Privacy Policy

General

At Boost VC Management Company, LLC (“Boost VC”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”), your privacy is critically important to us. We don’t share your personal information with anyone except as necessary or appropriate to provide services to you, comply with the law, develop our products and services, or protect our rights or those of third parties.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which incorporates these goals, applies to our website located at www.boost.vc and any affiliated mobile site (collectively, the “Website”), participation in the Boost VC accelerator program and its application process, community events, interactions with our social media accounts, and any communications you have with our team members for purposes related to Boost VC (collectively, our “Services”).  The Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party applications, websites, or software that may be accessed through our website, or any other third-party products or services that may integrate with our Services.

Please carefully review the Privacy Policy.  By using any of the Services, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy as in effect at the time of your use.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: 

“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you (e.g., name, postal address, email address, social security number, or other similar identifiers).  

“Non-Personal Information” means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information (e.g., IP address, browser type, device type, cookies, and other analytics information).

“Social Media Account” means an individual’s or entity’s account on LinkedIn, AngelList, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, Facebook, or any similar service.

Our Website

Like most website and mobile site operators, we automatically collect Non-Personal Information of the kind that web browsers and servers typically make available each time you use the Website.  This information includes the type of internet browser, operating system, and language preference used by the visitor, as well as the referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.  Boost VC’s purpose in collecting this type of information is to better understand how visitors use the Website so that it may improve the user experience.  From time to time, we may disclose to others or publish Non-Personal Information in the aggregate, such as by compiling statistics and publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website.  

On the Website, we use cookies, which are small digital signature files stored by your web browser on your computer that record your preferences when you visit the Website.  This information is then provided to the Website each time you return.  These cookies help us to facilitate your current user session and understand your use of the Website.  Through our use of cookies, we may collect your Personal Information to the extent that it allows us to identify you and track your visits to the Website.  You may be able to block cookies with your browser settings, but doing this may interfere with your ability to access certain features of the Website.

Certain visitors to the Website may choose to interact with Boost VC in ways that require us to gather Personal Information, for example, when someone contacts us through the Website with an inquiry or registers for a community event on the Website.  The amount and type of information that we gather on these occasions depends on the nature of the interaction.  In each case, Boost VC collects Personal Information only to the extent that it is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction.  Visitors to the Website can always refuse to provide Personal Information that is requested of them, although it may prevent them from engaging in certain activities on the Website.  

Other Websites

The Website may contain links that allow you to navigate to other websites, such as the pages with our Social Media Accounts and the Social Media Accounts of certain Boost VC team members.  Once you leave the Website and navigate to another website, you will be subject to the terms of service for that website, as well as its privacy policy.  You should carefully review the terms and policies of those websites prior to using them.  We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices used by other websites, and a link on the Website does not constitute our endorsement of another website or service.  

Communications with Us

When you make inquiries, give feedback, post a response on the Website’s blog, exchange correspondence, or have any other interactions with our team members for purposes related to Boost VC, whether via telephone, email, internet, or in person, we may collect Personal Information, including your name, contact information, and the contents of your communications, to assist us in responding to you.  

Applications

If you submit an application to participate in Boost VC’s accelerator, you will be asked to provide Personal Information such as contact information, names of founders, LinkedIn profiles, GitHub profiles, educational credentials, references, and employment history, as well as potentially sensitive information about your company.  We will take reasonable steps to ensure that applications are treated confidentially by any individual who has access to them, including those outside of Boost VC.  Please be aware that any general information or knowledge about industries or technology that you include in your application may be used or disclosed by us or those outside Boost VC who have been given access to your application, since the large amount and similarity of materials received by us in the application process would make it difficult to locate the source of any such information or control for its disclosure.  After the application process, Boost VC may retain a copy of your application, including the Personal Information and Non-Personal Information you provided, and may use your application information to compile aggregated data for its own analysis, to track applicants or companies, or for any other purpose that furthers its mission of identifying and supporting promising startups.  Depending on your settings or the privacy policies for your Social Media Accounts and other messaging services, you might give us permission to access information about you or your company from those accounts or services.

