About Headwater Research

Headwater identifies unsolved, fundamentally important market problems. In areas we believe have significant market value we create new technology concepts, product architectures, product designs and prototypes to enable real world solutions that provide lifestyle benefits for consumers and new economies for businesses. For the best of these technologies we collaborate with world-class entrepreneurs in the field to develop a business plan, hire a management team, secure initial funding at launch and nurture the new company through its growth.

First, a proprietary problem identification and solution-value screening process is conducted to identify product innovations with the highest global value. Once an idea is a validated opportunity, resources are spent on core technology development and product design. We then work with the founding entrepreneurs on verifying the product plan and provide initial funding to start the company. We continue to support the company in several areas including helping raise traditional venture capital and subsequent funding.

Our technologies also hold value for market applications outside of the companies we help start. Headwater therefore works with established industrial and commercial partners to license and commercialize the technology in other forms.

Technology development for each HW portfolio is funded by a combination of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private equity investors and strategic industry partners. A typical funding cycle starts with a "portfolio seed funding" used to develop and screen candidate technologies, and one or two subsequent "portfolio development fundings" to perfect the most promising technologies, develop prototype products and services, and provide initial funding for new businesses that commercialize the technology in the portfolio.

The extended Headwater team includes some of the most successful and pioneering inventors, entrepreneurs, and invention licensing professionals in the world. Many important and valuable inventions and products have been created, commercialized, and licensed by Headwater team members. These inventions provide foundational technology that helps to power a growing combined market of over a trillion dollars per year in industry revenues for chips, devices, services, equipment, and licensing. At Headwater the team has established a proven track record for inventing, commercializing, forming product companies, and licensing important products and technology that underpin today’s global communications industry.

Principal Inventor and Director

Dr. Greg Raleigh leads the invention team at Headwater Research.  Greg has a 30-year track record of innovation and leadership that has shaped today’s wireless and networking industries. He has founded several successful product companies. Along with many other inventions, he conceived and proved the groundbreaking theory for multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless transmission, a contribution that completely changed 100 years of scientific thinking and led to dramatic data speed increases and connection reliability improvements in the field of radio communication that now powers all 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi communication. Greg also co-invented and commercialized new cloud based products and technology that makes it easy for consumers to instantly activate, purchase and manage wireless services by downloading an app to their mobile device.