Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 25, 2026

These Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy govern your use of www.venture-science.com, our related investor and verification platform, and the services we provide through them, including our email newsletter and investor communications. Part I sets out the terms on which you may use the site and services. Part II explains what personal information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights you have.

Please read both parts carefully. By accessing or using the site or services, you agree to them.

Part I — Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms of Use (these "Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Venture Science ("Venture Science," "we," "us," or "our"). References in these Terms and in the Privacy Policy to our "Affiliates" mean the entities under common control with Venture Science, including the general partners of, and the funds and other investment vehicles managed or advised by, Venture Science or such entities. These Terms govern your access to and use of www.venture-science.com and our related investor and verification platform (together, the "Site"), and the associated services we provide through them, including our email newsletter and investor communications (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using the Site or Services, you accept these Terms. Our Privacy Policy in Part II describes how we handle personal information; please review it. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Site or Services. If you use the Site or Services on behalf of an entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity, and "you" includes that entity.

2. Eligibility; U.S. Persons Only

You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms to use the Site or Services.

The Site and the related investment and verification platform are intended solely for "U.S. persons," as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Under Rule 902(k), a "U.S. person" means:

(a)     any natural person resident in the United States;

(b)    any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States;

(c)     any estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. person;

(d)    any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person;

(e)     any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States;

(f)     any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. person;

(g)    any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and

(h)    any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction that was formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates, or trusts.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following are not "U.S. persons":

(a)     any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held for the benefit or account of a non-U.S. person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States;

(b)    any estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as executor or administrator is a U.S. person, if an executor or administrator of the estate who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the assets of the estate and the estate is governed by foreign law;

(c)     any trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as trustee is a U.S. person, if a trustee who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no settlor if the trust is revocable) is a U.S. person;

(d)    any employee benefit plan established and administered in accordance with the law of a country other than the United States and the customary practices and documentation of that country;

(e)     any agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside the United States, if the agency or branch operates for valid business reasons and is engaged in the business of insurance or banking and is subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively, in the jurisdiction where it is located; and

(f)     the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their agencies, affiliates, and pension plans, and any other similar international organizations and their agencies, affiliates, and pension plans.

If you are not a U.S. person, you are not authorized to use the investment and verification platform, and you may access the informational portions of the Site only as permitted under, and in compliance with, the laws of your jurisdiction.

3. No Offer, No Solicitation, No Advice

The Site and Services are provided for general informational purposes only. Nothing on the Site or in the Services constitutes, or should be construed as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, in any jurisdiction, or a recommendation of any investment, fund, company, or strategy. Any offer or solicitation relating to any fund or other investment vehicle managed or advised by Venture Science or its Affiliates will be made only to qualified recipients through definitive offering documents — such as a confidential private placement memorandum, limited partnership agreement, and subscription documents — which will contain material information not available on the Site, including risk factors, and which will supersede the Site's content in its entirety. Any such offering will be made only in jurisdictions where, and to persons to whom, it may lawfully be made.

Nothing on the Site or in the Services constitutes professional, investment, financial, legal, tax, or accounting advice of any kind, and no adviser-client, fiduciary, or similar relationship is created by your use of the Site or Services. You should consult your own advisers before making any investment or other decision.

Any performance information that may appear on the Site is historical. Past performance is not indicative, and is no guarantee, of future results. The Site may contain forward-looking statements — including views about markets, portfolio companies, methodologies, or strategies — that are subject to risks and uncertainties; actual outcomes may differ materially, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements. Venture Science makes no representation that any visitor to the Site will be offered, or should expect, any investment, financing, employment, or consulting opportunity.

4. Notices for Non-U.S. Jurisdictions

Venture Science makes no representation that the Site, the Services, or any materials on them are appropriate or available for use in any jurisdiction outside the United States, and neither the Site nor any interests in any fund managed or advised by Venture Science or its Affiliates have been registered, approved, passported, or otherwise authorized by any non-U.S. regulator. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

