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USER AGREMENT

  • Contract
    When you use our Services you agree to all of these terms. Your use of our Services is also subject to our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy, which covers how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information.
    You agree that by clicking “Join Now”, “Join Zefyron”, “Sign Up” or similar, registering, accessing or using our services (described below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Zefyron (even if you are using our Services on behalf of a company). If you do not agree to this contract (“Contract” or “User Agreement”), do not click “Sign Up” or “register” (or similar) and do not access or otherwise use any of our Services. If you wish to terminate this contract, at any time you can do so by closing your account and no longer accessing or using our Services.
  • Services
    This Contract applies to Zefyron.com, Zefyron-branded apps and other Zefyron-related sites, apps, communications and other services that state that they are offered under this Contract (“Services”), including the offsite collection of data for those Services, such as our ads and the applicable plugins. Registered users of our Services are “Members” and unregistered users are “Visitors”.
  • Zefyron
    You are entering into this Contract with Zefyron (also referred to as “we” and “us”), a brand and tradename of Zefyron GmbH, a company registered in Stuttgart, Germany. You are entering into this Contract with Zefyron GmbH (“Zefyron”) and Zefyron will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services. This Contract applies to Members and Visitors. As a Visitor or Member of our Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy (which includes our Cookie Policy and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy) and updates.
  • Members and Visitors:
    When you register and join the Zefyron Services, you become a Member. If you have chosen not to register for our Services, you may access certain features as a “Visitor.”
  • Change:
  • We may make changes to the Contract.
    We may modify this Contract, our Privacy Policy and our Cookies Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to it, we will provide you notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may close your account. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms as of their effective date.
  • OBLIGATIONS :
  • Service Eligibility
  • Here are some promises that you make to us in this Contract:
    You’re eligible to enter into this Contract and you are at least our “Minimum Age.” The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 18.
  • To use the Services, you agree that:
    • (1) you must be the “Minimum Age” (described below) or older;
    (2) you will only have one Zefyron account, which must be in your real name;
    (3)you are not already restricted by Zefyron from using the Services. Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 18.
    “Minimum Age” means 18 years old. However, if law requires that you must be older in order for Zefyron to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using of your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age. You are a Founder or an authorized C-Level executives of your business if you register on behalf of your startup/company. We only provide registration rights to founders, co-founders and authorized C-Level executives to create an account representing their company on our platform for the startup account. We would need the photo-ID of the registering person and a document proving the existence and legitimacy of the company. For the safety of our users and the legitimacy of our platform, these requirements are non-negotiable. If you delegate the registration of your profile to a third person, and he/she submits your ID and makes an account in your name, Zefyron will NOT be liable to any negative consequences or instances of fraud arising thereof. Which is to say, you shall do so at your own risk.
    You are a private individual investor, an authorized executive representing a VC or other Fund.
    We only provide registration rights to authorized C-Level executives of Investment Funds (VC or others) to create an account representing their company/firm/Fund/other relevant and applicable entities on our platform. We would need the photo-ID of the registering person and a document proving the existence and legitimacy of the entity/Fund. For the safety of our users and the legitimacy of our platform, these requirements are non-negotiable. If you delegate the registration of your profile to a third person, and he/she submits your ID and makes an account in your name, Zefyron will NOT be liable to any negative consequences or instances of fraud arising thereof. Which is to say, you shall do so at your own risk.
    Zefyron reserves the right to use the name & logo of your company/fund to disclose you as a user (or a partner, if signed up as such) in its external communication (press, social media etc.) as well as on its website for marketing purposes.
  • Your Account
  • You will keep your password a secret.
  • Members are account holders. You agree to:
  • (1) use a b password and keep it confidential;
    (2) not transfer any part of your account (e.g., connections, reports, services etc.)
    (3) follow the law and our list of Do’s and Don’ts.
    You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse. As between you and others (including your employees), your account belongs to you (whose photoID was submitted during the registration). However, if the Services were purchased by another party for you to use (e.g. Majority shareholder/investor of your startup/company/Fund etc), the party paying for such Service has the right to control access to and get reports on your use of such paid Service. They, however, do not have rights to your personal account and data, unless legally required by Law.
  • Payment
  • You’ll honor your payment obligations and you are okay with us storing your payment information. You understand that there may.
    be fees and taxes that are added to our prices.
    Refunds are subject to our policy.
  • If you buy any of our paid Services (“Basic/Standard/Premium Services”), you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes specific to the paid Services. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services. Also, you agree that:
    • Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates).
    • We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy.
    • If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically may be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period. To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date. Learn how to cancel or suspend your Premium Services.
    • All of your purchases of Services are subject to Zefyron’s refund policy.
