Privacy Policy
The platform located at https://valorise.ventures (the "Website") is a commercial concept owned and operated by FuzeQube Group Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 14003524, with its registered office located at 36-38 Cornhill, London, United Kingdom, EC3V 3NG ("the Company," "we," "us," or "our").
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Company acts as the Data Controller regarding all personal data collected and processed through this Website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our Website, apply to our platform, or communicate with us.
1. Information We Collect and How We Use It
We process personal data only when we have a valid legal basis under Article 6 (Lawfulness of Processing) of the GDPR. The specific categories, purposes, and legal grounds are detailed below:
A. Technical Usage & Infrastructure Data
- Data Types: IP addresses, browser types, device operating systems, referring URLs, access timestamps, and page interaction metrics.
- Purpose: To provide basic website functionality and ensure our platform runs securely.
- Legal Basis: Legitimate Interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Processing this data is technically necessary to maintain infrastructure stability, asset rendering, and platform cybersecurity.
- Data Recipients / Processers: Cloud infrastructure routing networks, Webflow, Inc. (hosting), and Supabase, Inc. (database architecture).
B. Contact & Venture Communication (Inquiries, Startups, Talent)
- Data Types: Full name, business email address, company/institutional affiliation, investment pitch data, resume/CV details, and any free-text messages you submit.
- Purpose: To evaluate venture opportunities, process candidate applications for our founder formation pipelines, and respond to platform inquiries.
- Legal Basis: Pre-contractual steps or performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) if you are seeking to partner or join our programs; Legitimate Interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for general B2B professional networking.
C. Platform Updates & Newsletters
- Data Types: Email address and subscription preferences.
- Purpose: To send you early updates, ecosystem insights, and notifications about our deep tech fund activities.
- Legal Basis: Explicit Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). We utilize a Double Opt-In mechanism to verify your email ownership before sending promotional content. You may withdraw consent at any time.
2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
In compliance with the ePrivacy Directive, our Website distinguishes between strictly necessary and non-essential tracking mechanisms:
A. Essential Cookies
These are required for basic website functionality, layout rendering, and platform security. They are active by default, do not require prior consent, and cannot be deactivated via our privacy settings panel.
B. Analytics and Interaction Tracking
We utilize Google Analytics, a web performance tracking service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics drops cookies to provide aggregated insights into usage and site interaction, helping us optimize platform performance and improve the user experience.
Data collected via this service is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers located in the United States. We have enforced strict IP anonymization protocols so that your IP address is truncated within the EU/EEA before any cross-border data transfer occurs.
- Data Processed: Unique Client IDs, session duration, page views, scroll depth, and navigation paths.
- Purpose: Aggregated website performance analysis.
- Legal Basis: Explicit Affirmative Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
C. Consent Management Framework
We deploy the CookieFlow Consent Management Platform (developed by Reform Digital) to handle granular user consent preferences. When you submit your preferences, a unique Consent ID and geolocation zone are generated to ensure compliance.
This consent log record is securely stored in an isolated database managed via Supabase, Inc. We maintain these records strictly to fulfill our statutory legal obligation under GDPR Article 7(1) to demonstrate that valid, unambiguous consent was obtained.
You have the absolute right to modify or revoke your preferences at any time. You can clear your browser cache to recall the consent interface.
3. Data Sharing and International Transfers
As a pan-European platform, your data may be shared with our network affiliates, institutional partners, or specific SaaS subprocessors (such as cloud hosting, CRM tools, or communication infrastructure) acting strictly under our written instruction.
Because the Data Controller (FuzeQube Group Ltd) is established in the United Kingdom, personal data collected from visitors within the European Economic Area (EEA) will be transferred to the UK. This transfer is legally justified under the European Commission's Adequacy Decision for the United Kingdom, which recognizes that the UK ensures an equivalent level of data protection to that of the EU.
Whenever data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), specifically to our infrastructure processors located in the United States (such as Google or Supabase platforms), we ensure a structurally equivalent level of protection by enforcing:
- EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF): Ensuring our processors maintain active DPF signatures with the US Department of Commerce.*
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs): Incorporating the European Commission’s approved standard contractual clauses into our Data Processing Addendums (DPAs), combined with robust technical and organizational security measures.
4. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
- Infrastructural/Log Data: Automatically overwritten or anonymized within 30 days.
- Inquiries & Pitch Submissions: Retained for the duration of our evaluation process and up to 3 years following the last professional interaction, unless a longer legal or contractual retention period applies.
- Newsletter Subscriptions: Retained until you click "Unsubscribe" or formally withdraw consent.
5. Your Data Subject Rights Under GDPR
If you are located within the EEA, you possess the following actionable rights regarding your personal data:
- Art. 15 GDPR (Right of Access): Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Art. 16 GDPR (Right to Rectification): Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Art. 17 GDPR (Right to Erasure): Request the deletion of your data ("Right to be Forgotten").
- Art. 18 GDPR (Right to Restriction): Ask us to temporarily halt processing your data.
- Art. 20 GDPR (Right to Data Portability): Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Art. 21 GDPR (Right to Object): Object to data processing based on our legitimate interests.
- Art. 7(3) GDPR (Right to Withdraw Consent): Revoke marketing or tracking consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Compliance Team at: contact@fuzeqube.com
You also possess the statutory right to lodge an administrative complaint with your local national Data Protection Authority (DPA) within the EU/EEA, or directly with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which serves as the primary lead supervisory authority for our parent establishment.
6. Security Architecture
We deploy rigorous technical and organizational security controls to minimize risks. This includes end-to-end transport encryption (HTTPS/TLS), isolated cloud environments, strict access controls, and regular architectural reviews to safeguard our deep tech investment ecosystem from unauthorized access or leakage.