Notice to Persons in the Republic of Turkey

Prospective investors are not to construe the contents of this website or any prior or subsequent communication from the general partner of our funds or any of its representatives or affiliates, as legal, tax, or investment advice. Each investor should consult with and rely on his, her or its own personal counsel, accountant, or other advisors as to legal, tax, and economic implications of an investment in the fund and its suitability for such investors. This website does not, and is not intended to, constitute any activity targeting marketing, offering or extending an invitation to purchase any securities, shares or any other negotiable or non-negotiable, financial or capital market instruments of any kind in the Republic or Turkey. This website is therefore not intended and may not be distributed within the Republic of Turkey neither within the meaning and scope of communiqué on foreign capital market instruments and depositary receipts and foreign investment funds numbered vii-128.4 nor decree no. 32 on the protection of the value of Turkish Currency. This website does not constitute a prospectus as per art. 3(j) of the Turkish capital market code or any other document prescribed in Turkish capital market code or its communiqués for a similar purpose, within the meaning of and has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issue prospectuses under or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under Turkish capital markets law or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in turkey. The shares of our funds will not be listed on the Borsa Istanbul or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Turkey.

5. Intellectual Property; Limited License

Except as otherwise noted on the Site, all content and materials on the Site — including information, text, photos, podcasts, blog posts, graphics, charts, data, icons, code, software, design, and the overall look and feel of the Site — are the property of Venture Science or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Site and its content for your personal, informational, and non-commercial use. Except as permitted by that license, you may not use, copy, modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or create derivative works from any Site content without our prior written consent.

VENTURE SCIENCE is a registered trademark in the United States and may not be used without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, service marks, and logos displayed on the Site are the property of Venture Science, its Affiliates, or their respective third-party owners. Nothing on the Site grants any license or right to use any trademark displayed on it.

6. Acceptable Use

In connection with the Site and Services, you agree that you will not:

–    use the Site or Services in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including U.S. securities laws, or for any fraudulent or deceptive purpose;

–    access or collect content or data from the Site by automated means — including scraping, crawling, harvesting, bots, or scripts — or use Site content to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop any artificial-intelligence or machine-learning model, in each case without our prior written consent (reasonable search-engine indexing of public pages is permitted);

–    probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site, bypass or attempt to bypass any security or access controls, or interfere with the proper working of the Site, including by introducing viruses or other harmful code or imposing an unreasonable load on our infrastructure;

–    frame, mirror, or deep-link to the Site in a manner that misrepresents its source or ownership, or remove or obscure any proprietary notices;

–    impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent your identity, eligibility, or affiliation, or provide false or misleading information in connection with the Site or Services; or

–    submit, post, or transmit any material through the Site that you do not have the right to share, or that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, or harmful. You are solely responsible for anything you contribute, disclose, or share on or through the Site, and you represent that you have all rights necessary to do so.

7. Investor Platform; Accounts; Verification

Portions of the Site permit eligible visitors to register, request information or an allocation, review fund materials, and complete investor-qualification and subscription processes (the "Platform"). Access to the Platform is offered at our sole discretion, is personal to you, and is non-transferable. We may grant, condition, suspend, or revoke Platform access at any time.

If you register for the Platform, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to keep it updated; to maintain the confidentiality of your credentials; and to notify us promptly of any unauthorized use of your account. You are responsible for activity that occurs under your credentials.

As part of the Platform, we — directly or through third-party identity- and accreditation-verification providers — may collect and review information and documentation to verify your identity, your status as an accredited investor or other eligible investor, and your eligibility to receive offering materials, and to satisfy legal obligations such as anti-money-laundering and sanctions screening. Our Privacy Policy in Part II describes how that information is handled. Completing verification or receiving access to materials does not entitle you to invest in, or be admitted to, any fund; we may accept or reject any request, subscription, or allocation in whole or in part, in our sole discretion.

Offering and fund materials made available to you through the Platform are confidential. You agree to use them solely to evaluate a potential investment for your own account (or the account you are authorized to represent), not to distribute or disclose them to any other person except your professional advisers who are bound to confidentiality, and to return or delete them on request.

8. Electronic Records & Signatures

By using the Site or Services, you consent to receive communications, agreements, disclosures, and other records from us electronically — including by email and through the Platform — and to the use of electronic signatures (including through third-party e-signature services) in place of paper documents and handwritten signatures, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including the U.S. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN). To receive and retain electronic records you will need a current email address, an up-to-date browser, and the ability to view and save PDF files. You may withdraw this consent, or request a paper copy of a record (we may charge a reasonable fee where permitted by law), by contacting us as set out in Section 20; withdrawal may limit your ability to use the Platform.

