foundercontact International Ltd. is a UK based company, with registered office at 72 New Bond Street, Mayfair London W1S 1RR,  with company number 5640226 that operates national and international online networks for entrepreneurs and business owners worldwide. By using our websites and services, you confirm that you agreed to these terms and conditions. Below you can read our general terms and conditions that are applicable on all of our services.

1.  Applicability of terms and conditions
1. The following terms and conditions apply to and form an integral part of the agreements concluded by Foundercontact Holding ltd, and/or Foundercontact International Ltd, and/or Foundercontact India Ltd, and/or Foundercontact USA ltd. and/or DGAcontact B.V., hereafter to be named as Foundercontact.
2. Foundercontact does not accept the conditions of client to be applicable to the agreements concluded by Foundercontact.
3. Foundercontact will send a copy of these terms and conditions on request.
4. Foundercontact has the right to change these conditions. Changes shall be published on this page and announced by email to clients. 

2.  Foundercontact responsibilities and policies
1. Foundercontact offers a web-domain where networking interaction between individuals, businesses and organisations takes place utilising Foundercontact business network as the operational hub and facilitator.
2. Foundercontact shall commence its provision of services within 24 hours after the conclusion of the agreement and if applicable respective membership payment by the entrepreneur.
3. The Foundercontact offers a personal membership for entrepreneurs and businessmen with 3 different levels (free Country membership for Eur 0,- / Global membership for Eur 99,-/ Executive membership for Eur 199 annual, excl. VAT). Per subscription level we offer different functionalities with respect to networking, value added services and/or the participation at networking events. Additional services like business plan service, enrichment of business plan with market data and/or capital gate services as described on the website are only available for members with a FC Executive subscription and need to be paid extra for on a case by case base. 

3.  Client responsibilities
1. The client shall fully and truthfully complete the questionnaires provided by Foundercontact on this site and is exclusively responsible for the information provided by him or her.
2. The client will make payment of the tariffs which are mentioned under Pricing, immediately payable via the Paypal payment centre of foundercontact after conclusion of the agreement.
3. The client shall not give misleading information about his profile, products, services or those of his company.
4. The client shall not use improper (racist, xenophobic, obscene, discourteous, insulting or rude) language.
5. The client shall not offer content which necessitates that Foundercontact remove said content from the site under articles 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 of those conditions or any other unlawful/illegal behavior.
6. The client shall not upload any content and/or videos that are copyright protected without the prior agreement of it's legitimate owner(s). Click here for specific rules regarding video messaging functionality at foundercontact website. 
7. The client agrees to indemnify Foundercontact from any claims or damages arising from the breach of any of the conditions in the agreement between Foundercontact and client, any other unlawful behavior and/or copyright infringement against other clients or third parties. 
8. Client agrees to inform Foundercontact immediately if he discovers any unlawful behavior as mentioned before.

4.  Commencement date, renewal and termination of agreements
1. The agreement will take effect from the date/time of subscription. Upon this subscription Foundercontact will send a confirmation-message by e-mail.
2. The client has the right to terminate the agreement within seven days after commencement
3. The provision of services will last as long as the corresponding periods specified under Pricing. They end by law at the end of the specified periods.
4. After completion of contractual period mentioned under Pricing, the contract will be renewed automatically for a further specified period. Both parties may terminate the agreement with 3 months written notice.
5. These conditions, including possible changes published on this site before the renewal of the agreement, are applicable to renewed agreements.
6. If any information provided by client to Foundercontact is untrue, inaccurate, non current, incomplete or misleading, or if client violates/breaches the agreement in another way, Foundercontact has the right to terminate the agreement immediately and refuse any and/or all current or future use of the website and the services of Foundercontact to the client. In that case Foundercontact is not obliged to pay any restitution or compensation.
7. Upon termination, for whatever reason, Foundercontact may immediately delete files in the account of the client and bar any access thereto and refuse any and/or all current or future use of the website and the services of Foundercontact to the client.
8. If client requests to revoke or terminate the agreement with Foundercontact, and he is entitled to it on the basis of these conditions, he must send an e-mail to info@foundercontact.com 

