Terms of Use

Please read the following terms and conditions (“Terms”). They govern your use of this website and its associated services, including email newsletters, associated content distribution platforms, and public SV Angel online social media accounts (collectively, the “Services”). By using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. We may update these Terms from time to time and any modifications will be effective immediately upon posting unless we indicate otherwise. If you use the Services after any changes to the Terms have been posted, that means you agree to all of the changes. We suggest that you review these Terms periodically for changes.

Except as otherwise noted on the Services, all content and material on the Services — including information, photos, blog posts, videos, graphics/charts, icons, code, design, and overall appearance — are the property of SV Angel Management, LLC (“SV Angel or “SVA”) and should not be used, modified, or reproduced without our prior written consent. All trademarks, trade names, and logos displayed on the Services are the property of SVA, its affiliates, or their respective third-party owners, and the Services grants no license to them.

The Services are intended solely to provide general information about SV Angel, its services to entrepreneurs, and its people. Nothing in the Services is directed at nor should be relied upon by any investors or prospective investors in any vehicle managed by SV Angel. SV Angel does not intend to solicit or make its investment advisory services available to the general public.

Under no circumstances should any information provided in the Services be considered as an offer soliciting the purchase or sale of any security or interest in any pooled investment vehicle sponsored, discussed, or mentioned by SV Angel nor should it be construed as an offer to provide investment advisory services. Such offers or solicitations will be made separately and only by means of the confidential offering documents of the specific pooled investment vehicles which should be read in their entirety, and only to those who, among other requirements, meet certain qualifications under federal securities laws. Such investors, defined as accredited investors and qualified purchasers, are generally deemed capable of evaluating the merits and risks of prospective investments and financial matters. There can be no assurances that SV Angel’s investment objectives will be achieved or investment strategies will be successful. Any investment in a vehicle managed by SV Angel involves a high degree of risk including the risk that the entire amount invested is lost.

Any investments or portfolio companies described or referred to in the Services are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by SV Angel and there can be no assurance that the investments described are, or will be, profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar character or results.

Any opinions expressed in the Services reflect SV Angel’s views or those of individual posters, and are subject to change. Certain information contained in the Services has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by SV Angel. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, SV Angel has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. The discussions and opinions expressed herein are not intended to provide investment, accounting, tax, or legal advice. Nothing in the Services is a recommendation that you purchase, sell or hold any security or other investment, or that you pursue any investment style or strategy. The content of this website is presented on an “as is” basis with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind with respect to the Services. Charts provided herein are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision.

Certain statements that individual personnel make may constitute “forward-looking statements” under the Privacy Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. To the extent any information herein constitutes forward-looking statements (which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipation,” “upside,” “potential,” “project,” “estimate,” “intend,” “forecast,” “target” or “believe” or comparable terminology), please note that, due to various risks and uncertainties, actual events, results, or performance may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees and involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. SV Angel expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement in the event it later turns out to be inaccurate — whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others.

Past results of SV Angel’s pooled investment vehicles, investments, or investment strategies are not necessarily indicative of future results.

Privacy Policy

This privacy notice for SV Angel ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your information when you use our Services (as defined above), such as when you visit our website at https://www.svangel.com, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice; when you engage with us in other related ways, including any social media and marketing; or attend events we sponsor or co-sponsor (“Events”) or visit our office. Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.

What This Privacy Notice Covers

This privacy notice covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. This privacy notice does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage.

Data We Collect

We collect Personal Data when you access or use our Services, when you contact us by telephone or by other means, and when you visit one of our offices or attend one of our Events. If you provide Personal Data about any person other than yourself, you must ensure they understand how their Personal Data will be used and that they have given their permission for you to disclose the Personal Data to us and our outsourced service providers to use.

  • Names
  • Email addresses
  • Job titles
  • Affiliations/Employers
  • Physical locations including countries and/or states
  • Phone numbers
  • Log and usage data
  • Device data
  • Geolocation data

Sources of Personal Data

  • Information Provided Directly By You: When you interact with our Services, we may collect information you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you complete one of our online forms or submissions.
  • Information We Collect When You Visit One of Our Offices or Attend an Event: When you visit one of our offices, we may collect Personal Data from you, including identifiers such as your name when you sign in at our front desk, and visual information collected through security cameras.
  • Information Automatically Collected: We may automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

How We Use Personal Data

We process your Personal Data for a variety of reasons, including to operate, improve, understand and personalize our Services, depending on how you interact with our Services, and including the following:

  • To communicate with you about the Services or Events.
  • To provide support and assistance for the Services.
  • To deliver our newsletters, emails and facilitate Events.
  • To manage visitors to our offices and protect our proprietary information and intellectual property.
  • To respond to user inquiries and fulfill user requests.
  • To protect an individual’s vital interest.
  • To protect against or deter fraudulent, illegal or harmful actions and maintain the safety, security and integrity of our Services.
  • To comply with our legal or contractual obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our Terms.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • For any other business purpose stated when collecting your Personal Data or as otherwise set forth in applicable data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).

