1. Key Terms 

VentureGrab provides an online platform that connects business owner who have businesses to list and meet with investors seeking to look for businesses (collectively, the “Services“), which Services are accessible at www.VentureGrab.com and any other websites through which VentureGrab makes the Services available (collectively, the “Site“) and as applications for mobile, tablet and other smart devices and application program interfaces (collectively, the “Application“).

“Business” means business in various industry.

“VentureGrab Content” means all Content that VentureGrab makes available through the Site, Application, Services, or its related promotional campaigns and official social media channels, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Member Content.

“Collective Content” means Member Content and VentureGrab Content.

“Communication” means an email, message via the Application, text message.

“Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the Application), audio, video, information or other materials.

“Investor” means a Member who looking for business to invest via the Site, Application or Services, or a Member who make appointment with Business owner for the associated Listing.

“Business Owner” means a Member who creates a Listing via the Site, Application and Services.

“Listing” means an Business that is listed by a Business Owner as available via the Site, Application, and Services.

“Member” means a person who completes VentureGrab’s account registration process, including but not limited to business owner and investors, as described under “Account Registration” below.

“Member Content” means all Content that a Member posts, uploads, publishes, submits, transmits, or includes in their Listing, Member profile or VentureGrab promotional campaign to be made available through the Site, Application or Services.

“Tax” or “Taxes” mean any sales taxes, value added taxes (VAT), goods and services taxes (GST), transient occupancy taxes, tourist or other visitor taxes, Business or lodging taxes, fees (such as convention center fees) that Business providers may be required by law to collect and remit to governmental agencies, and other similar municipal, state, federal and national indirect or other withholding and personal or corporate income taxes.

 

2. Terms of Service 

By using the Site, Application or Services, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service (“Terms“), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, Application and Services and all Collective Content (defined below), and your participation in the Referral Program (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and VentureGrab. Please also read carefully our Privacy Policy at www.VentureGrab.com/policy.

In addition, certain areas of the Site and Application (and your access to or use of certain aspects of the Services or Collective Content) may have different terms and conditions, standards, guidelines, or policies posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site, Application or Services. Failure to use the Site, Application or Services in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties.

THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES COMPRISE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH BUSINESS OWNER MAY CREATE LISTINGS FOR BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS MAY LEARN ABOUT AND MAKE APPOINTMENT DIRECTLY WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT VENTUREGRAB IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN BUSINESS OWNER AND INVESTOR, NOR IS VENTUREGRAB A REAL ESTATE BROKER, AGENT OR INSURER. VENTUREGRAB HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS OWNER, INVESTORS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES OR ANY businesses, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO CREATE A LISTING ON VENTUREGRAB, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VENTUREGRAB IS LIMITED TO BEING A MEMBER AND AN INDEPENDENT, THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR, AND NOT AN EMPLOYEE, AGENT, JOINT VENTURER OR PARTNER OF VENTUREGRAB FOR ANY REASON, AND YOU ACT EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, AND NOT ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF VENTUREGRAB. VENTUREGRAB DOES NOT CONTROL, AND HAS NO RIGHT TO CONTROL, YOUR LISTING, YOUR OFFLINE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR LISTING, OR ANY OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO ANY LISTING, THAT YOU PROVIDE. AS A MEMBER YOU AGREE NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE ENDORSED BY, PARTNERING WITH, OR ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF VENTUREGRAB, INCLUDING BY INAPPROPRIATELY USING ANY VENTUREGRAB INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE, VIA THE APPLICATION OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND RECEIVE OUR SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE AND APPLICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

 

3. Modification 

VentureGrab reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Site, Application or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Service Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or via the Application and/or provide you notice of the modification by email. Your continued access or use of the Site, Application or Services will constitute acceptance of the modified Terms. Additionally, if the modified Terms contain material changes applicable to existing Members (by decreasing your rights or increasing your responsibilities), we will provide you with notice prior to the changes taking effect. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site, Application and Services. If you do not close your VentureGrab Account you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.

 

4. Eligibility 

The Site, Application and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site, Application or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.