5.  Prevention/restriction of improper use
1. Services are only open to persons who are so called founders and/or company owners and/or entrepreneurs of companies.
2. Foundercontact may exclude clients from the use of it's services (see Article 3) in the event of apparent misconduct or improper use. In that case Foundercontact is not obliged to pay any restitution or compensation.
3. User name and password are strictly personal. The client may not permit third parties to make use of his or her name or password or other rights arising from the present agreement.
4. The client undertakes to behave properly vis-à-vis Foundercontact and the other clients of Foundercontact. The client may not send messages that are offensive, rude, obscene or contrary to legislation (see Articles 3.4 and 3.5 ).
5. The client may not sent commercial emails to the subscribers of the database of Foundercontact.
6. The client may not sell or deliver information of subscribers to third parties arising the present agreement.
7. Foundercontact is not obliged to check the traffic, but reserves the right to inspect messages sent within its framework for the purpose of investigating complaints and security.

6.  Liability
1. Foundercontact is not liable in any way for the consequences of incorrect or incomplete information provided by clients.
2. Foundercontact cannot guarantee that information clients submit to its site cannot be traced or abused by others, nor that information will always be available or cannot get lost. Foundercontact is not liable in any way for the consequences there of, if any.
3. Foundercontact does not guarantee that this internet site is free from viruses or other destructive matters. Foundercontact is not liable if such events occur, except when they are due to negligence on the part of Foundercontact. Client shall therefore take necessary precautions.
4. Clients shall be aware that other clients making use of Foundercontact's services may abuse the contacts they establish through Foundercontact, possibly leading to illegal acts. Foundercontact is not liable in any way for (the consequences of) such abuse, illegal acts or other disappointing experiences with other clients making use of Foundercontact's services.
5. Foundercontact is not liable for damage, if any, arising from the use of the information submitted through Foundercontact.
6. Foundercontact is not liable for damage (of whatever type) that incurred due to temporary inaccessibility of information on account of circumstances at the provider or other causes or circumstances beyond Foundercontact's control. Foundercontact is not obliged to refund (a portion) of the amount due to these circumstances.
7. Foundercontact is not liable for costs arising from necessary or inevitable changes of the IP address.
8. If any liability arises, because of an agreement in the terms of these conditions, the liability is restricted to the fee which client paid for the service during a year.

7.  Privacy
1. Foundercontact shall take measures to protect personal information which client does not want to be revealed to others, using this website.
2. Client agrees that Foundercontact will use personal data, such as address, place of residence, telephone number and e-mail address, provided by clients, only for the purpose of executing the agreement and send on regular times newsletters and information to entrepreneurs.
3. When subscribing to Foundercontact, personal and company details will be requested for the purpose to form a profile of the subscriber and your company. These details include; Company Name, Company Description, Address, City, Country, url of website, (mobile)phone, e-mail address and skype name. Furthermore the person registering the company with Foundercontact will be asked to register his or her name, e-mail address. Once the registration process is completed, the new accountholder will get username and password/s to manage the account and it's profiles. To fill out a profile the following is required: first and last name, companyname and short company description, website address and direct e-mail address. Additional client can customize its profile by more information about background, hobbies, interests, specialism etc.
4. Client agrees on only using his real name, because Foundercontact is a professional network. Therefore, using Nicknames or false names is not allowed.
5. Client can always adjust, remove or correct themselves their personal data. On specific request done by email on info@foundercontact  Foundercontact can subsequently remove or correct the requested data and inform client accordingly.

8.  Scope and validity
If one or more of the provisions of the present agreement is declared void, the remainder of the agreement will continue in full force and effect.

9.  Costs of possible procedure
In case of a juridical procedure or arbitration, the client shall, if fully or partly in the wrong, pay all costs of the procedure.

10.  Choice of law
1. The agreement and the legal relationship between Foundercontact and client to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.
2. Conflicts which arise from the execution of this contract will, unless parties agree on arbitration, be submitted to the English court in London.