How We Share Personal Data

We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("Third Parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. The categories of Third Parties we may share Personal Data with are as follows:

  • Data Analytics Services
  • Performance Monitoring Tools
  • User Account Registration & Authentication Services
  • Website Hosting Service Providers
  • Cloud Computing Services
  • Communication, Collaboration & Moderation Partners/Tools
  • Product Engineering & Design Tools

We also may share your Personal Data in the following situations:

  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other entities that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • Business Partners and Co-Sponsors: We may share your information with our business partners and/or co-sponsors of our Services and Events.
  • User-Generated Content: Some of our Services allow you to post user-generated content. The information you choose to post is publicly available and may be read and collected by others that visit the webpage where the content is displayed. The categories of data disclosed in these circumstances will depend on what information you choose to provide during your submission.

How Long Do We Keep Your Information

We will only keep your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Data, we will either delete or anonymize such information.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data about children under 13 years of age; if you are a child under the age of 13, please do not attempt to register for or otherwise use the Services or send us any Personal Data. If we learn we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13 years of age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 years of age may have provided Personal Data to us, please contact us at privacy@svangel.com.

Your Rights

We have controls in place designed to ensure that the Personal Data we collect and process is relevant, accurate and appropriate for the purposes it is used. If you believe that any Personal Data about you is inaccurate, please let us know by contacting us at privacy@svangel.com. Please note that any Personal Data we have copied may remain in back-up storage for some period of time after your request, and that if you delete certain Personal Data, you may not be able to use the Services in the future without re-submitting such information. Please also note that we will maintain Personal Data whenever we are required to do so by law or regulation.

Individuals in a number of jurisdictions may have certain rights in relation to their Personal Data. These rights vary, but they may include the right to: (1) request access to and rectification or erasure of their Personal Data; (2) restrict or object to the processing of their Personal Data; and (3) obtain a copy of their Personal Data in a portable format. Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint about SV Angel’s processing of their Personal Data with a data protection authority. The rights described herein are not absolute and may not be applicable to you. We reserve all of our rights available to us at law in this regard. If you wish to exercise any of the rights described in this section, please email privacy@svangel.com.

If you wish to exercise your rights, we will need to verify your identity. To do so, we will request that you match specific pieces of information you have provided us previously, as well as, in some instances, ask you to provide a signed declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the individual whose Personal Data is the subject of the request. If it is necessary to collect additional information (including Personal Data) from you, we will use the information only for verification purposes and will delete it as soon as practicable after complying with the request. For requests related to particularly sensitive Personal Data, we may require additional proof of identification. If you make a request through an authorized agent, we will require written proof that the agent is authorized to act on your behalf. We will process your request within the time provided by applicable law.

Security and Retention

We have implemented measures to help protect Personal Data from loss, misuse or unauthorized access or disclosure. While we strive to protect Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its security.

We retain Personal Data about you for as long as we have a business purpose to do so, taking into account the statute of limitations period and record retention requirements under applicable law.. In some cases, we retain Personal Data for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.

EU/UK and Other Jurisdictions

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your Personal Data. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your Personal Data:

  • Consent: We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your Personal Data for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legal Obligations: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
  • Vital Interests: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your Personal Data, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your Personal Data; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data. You can make such a request by contacting us at privacy@svangel.com.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your Personal Data, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

If we are relying on your consent to process your Personal Data, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at privacy@svangel.com.

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our users who are California residents to request information about categories of Personal Data (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared Personal Data in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

You can ask for the deletion of your Personal Data. If you ask us to delete your Personal Data, we will respect your request and delete your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.

SV Angel does not sell or share Personal Data as the terms “sell” and “share” are used under the CCPA to third parties, including Personal Data of individuals under 16 years of age, and we have not sold or shared such Personal Data in the last 12 months. The CCPA prohibits SV Angel from discriminating against you for exercising your applicable CCPA rights.

To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us by email at privacy@svangel.com.

Updates to Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Please note that we reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify the terms of use and/or privacy notice. Changes to the terms of use and/or privacy notice are effective when they are posted on this page. If we make material changes to the terms of use and/or privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review the terms of use and privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Contact Information

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at privacy@svangel.com.