9. Submissions; Business Plans; Feedback

Venture Science reviews a large number of business plans, presentations, and ideas, many of which are similar to one another or to concepts we are already evaluating or developing. For that reason, we cannot accept any obligation of confidentiality, non-use, or non-disclosure with respect to materials or information submitted to us through or in connection with the Site (each, a "Submission"), and no confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship is created by a Submission.

By making a Submission, you agree that it is not confidential or proprietary; that Venture Science is free to use, retain, and disclose it without restriction, condition, attribution, or compensation to you; and that nothing restricts Venture Science from independently pursuing, evaluating, developing, or investing in any idea, company, or opportunity that is similar to or competitive with your Submission, whether alone or with third parties. Do not send us anything you consider a trade secret or wish to keep confidential. You represent that you have all rights necessary to make each Submission. The same terms apply to any feedback or suggestions you provide about the Site or Services.

This Section does not apply to information you provide through the Platform's verification and subscription processes (which is handled as described in Section 7 and the Privacy Policy) or to any relationship governed by a separately signed written agreement with Venture Science.

10. Email Newsletter & Communications

If you subscribe to our email newsletter or otherwise provide us the means to contact you, we may send you news, updates, and other communications, unless and until you tell us you no longer wish to receive them. You can opt out of marketing messages at any time by using the unsubscribe link in a message or by contacting us as set out in Section 20. Opting out of marketing messages does not stop transactional or relationship messages — for example, communications about a pending request, verification, or subscription. Our Privacy Policy describes how contact information and email-engagement data are handled.

11. Third-Party Websites & Services

The Site may contain links to, or integrate with, websites and services operated by third parties. We provide links solely as a convenience. We do not control third-party websites or services, are not responsible for their content, terms, or privacy practices, and will have no liability arising out of or related to them. A link does not imply our endorsement of a third-party site, its materials, or its operators. Your use of any third-party website or service is at your own risk and is governed by that third party's terms and policies, and you release Venture Science and its Affiliates from any and all liability arising from that use.

12. Disclaimers; No Warranties

The Site, the Services, and all information, content, and materials on or available through them are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Venture Science disclaims all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and any warranty that the Site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components.

We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any information on the Site, and we expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the materials and information. Information on the Site may be changed, supplemented, or removed at any time without notice. Venture Science makes no representation or warranty that your use of the Site or Services will result in any investment, allocation, financing, employment, consulting engagement, or other opportunity or outcome.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Venture Science and its Affiliates, and their respective members, managers, partners, officers, employees, and agents, will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages — including lost profits, lost opportunities, loss of data, or loss of goodwill — arising out of or relating to the Site, the Services, or these Terms, under any theory of liability (contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise), regardless of whether Venture Science or its Affiliates have been apprised of the likelihood of such damages occurring.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the aggregate liability of Venture Science and its Affiliates for all claims arising out of or relating to the Site, the Services, or these Terms will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you; in that case, the limitations apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Venture Science and its Affiliates, and their respective members, managers, partners, officers, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or in any way related to your use of the Site or Services, your Submissions or other contributions, or your violation of these Terms or of any applicable law or third-party right.

15. Suspension; Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Site, the Platform, or the Services, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, including if we believe you have violated these Terms or applicable law. You may stop using the Site and Services at any time. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 through 19 — survive.

16. Governing Law; Venue; Time to Bring Claims

These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the Site or Services, are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any such dispute will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection to venue or to the convenience of that forum. Nothing in this Section prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property or confidential information.

To the extent permitted by law, any claim you bring against Venture Science or its Affiliates arising out of or relating to the Site, the Services, or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after the claim accrued, or it is permanently barred.

17. Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

We respect intellectual-property rights. If you believe that material on the Site infringes your copyright, please send a notice containing the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) — including identification of the work and the allegedly infringing material, your contact information, the required good-faith and accuracy statements, and your physical or electronic signature — to our designated agent at ir@venture-science.com. We may remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material and may terminate the access of repeat infringers.

18. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms on this page and update the "Last Updated" date above; for material changes, we may provide additional notice, such as a statement on the Site or an email to registered Platform users. Changes take effect when posted, and your continued use of the Site or Services after that constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. Please review this page periodically.

19. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them in connection with a reorganization, merger, or transfer of our business. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any supplemental terms we present for specific features, are the entire agreement between you and Venture Science regarding the Site and Services and supersede prior understandings on that subject — provided that, if you enter into definitive fund or investment documents with Venture Science, any of its Affiliates, or any fund they manage or advise, those documents govern that relationship — including which entity is responsible to you — and control over these Terms in the event of a conflict. The parties entitled to indemnification or limitation of liability under these Terms are intended third-party beneficiaries of those provisions; there are no other third-party beneficiaries. Section headings are for convenience only.

20. Contacting Us About These Terms

Questions about these Terms may be directed to us through the Contact page on the Site or by email to ir@venture-science.com.

Part II — Privacy Policy

1. Scope of This Policy

Venture Science takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy (this "Policy") describes how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information when you visit the Site, use the Platform, subscribe to our newsletter, correspond with us (including in connection with investor relations and business development), or submit materials to us. It does not apply to third-party websites or services, even if linked from the Site.

Investors and prospective investors in private funds managed or advised by Venture Science or its Affiliates may also receive separate, fund-specific privacy notices; those notices supplement this Policy and control with respect to the information they cover.

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide to us

–    Contact and professional information — such as your name, email address, phone number, firm, and title — when you subscribe to the newsletter, request information, register for the Platform, or correspond with us.

–    Investor-qualification and verification information — when you use the Platform, such as your accredited-investor or other eligibility status, professional certifications or licenses, and supporting documentation, which may include information about income, net worth, or assets, or third-party verification letters, along with identity documents used for identity, anti-money-laundering, and sanctions checks.

–    Transaction and subscription information — such as banking and payment details, tax identification information, and executed documents, when you subscribe to or transact with a fund we manage or advise.

–    Submissions and correspondence — such as business plans, presentations, inquiries, and other materials or messages you send us.

Information we collect automatically

When you visit the Site or interact with our emails, we and our service providers automatically receive certain information from your browser or device, such as IP address, approximate (city-level) location derived from IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring pages, pages viewed and actions taken, dates and times of access, and cookie or similar identifiers, as well as email-engagement information such as whether a message was delivered or opened and which links were clicked.

Information from other sources

We may receive information from third parties, including: business contact information about investment professionals and prospective investors from data providers, professional networking platforms, and publicly available sources, which we use for investor relations and business development; results from identity- and accreditation-verification services; and confirmations from service providers such as e-signature and payment processors.

3. How We Use Information

We use personal information to:

–    provide and operate the Site, the Platform, and the Services, and respond to your requests and inquiries;

–    send our newsletter and other news, updates, and investor-relations communications, where permitted, and manage your communication preferences;

–    evaluate potential investments and Submissions, and assess and verify investor identity and eligibility, including accreditation, anti-money-laundering, and sanctions screening;

–    process subscriptions and capital transactions and maintain required fund and investor records;

–    protect the security and integrity of the Site and Services, prevent fraud and abuse, and debug and improve them;

–    comply with legal and regulatory obligations — including under U.S. securities laws — and respond to lawful requests; and

–    enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements and protect our rights, property, and safety and those of others.

We may use software tools, including AI-assisted tools, to help prepare, personalize, or route communications and to organize information we receive.

4. Cookies, Analytics & Email Tracking

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies. Essential and functional cookies make the Site work — for example, maintaining sessions and security. Analytics cookies help us understand how the Site is used so we can improve it; we use analytics services from platforms such as Squarespace and Google, and may use similar analytics services from time to time. You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them; if you block essential cookies, parts of the Site may not function.

Our emails may contain technologies — such as pixels and branded tracking links — that tell us whether a message was delivered, opened, or clicked. We use this to understand deliverability and engagement. You can stop this by unsubscribing.

Opt-out preference signals. Because we do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, there is generally nothing for an opt-out preference signal to act on; to the extent applicable law requires, we will treat a recognized Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal as a valid opt-out request. Because there is no uniform standard for legacy "Do Not Track" browser signals, we may not respond to them.