For users in the United States, VentureGrab will, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and if we have sufficient information to identify a user, obtain reports from public records of criminal convictions or sex offender registrations of the user. For users outside the United States, we may, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and if we have sufficient information to identify a user, obtain the local version of background or registered sex offender checks in our sole discretion. You agree and authorize us to use your personal information, such as your full name and date of birth, to obtain such reports, including from VentureGrab’s vendors.

 

5. How the Site, Application and Services Work 

The Site, Application and Services can be used to facilitate the listing and search for businesses. Such businesses are included in Listings on the Site, Application and Services by business owner. You may view Listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site, Application and Services; however, if you wish to make an appointment with Business Owner or create a Listing, you must first register to create an VentureGrab Account (defined below).

As stated above, VentureGrab makes available an online platform or marketplace with related technology for investors and business owner to meet online and arrange for Transfer of businesses directly with each other. VentureGrab is not an owner or operator of listed business, nor is it a provider of listed business, and VentureGrab does not own, sell, resell, provide, rmanage and/or control listed business. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the VentureGrab platform, VentureGrab’s responsibilities are limited to facilitating the availability of the Site, Application and Services.

PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS STATED ABOVE, THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO FACILITATE BUSINESS OWNER AND INVESTORS CONNECTING AND BOOKING BUSINESSES DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. VENTUREGRAB CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY LISTINGS AND THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY BUSINESSES. VENTUREGRAB IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL LISTINGS AND BUSINESSES. ACCORDINGLY, ANY APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE OR ACCEPTED AT THE MEMBER’S OWN RISK.

 

6. Account Registration 

In order to access certain features of the Site and Application, and to make an appointment with Business Owner or create a Listing, you must register to create an account (“VentureGrab Account“) and become a Member. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or Application or as described in this section.

You can also register to join by logging into your account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS“) (including, but not limited to, Facebook; each such account, a “Third-Party Account“), via our Site or Application, as described below. As part of the functionality of the Site, Application and Services, you may link your VentureGrab Account with Third-Party Accounts, by either: (i) providing your Third-Party Account login information to VentureGrab through the Site, Services or Application; or (ii) allowing VentureGrab to access your Third-Party Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to VentureGrab and/or grant VentureGrab access to your Third-Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account and without obligating VentureGrab to pay any fees or making VentureGrab subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third-party service providers. By granting VentureGrab access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that VentureGrab will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (“SNS Content“) so that it is available on and through the Site, Services and Application via your VentureGrab Account and VentureGrab Account profile page. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all SNS Content, if any, will be considered to be Member Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts will be available on and through your VentureGrab Account on the Site, Services and Application. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or VentureGrab’s access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then SNS Content will no longer be available on and through the Site, Services and Application. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. VentureGrab makes no effort to review any SNS Content for any purpose, including but not limited to for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and VentureGrab is not responsible for any SNS Content.

Your VentureGrab Account and your VentureGrab Account profile page will be created for your use of the Site and Application based upon the personal information you provide to us or that we obtain via an SNS as described above. You may not have more than one (1) active VentureGrab Account. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. VentureGrab reserves the right to suspend or terminate your VentureGrab Account and your access to the Site, Application and Services if you create more than one (1) VentureGrab Account, or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, fraudulent, not current, incomplete, or otherwise in violation of these Terms of Service.

You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party.

 

7. Business Listings 

As a Member, you may create Listings. To create a Listing, you will be asked a variety of questions about the Business to be listed, including, but not limited to, the location, capacity, size, features, and availability of the Business and pricing and related rules and financial terms. In order to be featured in Listings via the Site, Application and Services, all businesses must have valid physical addresses. Listings will be made publicly available via the Site, Application and Services. You understand and agree that the placement or ranking of Listings in search results may depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, Investor and Business Owner preferences.

Other Members will be able to make appointment with you via the Site, Application and Services based upon the information provided in your Listing, your Investor requirements, and investors’ search parameters and preferences. You understand and agree that once a Investor requests a Booking of your Business, you may not request the Investor to pay a higher price than in the Booking request.

You acknowledge and agree that you alone are responsible for any and all Listings and Member Content you post. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that any Listing you post and the Booking of, or a Investor’s stay at, an Business in a Listing you post (i) will not breach any agreements you have entered into with any third parties, and (ii) will (a) be in compliance with all applicable laws (such as zoning laws), Tax requirements, Intellectual Property laws, and rules and regulations that may apply to any Business included in a Listing you post (including having all required permits, licenses and registrations), and (b) not conflict with the rights of third parties. Please note that VentureGrab assumes no responsibility for a Business Owner’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations. VentureGrab reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Listing for any reason, including Listings that VentureGrab, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services.