    • We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase. You can get a copy of your invoice through your Zefyron account settings under “Purchase History”.
  • Notices and Messages
  • You’re okay with us providing notices and messages to you through our websites, apps, and contact information. If your contact.
  • Information is out of date, you may miss out on important notices.
  • You agree that we will provide notices and messages to you in the following ways:

    • (1)within the Service, or
    (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address).
    You agree to keep your contact information up to date. Please review your settings to control and limit messages you receive from us.
  • Sharing
  • Our Services allow messaging and sharing of information in many ways, such as your profile, articles, group posts, links to news articles, job postings, messages etc. Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members, Visitors or others (including off of the Services), based on your settings configuration. Where we have made settings available, we will honor the choices you make about who can see content or information.
    We are not obligated to publish any information or content on our Service and can remove it with or without notice.
  • RIGHTS AND LIMITS
  • Your License to Zefyron
    You own all of the content, feedback and personal information you provide to us, but you also grant us a non-exclusive license to it. We’ll honor the choices you make about who gets to see your information and content. The documents provided to us during registration will be treated as completely confidential and will not be disclosed or used anywhere (unless we are legally obligated in case of disputes) other than their purpose of verifying your/your entity’s legitimacy. For every other instance where we need to process anything with this information, you will be contacted for the same for granting us permission. Zefyron has many services in the pipeline and this policy will be updated as and when they roll out.
  • You and Zefyron agree that if content includes personal data, it is subject to our Privacy Policy:
    You and Zefyron agree that we may access, store, process and use any information and personal data (NOT including the registration documents) that you provide in accordance with, the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).
    By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services to Zefyron, you agree that Zefyron can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
  • You promise to only provide information and content that you have the right to share, and that your Zefyron profile will be truthful.

  • You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful. Zefyron may be required by law to remove certain information or content in certain countries.
  • Service Availability
  • We may change or end any Service or modify our prices prospectively.
  • We may change, suspend or discontinue any of our Services. We may also modify our prices effective prospectively upon reasonable notice to the extent allowed under the law. We don’t promise to store or keep showing any information and content that you’ve posted. Zefyron is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy.
  • Other Content, Sites and Apps
  • Your use of others’ content and information posted on our Services, is at your own risk.
  • Others may offer their own products and services through our Services, and we aren’t responsible for those third-party activities..
  • By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful. Zefyron generally does not review content provided by our Members or others. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ (including other Members’) content or information. We cannot always prevent this misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.
    Zefyron may help connect Members offering their services with Members seeking services. Zefyron does not perform nor employs individuals to perform these services. You must be at least 18 years of age to offer, perform or procure these services. You acknowledge that Zefyron does not supervise, direct, control or monitor Members in the performance of these services and agree that
    (1) Zefyron is not responsible for the offering, performance or procurement of these services,
    (2) Zefyron does not endorse any particular Member’s offered services,
    (3) nothing shall create an employment, agency, or joint venture relationship between Zefyron and any Member offering services.
    Similarly, Zefyron may help you register for and/or attend events organized by Members and connect with other Members who are attendees at such events. You agree that
    (1) Zefyron is not responsible for the conduct of any of the Members or other attendees at such events,
    (2) Zefyron does not endorse any particular event listed on our Services,
    (3) Zefyron does not review and/or vet any of these events
    (4) that you will adhere to these terms and conditions that apply to such events.
  • Limits
  • We have the right to limit how you connect and interact on our Services.
  • Zefyron reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other Members. Zefyron reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if you breach this Contract or the law or are misusing the Services (e.g., violating any of the Dos and Don’ts or other Policies).
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • We use data and information about you to make relevant suggestions to you and others.
  • Zefyron reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the Services. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. Zefyron logos and other Zefyron trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used for our Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zefyron.
  • Automated Processing
  • We’re providing you notice about our intellectual property rights.
  • We use the information and data that you provide and that we have about Members to make recommendations for connections, content and features that may be useful to you. For example, we use data and information about you to recommend investors to you and you to investors. Keeping your profile accurate and up to date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.
  • DISCLAIMER AND LIMIT OF LIABILITY
  • No Warranty
  • This is our disclaimer of legal liability for the quality, safety, or reliability of our Services
  • Zefyron AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES (INCLUDING CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, Zefyron AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  • Exclusion of Liability
  • These are the limits of legal liability we may have to you.
  • TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW (AND UNLESS Zefyron HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), Zefyron, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTRACT FOR LOST PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION (E.G., OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS), LOSS OF DATA (E.G., DOWN TIME OR LOSS, USE OF, OR CHANGES TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT) OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. Zefyron AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTRACT FOR ANY AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS (A) THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO Zefyron FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT, IF ANY.
