Terms of Use

1. Who we are

Vieolo B.V., Oude Boekeloseweg 33, 7553 DS Hengelo, the Netherlands. KVK 96973374. VAT NL867856579B01. Contact: support@fundingbanker.com.

2. The Service

Funding Banker is a software-as-a-service platform for founders raising venture capital. It provides a curated directory of investors with editorial commentary, and tools to organize fundraising activity (projects, applications, decks, suitability marks, notes).

The Service is offered to professionals — founders, operators, or representatives of a startup or other business. The Service is not intended for personal, household, or consumer use. By using the Service, you confirm you are using it in the course of a business or trade, and not as a consumer. Consumer rights of withdrawal under Dutch and EU law (in particular Section 6:230o of the Dutch Civil Code) do not apply.

3. Account

You sign in with Google. You must:

• be at least 18 years old;
• provide accurate information;
• keep your Google account secure (we never see your Google password);
• be responsible for everything that happens under your account.

We may suspend or close accounts that violate these Terms.

4. Subscription, billing, and renewal

4.1 Plan

Access to the Service requires an active paid subscription. The current plan is shown on the pricing section of our website.

4.2 Billing

Subscriptions are billed annually in advance through Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method for the subscription fee at the start of each subscription period.

4.3 Renewal

Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each subscription period for another year at the then-current price, unless you cancel before the renewal date.

4.4 Cancellation

You can cancel renewal at any time through the Stripe Customer Portal (accessible from your profile in the Service). Cancellation stops future renewals; you keep access until the end of your already-paid period.

4.5 No refunds

All payments are final and non-refundable, including for partial periods, unused features, downgrades, or accounts terminated for any reason. By starting your subscription you expressly request immediate access to the Service and acknowledge that, the Service being a digital service made available immediately, you lose any right of withdrawal you might otherwise have once the Service has been provided to you. The Service is sold to professionals and any consumer right of withdrawal under Dutch / EU law does not apply.

We may, at our sole discretion, refund a fee in exceptional circumstances (e.g. extended Service unavailability we caused). No refund obligation arises from this paragraph.

4.6 Tax

Prices are exclusive of VAT, sales tax, or other applicable taxes, which are added at checkout where required.

4.7 Price changes

We may change prices for renewal periods. We will notify you at least 30 days before a price change takes effect; your next renewal will be at the new price unless you cancel.

5. License to use the Service

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and an active subscription, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your business’s fundraising activities. You receive a license — not ownership — of the Service and its content.

6. Investor directory — restrictions

The investor directory and all editorial content within it (collectively, the “Directory”) is the result of substantial original research, curation, and editorial work by Vieolo. Each entry has been compiled from publicly available sources by Vieolo’s editorial team, and in some cases supplemented with information Vieolo learned through its own private interactions with investors. The Directory and its underlying database are protected by copyright (in the editorial expression) and by sui generis database rights under Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament. All rights are reserved.

You may:

• view individual investor entries while signed in to your subscribed account;
• log applications to specific investors and reference them within your own use of the Service.

You may not, and you must not enable any third party to:

• copy, scrape, crawl, mirror, bulk-export, or otherwise systematically extract any part of the Directory;
• redistribute, publish, sell, sublicense, or share the Directory or any substantial part of it (including derivative summaries, lists, spreadsheets, or screenshots) with any party other than yourself;
• use the Directory or any part of it to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or otherwise feed into any machine-learning, large-language, or other AI model;
• use the Directory to build, populate, or improve any service or product that competes with Funding Banker, or any investor directory, list, or database;
• circumvent any technical measures we use to limit access (rate limits, authentication, etc.);
• create automated agents, scripts, or bots that access the Directory beyond ordinary, manual user behavior.

These restrictions apply during and after your subscription. They also bind anyone who accesses the Directory through your account.

Violation of this Section 6 is a material breach of these Terms. We may, in addition to any legal remedies, immediately suspend or terminate your account, and we reserve the right to seek damages, injunctive relief, and recovery of legal costs.

7. Your content

Anything you enter into the Service — projects, applications, deck metadata and links, notes, suitability marks (“Your Content”) — remains yours. By entering Your Content into the Service, you grant us a limited license to host, store, process, and display it for the purpose of providing the Service to you.

You are responsible for Your Content and for ensuring you have the right to enter it. Do not enter personal data of third parties beyond what is reasonably necessary for fundraising contacts (e.g., investor partner names from public sources).

8. Acceptable use

You will not, and will not attempt to:

• use the Service in violation of any law;
• harass, defame, or infringe the rights of any person;
• transmit malware, attempt to disrupt the Service, or compromise its security;
• access the Service through any means other than the interfaces we provide;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation.

9. Service availability and changes

We aim for high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted service. We may modify, add, or remove features at any time. Where a change materially reduces functionality you rely on, we will give reasonable notice.

10. Termination

• By you: cancel renewal at any time per Section 4.4. To delete your account entirely, email support@fundingbanker.com.
• By us: we may suspend or terminate your account at any time for material breach of these Terms (including Section 6), fraudulent or harmful activity, or non-payment. We may also terminate your account on notice with at least 30 days remaining in your subscription period; in that case (and only that case) we will refund a pro-rated portion of pre-paid fees for the unused remainder of the period.

On termination, your right to use the Service ends. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 4.5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15) survive.

11. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of the Directory, and non-infringement.

The Service is not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice. Information about investors is collected from public sources and our own research; ticket sizes, focus areas, and policies may change at any time. We do not guarantee that any investor will respond, fund, or otherwise engage with you. We make no promise about the success of your fundraise.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service is limited to the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, lost profits, lost data, lost business opportunities, or failed fundraises.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under Dutch law (e.g., for intent or gross negligence).

13. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold harmless Vieolo and its officers, employees, and agents from any claim, damage, or cost (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Service, your violation of Section 6, or Your Content.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Netherlands.

15. General

• Changes to these Terms: we may update these Terms; material changes will be notified by email at least 14 days before they take effect, and your continued use of the Service after that date constitutes acceptance.
• No waiver: failure to enforce a right is not a waiver of it.
• Severability: if any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
• Assignment: you may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• Entire agreement: these Terms (together with the Privacy Policy) are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.

16. Contact

support@fundingbanker.com — Vieolo B.V., Oude Boekeloseweg 33, 7553 DS Hengelo, the Netherlands. KVK 96973374. VAT NL867856579B01.