If you are a Business Owner, you understand and agree that VentureGrab does not act as an insurer or as your contracting agent. If a Investor requests a appointment with you, any agreement you enter into with such Investor is between you and the Investor and VentureGrab is not a party to it.

When you create a Listing, you may also choose to include certain requirements which must be met by the Members who are eligible to request a Appointment with you, such as requiring Members to have a verified phone number, in order to make appointment with you. Any Member wishing to make appointment with Business Owner included in Listings with such requirements must meet these requirements.

If you are a Business Owner, VentureGrab makes certain tools available to you to help you to make informed decisions about which Members you choose to confirm or preapprove for Booking for your Business. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Business Owner, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals who reside at or are otherwise present at the Business at your request or invitation, excluding the Investor (and the individuals the Investor invites to the Business, if applicable.)

 

8. No Endorsement 

VentureGrab does not endorse any Member, Listing or Business. You understand that Verified Images are intended only to indicate a photographic representation of the Business at the time the photograph was taken. Verified Images are therefore not an endorsement by VentureGrab of any Member, Listing or Business.

Members are required by these Terms to provide accurate information. Although VentureGrab may, for transparency or fraud prevention or detection purposes, directly or through third parties, ask you to provide a form of government identification, your date of birth, and other information, or undertake additional checks and processes designed to help verify or check the identities or backgrounds of Members and/or screen Member information against third party databases or other sources, we do not make any representations about, confirm, or endorse any Member or the Member’s purported identity or background.

By registering for an VentureGrab Account, you agree that VentureGrab may - but is not obligated to - request a consumer report on you from a Consumer Reporting Agency. If we do request a consumer report, we’ll request and use it in compliance with applicable law, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Any references in the Site, Application or Services to a Member being “verified” or “connected” (or similar language) only indicate that the Member has completed a relevant verification or identification process, and does not represent anything else. Any such description is not an endorsement, certification or guarantee by VentureGrab about any Member, including of the Member’s identity and whether the Member is trustworthy, safe or suitable. Instead, any such description is intended to be useful information for you to evaluate when you make your own decisions about the identity and suitability of others whom you contact or interact with via the Site, Application and Services. We therefore recommend that you always exercise due diligence and care when deciding whether to stay with a Business Owner or to accept or preapprove a Booking request from a Investor, or to have any other interaction with any other Member.

By using the Site, Application or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from VentureGrab with respect to such actions or omissions. Accordingly, we encourage you to communicate directly with other Members on the Site and Services regarding any Appointment or Listings made by you.

 

9. User Conduct 

You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and Tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content. In connection with your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, you may not and you agree that you will not:

• violate any local, state, provincial, national, or other law or regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, zoning restrictions and Tax regulations;
• use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots, backdoors or other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other services contained in the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content;
• access or use our Site, Application, Services or the VentureGrab API to use, expose, or allow to be used or exposed, any VentureGrab Content: (i) that is not publicly displayed by VentureGrab in its search results pages or listing pages before a Booking is confirmed; (ii) in any way that is inconsistent with the VentureGrab Privacy Policy or Terms of Service; or (iii) in any way that otherwise violates the privacy rights or any other rights of VentureGrab’s users or any other third party;
• use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for any commercial or other purposes that are not expressly permitted by these Terms or in a manner that falsely implies VentureGrab endorsement, partnership or otherwise misleads others as to your affiliation with VentureGrab;
• dilute, tarnish or otherwise harm the VentureGrab brand in any way,  including through unauthorized use of Collective Content, registering and/or using VentureGrab or derivative terms in domain names, trade names, trademarks or other source identifiers, or registering and/or using domains names, trade names, trademarks or other source identifiers that closely imitate or are confusingly similar to VentureGrab domains, trademarks, taglines, promotional campaigns or Collective Content
• copy, store or otherwise access or use any information contained on the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for purposes not expressly permitted by these Terms;
• infringe the rights of VentureGrab or the rights of any other person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual right
• interfere with or damage our Site, Application or Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, backdoors, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology;
• use our Site, Application or Services to transmit, distribute, post or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission, personal contact information or credit, debit, calling card or account numbers;
• use our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content in connection with the distribution of unsolicited commercial email (“spam”) or advertisements unrelated to lodging in a private residence;
• “stalk” or harass any other user of our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or collect or store any personally identifiable information about any other user other than for purposes of transacting as an VentureGrab Investor or Business Owner;
• offer, as a Business Owner, any Business that you do not yourself own or have permission to Book as a residential or other property (without limiting the foregoing, you will not list businesses as a Business Owner if you are serving in the capacity of an agent for a third party);
• offer, as a Business Owner, any Business that may not be Booked pursuant to the terms and conditions of an agreement with a third party;
• register for more than one VentureGrab Account or register for an VentureGrab Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself;
• unless VentureGrab explicitly permits otherwise, request or book a stay at any Business if you will not actually be staying at the Business yourself;
• contact another Member for any purpose other than asking a question related to a Booking, Business, Listing, or the Member’s use of the Site, Application and Services;
• recruit or otherwise solicit any Business Owner or other Member to join third-party services or websites that are competitive to VentureGrab, without VentureGrab’s prior written approval;
• recruit or otherwise solicit any Member to join third-party services, applications or websites, without our prior written approval;
• impersonate any person or entity, or falsify or otherwise misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity;
• use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content;
• use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content to find a Business Owner or Investor and then complete a Booking of an Business independent of the Site, Application or Services, in order to circumvent the obligation to pay any Service Fees related to VentureGrab’s provision of the Services or for any other reasons;
• as a Business Owner, submit any Listing with false or misleading information, including price information, or submit any Listing with a price that you do not intend to honor;
• violate these Terms or VentureGrab’s then-current Policies and Community Guidelines or Standards;
• engage in disruptive, circumventive, abusive or harassing behavior in any area or aspect of our Platform, Application, or Services;
• post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading (directly or by omission or failure to update information) or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;
• systematically retrieve data or other content from our Site, Application or Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, in single or multiple downloads, a collection, compilation, database, directory or the like, whether by manual methods, through the use of bots, crawlers, or spiders, or otherwise;
• use, display, mirror or frame the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or any individual element within the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, VentureGrab’s name, any VentureGrab trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the Site, Application or Services, without VentureGrab’s express written consent;
• access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, Application or Services, VentureGrab’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of VentureGrab’s providers;
• attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any VentureGrab system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
• avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by VentureGrab or any of VentureGrab’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content;
• forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
• attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content;
• advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing; or
• accept or make a payment for Business Fees outside VentureGrab Payments. If you do so, you acknowledge and agree that you: (i) would be in breach of these Terms; (ii) accept all risks and responsibility for such payment, and (iii) hold VentureGrab harmless from any liability for such payment.

VentureGrab has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. In addition, and as set in these Terms, VentureGrab may take a range of actions against you, including but not limited to removing or disabling access to any or all of your Member Content or deactivating or canceling your Listing(s) or VentureGrab Account, for a violation of this Section or these Terms.

VentureGrab may access, preserve and disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against VentureGrab or to comply with legal process (for example, subpoenas or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms and the VentureGrab Business Owner Guarantee, (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and de-bugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of VentureGrab, its users, or members of the public. You acknowledge that VentureGrab has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content or to review, remove, disable access to or edit any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, Application and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms. VentureGrab reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Collective Content that VentureGrab, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services

 

10. Privacy 

You agree that VentureGrab’s Privacy Policy (as may be updated from time to time) governs VentureGrab’s collection and use of your personal information.

 

11. Intellectual Property Ownership and Rights Notices 

The Site, Application, Services, and Collective Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of VentureGrab and its licensors. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content. All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, and any other proprietary designations of VentureGrab used on or in connection with the Site, Application, Services, and VentureGrab Content are trademarks or registered trademarks of VentureGrab in the US and abroad. Trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of third parties used on or in connection with the Site, Application, Services, and VentureGrab Content are used for identification purposes only and may be the property of their respective owners. As a Business Owner, Investor, or Member, you understand and agree that you are bound by the additional Terms, Guidelines and Policies that apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content.

