR transactions for various European and US based companies.
During the past 4 years, Thomas has advised European small and mid-sized companies in a wide range of IPR and Corporate Finance related matters.
Thomas holds a Masters degree in Finance and Accounting from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Erkki Yli-Juuti
erkki@condicoip.com
Erkki has over 20 years of experience in IPR and M&A matters, including more than 10 years with Nokia’s IPR organization where he held various management positions. After his tenure at Nokia IPR, he joined Nokia Wireless Modem where he managed the strategy and portfolio management function and was heading the project leading to the sale of Nokia Wireless Modem business to Renesas. At Renesas Mobile he headed product roadmap and IPR activities. Prior to Condico IP, he worked at SSH Communications Security as VP, Intellectual Property.
Erkki received his Master of Engineering Science degree in applied physics and Licentiate in Technology degree in applied mathematics from the Helsinki University of Technology.

Xavier Carpentier
xavier@condicoip.com
Xavier has several years of experience in Business Development, Corporate Development and Finance, both in corporate environments and in growth companies, in Europe and in the US. Xavier started his career in the IP Acquisitions & Investment function at Nokia and has worked for various growth companies as CFO, COO or CEO. In these roles, he has led teams, set up scalable operations, driven funding rounds and contributed to grow international sales. Xavier is passionate about technology, finance and the digitalization of the economy.
Xavier holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Economics and is a graduate from Sciences Po Paris and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in France.

Sami Saru
sami@condicoip.com
Sami has over 20 years of experience in creating and extracting value from IP assets. Before joining Condico IP, Sami was Director of Licensing at Via Licensing Inc. Prior to Via, Sami was Managing Director of Unwired Planet International Ltd, where he held a key role in Unwired Planet’s licensing and litigation efforts. Sami has also worked for major mobile technology corporations Nokia and Renesas Mobile as well as for a successful start-ups and has practiced as a patent attorney.
Sami holds an MSc in Engineering from Tampere University of Technology.
CONTACT US
inquiries@condicoip.com