  • Basis of the Bargain: Exclusions
  • These are the limits of legal liability we may have to you.
  • The limitations of liability in this Section 4 are part of the basis of the bargain between you and Zefyron and shall apply to all claims of liability (e.g., warranty, tort, negligence, contract and law) even if Zefyron or its affiliates has been told of the possibility of any such damage, and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose. These limitations of liability do not apply to liability for death or personal injury or for fraud, gross negligence or intentional misconduct, or in cases of negligence where a material obligation has been breached, a material obligation being such which forms a prerequisite to our delivery of services and on which you may reasonably rely, but only to the extent that the damages were directly caused by the breach and were foreseeable upon conclusion of this Contract and to the extent that they are typical in the context of this Contract.
  • TERMINATION
  • We can each end this Contract, but some rights and obligations survive.
  • Both you and Zefyron may terminate this Contract at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to
  • access or use the Services. The following shall survive termination:
  • Our rights to use and disclose your feedback.
  • Members and/or Visitors’ rights to further re-share content and information you shared through the Services.
  • Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8.2 of this Contract.
  • Any amounts owed by either party prior to termination remain owed after termination.
  • You can visit our Help Center to close your account.
  • GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
  • In the unlikely event we end up in a legal dispute, you and Zefyron agree to resolve it in Stuttgart courts using German law.
  • This section shall not deprive you of any mandatory consumer protections under the law of the country to which we direct Services to you, where you have your habitual residence
  • GENERAL TERMS
  • Here are some important details about the Contract.
  • If a court with authority over this Contract finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Contract.
    This Contract (including additional terms that may be provided by us when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
    If we don't act to enforce a breach of this Contract, that does not mean that Zefyron has waived its right to enforce this Contract. You may not assign or transfer this Contract (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that Zefyron may assign this Contract to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Contract.
    You agree that the only way to provide us legal notice is at the addresses provided in Section 10.
  • ZEFYRON “DOS AND DON’TS”
  • Do's
  • You agree that you will:
    • Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements.
    • Provide accurate information to us and keep it updated.
    • Use your real name on your profile; and
    • Use the Services in a professional manner.
  • Dont's
  • You agree that you will not:
    • Create a false identity on Zefyron, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another’s account.
    • Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons or any other technology) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services.
    • Override any security feature or bypass or circumvent any access controls or use limits of the Service (such as caps on keyword searches or profile views).
    • Copy, use, disclose or distribute any information obtained from the Services, whether directly or through third parties (such as search engines), without the consent of Zefyron..
    • Disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose (such as confidential information of others (including your employer)).
    • Violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights. For example, do not copy or distribute (except through the available sharing functionality) the posts or other content of others without their permission, which they may give by posting under a Creative Commons license.
    • Violate the intellectual property or other rights of Zefyron, including, without limitation, (i) copying or distributing our learning videos or other materials or (ii) copying or distributing our technology, unless it is released under open source licenses; (iii) using the word “Zefyron” or our logos in any business name, email, or URL except as provided in the Brand Guidelines.
    • Post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful code.
    • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source
    • code for the Services or any related technology that is not open source.
      • Imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Zefyron without our express consent (e.g., representing yourself as an accredited Zefyron representative).
    • Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access to the same, without Zefyron’s consent.
    • Deep-link to our Services for any purpose other than to promote your profile or a Group on our Services, without Zefyron’s consent.
    • Use bots or other automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages.
    • Monitor the Services’ availability, performance or functionality for any competitive purpose.
    • Engage in “framing,” “mirroring,” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Services.
    • Overlay or otherwise modify the Services or their appearance (such as by inserting elements into the Services or removing, covering, or obscuring an advertisement included on the Services).
    • Interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, the Services (e.g., spam, denial of service attack, viruses, gaming algorithms); and/or
    • Violate the Community Policies or any additional terms concerning a specific Service that are provided when you sign up for or start using such Service, and the Bing Maps terms where applicable.
  • COMPLAINTS REGARDING CONTENT
  • Contact information for complaint about content provided by our Members.
  • We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We require that information posted by Members be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties. We provide a policy and process for complaints concerning content posted by our Members. You can also contact us at team@zefyron.com in case of urgent disputes.
  • HOW TO CONTACT US
  • Contact information for complaint about content provided by our Members.
  • For all legal matters, please contact us at team@zefyron.com.
    For all sales and business development related matters, please contact us at aparna@zefyron.com.
    For postal correspondence, please write to us at:
    Zefyron GmbH
    Rotwiesenstr. 26A,
    70599 Stuttgart
    Germany