 

12. Additional Terms 

Our Site, Application and Services have different products, features and offerings, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements may apply to your use of those products, features or offerings.

 

13. Application License 

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, VentureGrab grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download and install a copy of the Application on each mobile device or computer that you own or control and run such copy of the Application solely for your own personal use. Furthermore, with respect to any Apple App Store Sourced Application (defined below), you will only use the App Store Sourced Application (i) on an Apple-branded product that runs the iOS (Apple’s proprietary operating system) and (ii) as permitted by the “Usage Rules” set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Service. VentureGrab reserves all rights in the Application not expressly granted to you by these Terms.

 

14. VentureGrab Content and Member Content License 

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, VentureGrab grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to (i) access and view any VentureGrab Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes and (ii) access and view any Member Content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section.

You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by VentureGrab or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.

 

15. Member Content 

We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit Member Content. By making available any Member Content on or through the Site, Application, Services, or through VentureGrab promotional campaigns, you hereby grant to VentureGrab a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual (or for the term of the protection), non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, translate, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Member Content on, through, by means of or to promote or market the Site, Application and Services. VentureGrab does not claim any ownership rights in any such Member Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such Member Content.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Application, Services or through VentureGrab promotional campaigns. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Application, Services or through VentureGrab promotional campaigns or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to VentureGrab the rights in such Member Content, as contemplated under these Terms; and (ii) neither the Member Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Member Content or VentureGrab’s use of the Member Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site, Application, the Services or VentureGrab promotional campaigns will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.

 

16. Links 

The Site, Application and Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that VentureGrab is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by VentureGrab of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources or the Content, products or services on or available from such websites or resources.

Some portions of the VentureGrab platform implement Google Maps/Earth mapping services, including Google Maps API(s). Your use of Google Maps/Earth is subject to Google’s terms of use.

 

17. Copyright Policy 

VentureGrab respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is VentureGrab’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances the VentureGrab Accounts of Members or other account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.

 

18. Term and Termination, Suspension and Other Measures 

• Term
  These Terms shall be effective for a 30-day term, at the end of which it will automatically and continuously renew for subsequent 30-day terms until such time when you or VentureGrab terminate these Terms as described below.
• Termination for convenience
  You may terminate these Terms at any time via the “Cancel Account” feature on the Site or by sending us an email. If you cancel your VentureGrab Account as a Business Owner, any confirmed Bookings will be automatically cancelled and your investors will receive a full refund. If you cancel your VentureGrab Account as a Investor, any confirmed Booking will be automatically cancelled and any refund will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy.
  Without limiting our rights specified below, VentureGrab may terminate these Terms for convenience at any time by giving you 30 days’ notice via email to your registered email address.
• Termination for breach, suspension and other measures
  In addition VentureGrab may deactivate or delay Listings, reviews, or other Member Content, cancel any pending or confirmed Bookings, limit your use of or access to your VentureGrab Account and the Site, Application or Services, temporarily or permanently revoke any special status associated with your VentureGrab Account, or temporarily or permanently suspend your VentureGrab Account if (i) you have breached these Terms or our Policies, including material and non-material breaches and receiving poor ratings from business owner or investors, or (ii) VentureGrab believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to protect the safety or property of Members, VentureGrab or third parties, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, security or investigation purposes.
  If we take any of the measures described in this Section 24.C, we may (i) communicate to your investors or business owner that a pending or confirmed Booking has been cancelled, (ii) refund your investors in full for any and all confirmed Bookings, irrespective of preexisting cancellation policies, (iii) support your investors, on an exceptional basis, in finding potential alternative businesses, and (iv) you will not be entitled to any compensation for confirmed Bookings that were cancelled.
  In case of non-material breaches and where appropriate, you will be given notice of any measure by VentureGrab and an opportunity to resolve the issue to VentureGrab’s reasonable satisfaction.
• Consequences
  If you or we terminate this Agreement, we do not have an obligation to delete or return to you any of your Member Content, including but not limited to any reviews or Feedback. When this Agreement has been terminated, you are not entitled to a restoration of your VentureGrab Account or any of your Member Content. If your access to or use of the Site, Application and Services has been limited or your VentureGrab Account has been suspended or this Agreement has been terminated by us, you may not register a new VentureGrab Account or attempt to access and use the Site, Application and Services through other VentureGrab Accounts.
• Survival
  If you or we terminate this Agreement, the clauses of these Terms that reasonably should survive termination of the Agreement will remain in effect.

