Not directly. Aon serves mid-market and Fortune 500 with institutional-scale IP-backed financing (typically $35M-$50M+ deal sizes), IP insurance, and enterprise IP strategy. Opagio serves SMEs and growth-stage businesses with SaaS-priced continuous intangible measurement and SME-scale IP-backed lending readiness (£250K-£10M facility range). The work overlaps in subject matter (IP-backed financing thesis) but not in scale or delivery model.

When the deal is genuinely institutional-scale — typically IP-backed facilities above £10M or material strategic IP insurance arrangements — and the borrower or insured has the scale, complexity, and institutional context to justify enterprise advisory engagement fees. Most SMEs do not meet this bar; some growth-stage businesses with material IP do.

When the use case is SME-scale IP-backed lending (£250K-£10M facility), ongoing intangible asset measurement, fundraising preparation, or exit-readiness — and the SaaS subscription model is the right fit for your budget and cycle. For most UK SMEs scoping IP-backed lending with NatWest, HSBC, or non-bank lenders, this is the right starting point.

No. Opagio is a measurement platform — discovery, valuation, lending readiness, growth tracking. IP insurance is a separate product class delivered by insurers, and Aon's broader insurance distribution makes them well-positioned for that offering. If your use case requires IP insurance alongside intangible asset measurement, the two are not mutually exclusive — Opagio handles the measurement layer; an insurer (Aon or another) handles the insurance layer.

In principle, yes. For larger transactions where the borrower starts with an SME-scale facility and then scales into institutional context, Opagio's Lending Readiness Report and Asset Valuator output document the intangible asset base in a structured, methodology-traceable way that can be a useful input into a wider enterprise advisory engagement. The platform does the mechanical asset-level work; the enterprise advisor adds the institutional weight, balance sheet, and bespoke structuring on top.

Aon's publicly reported IP-backed financing deals are large institutional structures ($50M Anonos, $35M GRUBBRR). These transactions validate the IP-as-collateral thesis at institutional scale, but they are not the SME use case. The UK SME IP-backed lending market — typically £250K-£10M with NatWest, HSBC, and the non-bank lenders — operates on different deal sizes, different underwriting criteria, and a different delivery model. Opagio is built for that market specifically.

Aon's engagement fees and insurance premiums are commercial and not publicly published; they reflect institutional pricing appropriate to the transaction size and scope. Opagio's pricing is published and tiered — free Growth Forecaster, paid Growth Forecaster Pro, paid Opagio Intangibles platform. The two pricing models reflect the two delivery models and the two market segments served.

[Book a demo](/demo) and we will walk through The Opagio 12™ taxonomy, the Asset Valuator module, the Lending Readiness Report, and the platform's portfolio views with a worked example relevant to your use case. The demo is run by a member of the Opagio team and typically takes 30-40 minutes.

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Opagio vs Aon IP Solutions: SME Alternative

Opagio vs Aon IP Solutions — enterprise IP advisory and the SME-affordable platform alternative. Audience, scope, IP-backed financing and pricing compared.

Aon IP Solutions is the dedicated IP practice within Aon plc — the global financial services group facilitating $35M-$50M+ IP-backed financing deals. Opagio targets the UK SME IP-backed lending market (£250K-£10M facility range) where the engagement-fee model is structurally out of reach. Both validate the IP-as-collateral thesis at different ends of the same market.

Criteria	Opagio	Aon IP Solutions
Delivery model	SaaS platform under subscription	Bespoke professional services + insurance distribution
Primary market	SMEs, growth-stage businesses, PE/VC funds, advisors	Mid-market corporates and Fortune 500; institutional IP-backed deals
IP-backed lending focus	UK SME IP-backed lending readiness — £250K-£10M facility range, NatWest / HSBC / non-bank lenders	Large enterprise IP-backed financing — typically $35M-$50M+ deal sizes
IP scope	Statutory IP + non-statutory intangibles (customer capital, organisational capital, data, human capital)	Statutory IP — patents, trademarks, and adjacent IP suitable for institutional financing or insurance
IP insurance	Not applicable — Opagio is a measurement platform, not an insurer	Aon's broader insurance distribution provides IP insurance products
Engagement cycle	Continuous platform — onboard in 1-3 weeks, ongoing month-on-month	Project-based — weeks to months per engagement
Pricing model	Tiered SaaS subscription — free Forecaster, paid Forecaster Pro, paid Opagio Intangibles platform	Professional services fees + insurance premiums — institutional pricing
Best fit when	SME or growth-stage business needs SME-scale IP-backed lending readiness or ongoing intangible measurement	Mid-market or enterprise needs institutional-scale IP-backed financing, IP insurance, or enterprise IP strategy

When to Use Each Approach

Opagio

You are scoping a UK SME IP-backed lending facility (£250K-£10M) with NatWest, HSBC, or non-bank lenders
You need continuous intangible asset measurement across the full asset base
You are preparing for fundraising or exit and the budget profile is SME-scale
You are a PE/VC fund tracking portfolio intangible value

Aon IP Solutions

You are structuring an institutional-scale IP-backed debt facility ($35M-$50M+)
Your IP strategy includes structured IP insurance arrangements
You have the scale, complexity, and budget profile for enterprise advisory engagement fees
The institutional weight of Aon plc is part of what you are buying

Our Verdict

Choose Aon IP Solutions for institutional-scale IP-backed financing, IP insurance, and enterprise IP strategy where the engagement-fee model is appropriate. Choose Opagio for SME-scale IP-backed lending readiness (£250K-£10M), ongoing intangible measurement, and fundraising / exit preparation where the SaaS subscription model is the right fit. Both validate the IP-backed financing thesis at different ends of the same market.

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