Bao Tran is an investor with Tran.VC. He is also a founder of PowerPatent, Inc., a software company with a suite of desktop, mobile, and cloud-based solutions that help patent professionals improve intellectual property workflow supported by big-data analytics and AI in-the-loop patent portfolio building. He is also a partner at the PatentPC law firm where he advises companies on the management of intellectual property assets (policy drafting, training, and auditing) and provides practical advice to crypto/Web3 companies on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies in a risk-tolerant/compliance-oriented environment. He has helped numerous tech companies protect their Go-To-Market plans and increase company valuation with IP.
Bao earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Math Science from Rice University in 1985, an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1987, and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, 1993 with American Jurisprudence Award in Torts and Phi Delta Phi.