Events

Boost VC may host community events, demo days, mentor sessions, and other public or private events in connection with its accelerator (“Events”) where you may interact with Boost VC team members, founders, investors, guest speakers, and other members of the community.  If you attend an Event, you may be asked to provide Personal Information for us to use in administering your participation in the Event (“Participant Information”).  During the Events, we may take photographs, make audio or video recordings, or conduct interviews or surveys (“Event Recordings”) for purposes related to Boost VC, including to create promotional material, to collect information about participants, and to assist us in planning future events.  Participant Information and Event Recordings that incorporate your Personal Information may be collected, processed, and retained by Boost VC following the Event.  If you would like us to exclude your Personal Information from all Event Recordings or if you would like us to delete the Participant Information we collected from you, you may do so by contacting us at info@boost.vc.  If you enter into an additional agreement relating to the Event, such as by executing a waiver or release, the terms and conditions of such an agreement will govern your rights with respect to the processing and retention of your Personal Information, to the extent that any conflict exists between this Privacy Policy and that agreement.

Social Media Accounts

Boost VC maintains certain Social Media Accounts.  If you interact with our Social Media Accounts, we may collect Personal Information that you provide in your Social Media Accounts and the contents of that interaction, depending on the settings on your Social Media Accounts.  Also, the companies that host the Social Media Accounts may collect and provide us with aggregate Non-Personal Information and analytics regarding the activity on our Social Media Accounts.

Security

Boost VC takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, and destruction of Personal Information.  However, please be aware that no internet or email transmission is fully secure, and you should consider this when providing any Personal Information to us by these means.  By using the Services, you acknowledge and understand that (i) you are assuming the risk that any privacy settings or security measures implemented by us or on the Website are circumvented, and (ii) Boost VC is not responsible for any resulting loss, damage, or disclosure that may occur if this happens. Your use of the Website is at your sole risk. Except as expressly provided in this Privacy Policy, the Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Disclosure of Certain Personal Information

Boost VC does not and will not sell your Personal Information to anyone.  

Boost VC discloses Personal Information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know such Personal Information in order to process, store, or review it on Boost VC’s behalf or to provide any of the Services and (ii) have agreed not to disclose such Personal Information to others.  By using the Services, you consent to the transfer of such Personal Information to these parties and for these purposes.  Some of the employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations to which we disclose Personal Information may be located outside of your home country, and your use of the Services constitutes an acknowledgment and understanding that your Personal Information will be transferred to the locations of those entities or individuals under those circumstances.  

In addition, Boost VC may disclose Personal Information in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental or regulatory request, or when Boost VC believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Boost VC, third parties, or the public at large.  

For management purposes, Boost VC may also share Personal Information with an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Boost VC (each, an “Affiliate”).  If we share Personal Information with an Affiliate, their use of that information is also governed by the Privacy Policy.

In the event that Boost VC enters into an acquisition, merger, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, or a sale of substantially all of its assets (each, a “Business Transfer”), the Personal Information collected by Boost VC would be among the assets that may be transferred to a third party.  By using the Services, you acknowledge that such transfer may occur in a Business Transfer and you agree that an entity that acquires Personal Information in a Business Transfer may continue to use your Personal Information as described in the Privacy Policy.

Changing or Deleting Personal Information

Please contact us at info@boost.vc if you would like to change, correct, or request deletion of any Personal Information that we have collected from you.  We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.  You may also contact us to request access to any personal data that we hold about you.  Boost VC does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 16, nor does it accept applications for its accelerator from such individuals.  If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided Personal Information to us through the Website, please contact us so that we may delete that information from our databases.  

Changes to the Privacy Policy 

Boost VC may change the Privacy Policy at any time and in our sole discretion.  We encourage visitors to the Website to review the Privacy Policy carefully from time to time for any possible changes. This Privacy Policy was last updated on March 10, 2020. If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will change the last updated date noted above.