Legal Information

Last Updated: March 2026

Terms of Service

1. Acknowledgment of Platform Role

RequestForStartups ("the Platform") operates strictly as a matching and discovery engine between verified venture capital firms ("Firms") and technical founders or teams ("Founders").

By accessing the Platform, you acknowledge that RequestForStartups is NOT a broker-dealer, investment adviser, funding portal, or underwriter. We do not participate in negotiations, structure deals, or custody funds.

2. For Venture Capital Firms

  • Verification: You must complete our verification process, including a firm-domain email check and LinkedIn verification. We reserve the right to reject any profile at our sole discretion.
  • Bounty Accuracy: You agree that the "Opportunities," "Bounties," and "Requests" you post represent genuine, reserved capital intent from your fund.
  • SLAs: You agree to abide by the stated Decision SLAs (Service Level Agreements) listed on your requests, ensuring Founders receive timely responses.

3. For Founders

  • Application Integrity: All information provided in pitch materials or applications must be accurate and truthful.
  • Investment Risk: You understand that venture investments carry significant risk. RequestForStartups does not guarantee any funding or successful matching.
  • Legal Advice: You are solely responsible for engaging your own legal counsel to review terms sheets, SAFEs, or priced round documents resulting from connections made on the Platform.

4. Code of Conduct

Users must not use the platform to harass, spam, or solicit members for non-investment-related services. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy for scraping or reverse-engineering our database of verified Firms or Founders.

5. Liability Limitation

In no event shall RequestForStartups be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of your reliance on Connections or agreements made initiated through the Platform.

Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you use RequestForStartups, we may collect:

  • Professional Identity Information: Names, work email addresses, firm affiliations, LinkedIn profiles, and roles.
  • Application Data: Information submitted by Founders when applying to Bounties, including pitch decks, links to products, code repositories, and descriptions of team backgrounds.
  • Platform Usage Data: Analytics related to how you navigate our site, click through opportunities, and interact with forms or application flows.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Verification: To confirm that VC firms are legitimate and represent the funds they claim.
  • Matching & Routing: To route Founder applications, decks, and pitches directly to the intended VC firm's secure inbox or dashboard.
  • Communication: To send updates about application status, new platform features, or systemic SLA alerts.

3. Information Sharing

The core mechanism of our platform requires sharing information between verified parties. Specifically:

  • When a Founder applies to a Request/Bounty, their submitted profile and data are shared securely with the specific VC firm that authored the Request.
  • We do not sell your data to third-party data brokers, marketers, or advertisers.
  • We may share anonymized, aggregated data (such as typical check sizes or broad sector trends) for platform analytics or marketing, but this will never identify individual users or stealth applications.

4. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures designed to secure your personal information and proprietary business concepts (pitch decks) from accidental loss and unauthorized access. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. To make a request, please contact our support team through the contact form on our homepage.