Privacy Policy

The data controller is:

Ventura
Email: help@venturafund.eu

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, contact us at the email above.

We collect personal data that you provide directly, data created through your activity on the platform, and technical data collected automatically.

Account information

When you create an account, we may collect:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Password or authentication information
• Profile photo
• Role, such as founder, investor, operator, mentor, student, or ecosystem member
• Company, fund, startup, university, or organisation name
• Location
• Social media or professional profile links

Founder and startup information

If you use Ventura as a founder or startup representative, we may collect:

• Startup name
• Founder names and team information
• Startup description
• Pitch video
• Pitch deck
• Company logo and visuals
• Industry, stage, traction, funding goals, business model, and market information
• Links to website, demo, documents, or other materials
• Visibility preferences for public or private sharing

Investor and organisation information

If you use Ventura as an investor or organisation representative, we may collect:

• Fund or organisation name
• Investment focus
• Ticket size, preferred stage, industry, and geography
• Professional role
• Verification information, where applicable
• Saved startups, viewed pitches, and interaction history

Platform activity

We may collect information about how you use Ventura, including:

• Videos watched
• Profiles viewed
• Startups saved
• Likes, comments, votes, or feedback
• Messages sent through the platform
• Search queries and filters
• Pitch decks opened or requested
• Connections, introductions, or interaction requests
• Reports, moderation actions, or support requests

Technical data

We may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Device type
• Browser type
• Operating system
• Approximate location
• Log data
• Session activity
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies
• Performance and security information

We use your personal data to operate, improve, and protect Ventura. This includes:

• Creating and managing user accounts
• Displaying founder, startup, investor, and organisation profiles
• Hosting and showing pitch videos, pitch decks, and startup content
• Helping users discover relevant startups, founders, investors, and opportunities
• Personalising feeds, recommendations, search results, and platform experience
• Enabling messaging, connection requests, and platform interactions
• Verifying users, investors, organisations, or startup profiles where needed
• Sending important account, security, and service updates
• Sending product updates, newsletters, or marketing communications where allowed
• Analysing platform usage and improving the product
• Preventing fraud, spam, misuse, scraping, or unauthorised access
• Enforcing our Terms of Service and community rules
• Complying with legal obligations

Where GDPR or similar privacy laws apply, we process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Contract: when processing is necessary to provide Ventura's services to you.
• Consent: when you give permission, for example for optional cookies, marketing emails, or certain visibility choices.
• Legitimate interests: when we process data to improve the platform, protect users, prevent abuse, personalise the experience, or develop Ventura's services.
• Legal obligation: when we need to process or keep data to comply with applicable law.

Ventura allows users to share startup and professional information. Some content may be visible to other users depending on your account type, settings, and the feature used.

Public or shared content may include:

• Founder profile
• Startup profile
• Pitch video
• Startup description
• Team information
• Company links
• Public comments, votes, or reactions

Private or restricted content may include:

• Pitch decks shared only with selected users
• Private messages
• Investor-only materials
• Verification information
• Internal platform analytics

You are responsible for the content you upload and the visibility settings you choose. Do not upload confidential or sensitive business information unless you are comfortable with how that information will be shared through the platform.

Although Ventura uses reasonable measures to protect private content, we cannot guarantee that users who gain access to your content will not copy, save, screenshot, or share it outside the platform.

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share your data in the following situations:

With other Ventura users

Information you choose to make visible may be shown to other users, such as founders, investors, operators, mentors, or ecosystem members. For example, investors may see startup profiles and pitch materials, while founders may see investor profiles or interaction requests.

With service providers

We may use trusted third-party providers for:

• Cloud hosting
• Database storage
• Authentication
• Email delivery
• Analytics
• Payments
• Video hosting and processing
• Customer support
• Security and fraud prevention
• Error tracking and performance monitoring

These providers may process data only as needed to provide services to Ventura.

For legal or safety reasons

We may disclose data if required to:

• Comply with law
• Respond to legal requests
• Protect Ventura's rights
• Prevent fraud or security threats
• Investigate misuse of the platform
• Protect users or the public

Business transfers

If Ventura is involved in a merger, acquisition, investment, restructuring, or sale of assets, user data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

If Ventura offers paid subscriptions, premium features, verification, or other paid services, payment information may be processed by third-party payment providers.

Ventura does not store full card details unless clearly stated. Payment providers may collect billing information, payment method details, transaction history, and related data according to their own privacy policies.

Ventura may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Keep users logged in
• Remember preferences
• Improve security
• Measure platform performance
• Understand user behaviour
• Improve recommendations and product features
• Support marketing, where allowed

Necessary cookies are used to make the platform work. Optional analytics or marketing cookies are used only where required consent has been given.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings or through any cookie consent tools provided on the platform.

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. For example:

• Account data is kept while your account is active.
• Startup and profile content is kept while published or stored in your account.
• Messages and platform activity may be kept to provide the service, ensure safety, and resolve disputes.
• Verification records may be kept for security and compliance purposes.
• Legal, billing, and transaction records may be kept where required by law.

When data is no longer needed, we delete it, anonymise it, or securely archive it.

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Delete your personal data
• Restrict certain processing
• Object to certain processing
• Withdraw consent
• Request a copy of your data
• Close your account
• Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To exercise your rights, contact us at help@venturafund.eu

If you are located in Finland or the EU, you may also contact your local data protection authority. In Finland, this is the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman.

You may request to delete your account by contacting us or using account deletion tools if available.

After account deletion, we may remove or anonymise your profile, startup content, messages, and activity data, unless we need to keep certain information for legal, security, fraud prevention, or legitimate business reasons.

Some public interactions, such as comments or content already shared with other users, may remain visible in anonymised or limited form where technically or legally necessary.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These measures may include encryption, access controls, secure infrastructure, authentication systems, monitoring, and internal security procedures.

However, no online platform is completely secure. Users should protect their account credentials and avoid sharing highly confidential information unless they understand the risks.

Ventura may use service providers located in different countries. This means personal data may be processed outside your country or outside the European Economic Area.

Where required, we use appropriate safeguards, such as contractual protections or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

We may send you updates about Ventura, including product news, platform updates, events, opportunities, and relevant announcements.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link or contacting us directly.

We may still send important service, security, legal, or account-related messages even if you unsubscribe from marketing communications.

Ventura is not intended for children. Users must be old enough to use online services and provide valid consent under the laws of their country.

If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child without proper consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

Ventura is a discovery platform, not a legal confidentiality service. Uploading pitch decks, pitch videos, startup ideas, business plans, or other materials does not automatically create a non-disclosure agreement between you and other users.

Founders should carefully decide what to share. Investors and other users are expected to respect platform rules, but Ventura cannot guarantee that shared information will remain confidential once accessed by another user.

For highly sensitive information, users should consider using separate legal agreements before disclosure.

Ventura may use algorithms, filters, or recommendation systems to show relevant startups, founders, investors, and content.

These systems may use information such as profile data, interests, activity, industry, stage, geography, saved content, and interaction history.

Recommendations are designed to improve discovery but do not guarantee investment, partnership, funding, or business outcomes.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we may notify users by email, platform notice, or another appropriate method.

The latest version will always be available on this page.

For questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

help@venturafund.eu