5. How We Share Information

We do not rent or sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising or use it for targeted advertising, in each case as those terms are defined by applicable law. We may share personal information in the following circumstances:

–    with service providers that process it on our behalf under contractual confidentiality and use restrictions — such as website hosting, email delivery, customer-relationship management, e-signature, payment processing, identity- and accreditation-verification, and analytics providers;

–    with professional advisers and fund service providers — such as fund administrators, auditors, legal counsel, and tax advisers — as necessary to operate our business and the funds we manage or advise;

–    with our affiliates and the funds we manage or advise, and — in connection with Submissions or with transactions and opportunities we evaluate — with co-investors, potential co-investors, portfolio companies, and other transaction participants, consistent with our Terms of Use;

–    for legal and compliance purposes — with regulators, courts, law enforcement, and other authorities where we believe disclosure is required or appropriate to comply with law or legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Venture Science, our investors, or others;

–    in connection with a business transaction — such as a merger, reorganization, financing, or sale of assets — in which personal information may be transferred subject to continued protections;

–    at your direction or with your consent; and

–    on an aggregated or de-identified basis that does not reasonably identify you; we commit to maintaining de-identified data in de-identified form and not attempting to re-identify it.

6. Your Choices; Email Preferences

You may opt out of marketing and newsletter emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in a message or by contacting us as set out in Section 13. We honor opt-out requests within the time required by applicable law. Even after you opt out, we may send transactional or relationship messages — for example, about a pending verification, request, or subscription, or legally required notices. You can also control cookies as described in Section 4.

7. Your U.S. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, state privacy laws — including the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (the "CCPA") — may give you rights with respect to your personal information. These rights apply only where, and to the extent, an applicable law grants them; where no law requires it, we may honor a request voluntarily, and doing so is not an admission that any particular law applies to us. Subject to verification and to legal limits, these rights may include:

–    Right to know and access — to request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of recipients, and to receive a portable copy;

–    Right to correct — to request that we correct inaccurate personal information;

–    Right to delete — to request that we delete personal information we collected from you, subject to exceptions (for example, records we must keep under securities, anti-money-laundering, and tax laws);

–    Right to opt out of sale, sharing, and targeted advertising — noting that we do not sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use it for targeted advertising;

–    Right to limit use of sensitive personal information — noting that we collect sensitive information (such as identity documents or financial-account information) only as needed to provide the Services you request, verify eligibility, process transactions, and comply with law, and not to infer characteristics; and

–    Right to non-discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

To exercise these rights, email us at ir@venture-science.com or use the Contact page on the Site. We will verify your identity — typically by matching information you provide against information we hold, and, for Platform users, through your account — before acting on a request, and we will respond within the time required by applicable law. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf; we may require proof of the agent's authority and direct verification of your identity. If we decline a request, we will generally explain why and, where applicable law provides an appeal right, how to appeal our decision.

Personal information we collect in connection with investments in the funds managed or advised by us or our Affiliates may be subject to federal financial-privacy law (such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) and exempt from some state privacy laws; we honor requests with respect to that information to the extent required by, and consistent with, applicable law. To the extent the CCPA applies to us: the categories of personal information we collect are described in Section 2, our purposes in Section 3, the categories of recipients in Section 5, and our retention criteria in Section 9.

8. Notice to Visitors from the EEA, UK & Switzerland

The Site and Services are directed to U.S. persons, and we do not target them to individuals in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland. If data-protection law of those jurisdictions nonetheless applies to our processing of your personal information, the following applies: Venture Science is the controller of that information; we process it on the legal bases of performance of a contract or steps at your request, our legitimate interests (such as operating and securing the Site and communicating with professional contacts), compliance with legal obligations, and consent where required (which you may withdraw at any time); and your information will be processed in the United States, with transfers protected by appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, where required. You may have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to our processing of your personal information, and to data portability, and you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority — though we would appreciate the chance to address your concerns first via the contact details in Section 13.

9. Data Retention

We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. How long that is depends on the nature of the information and our relationship with you — for example, the duration of an investor or prospective-investor relationship; record-keeping obligations under securities, anti-money-laundering, and tax laws; applicable statutes of limitation; and the need to resolve disputes and enforce agreements. When personal information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete it or de-identify it.

10. Data Security

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure, appropriate to the sensitivity of the information — such as encryption of data in transit on the Site, access controls, and use of reputable service providers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affecting your personal information occurs, we will notify you and regulators as required by applicable law.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Site and Services are intended for adults and are not directed to anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a minor has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Policy on this page and revise the "Last Updated" date above; for material changes, we may provide additional notice, such as a statement on the Site or an email to registered Platform users. Please review this page periodically.

13. How to Contact Us

For questions about this Policy, or to exercise any of the choices or rights described in it, contact us: by email at ir@venture-science.com, through the Contact page on the Site, or by mail at Palo Alto Venture Science LLC, 1 Harbor Drive, Suite 300, Sausalito, California 94965.