 

19. Disclaimers 

IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR PARTICIPATE IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM, YOU DO SO AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT VentureGrab DOES NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND OR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHECKS ON ANY MEMBER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, investors AND business owner. BUT MAY CONDUCT SUCH BACKGROUND OR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHECKS, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND IF WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY A MEMBER. IF WE CHOOSE TO CONDUCT SUCH CHECKS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT SUCH CHECKS WILL IDENTIFY PRIOR MISCONDUCT BY A USER OR GUARANTEE THAT A USER WILL NOT ENGAGE IN MISCONDUCT IN THE FUTURE.

THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, COLLECTIVE CONTENT AND REFERRAL PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, VentureGrab EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. VentureGrab MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, COLLECTIVE CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LISTINGS OR ANY businesses, OR THE REFERRAL PROGRAM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. VentureGrab MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY LISTINGS, businesses, business owner, investors, YOUR ACCRUAL OF VentureGrab TRAVEL CREDITS, THE SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY COLLECTIVE CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES OR REFERRAL PROGRAM.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM VentureGrab OR THROUGH THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY business owner OR investors. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT VentureGrab DOES NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES OR TO REVIEW OR VISIT ANY businesses. VentureGrab MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, investors AND business owner, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH MEETINGS ARE ORGANIZED BY VentureGrab. VentureGrab EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY Investor OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.

 

20. Limitation of Liability 

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES AND COLLECTIVE CONTENT, YOUR LISTING OR BOOKING OF ANY businesses VIA THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM, AND ANY CONTACT YOU HAVE WITH OTHER USERS OF VentureGrab WHETHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE REMAINS WITH YOU. NEITHER VentureGrab NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR THE REFERRAL PROGRAM WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL OR BODILY INJURY OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, FROM ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INTERACTIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION, OR SERVICES OR OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM OR FROM YOUR LISTING OR BOOKING OF ANY Business VIA THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT VentureGrab HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

EXCEPT FOR OUR OBLIGATIONS TO PAY AMOUNTS TO APPLICABLE business owner PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS OR AN APPROVED PAYMENT REQUEST UNDER THE VentureGrab Business Owner GUARANTEE, IN NO EVENT WILL VentureGrab’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS AND YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FROM YOUR LISTING OR BOOKING OF ANY Business VIA THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES, OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM AND IN CONNECTION WITH ANY Business OR INTERACTIONS WITH ANY OTHER MEMBERS, EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID OR OWE FOR BOOKINGS VIA THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES AS A Investor IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR IF YOU ARE A Business Owner, THE AMOUNTS PAID BY VentureGrab TO YOU IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100), IF NO SUCH PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AS APPLICABLE. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN VentureGrab AND YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

21. Indemnification 

You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold VentureGrab and its affiliates and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content or your violation of these Terms; (b) your Member Content; (c) your (i) interaction with any Member, (ii) Booking of an Business, or (iii) creation of a Listing; (d) the use, condition or Booking of an Business by you, including but not limited to any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of a Booking or use of an Business; and (e) your participation in the Referral Program or your accrual of any VentureGrab Travel Credits.

 

22. Export Control and Restricted Countries 

You may not use, export, re-export, import, or transfer the Application except as authorized by United States law, the laws of the jurisdiction in which you obtained the Application, and any other applicable laws. In particular, but without limitation, the Application may not be exported or re-exported: (a) into any United States embargoed countries; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Persons List or Entity List. By using the Site, Application and Services, you represent and warrant that (i) neither you nor your listed Business is located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You also will not use the Site, Application and Services for any purpose prohibited by U.S. law, including the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. VentureGrab does not permit Listings associated with certain countries due to U.S. embargo restrictions. In addition to complying with the above, you must also comply with any relevant export control laws in your local jurisdiction.

 

23. Accessing and Downloading the Application from iTunes 

The following applies to any Application accessed through or downloaded from the Apple App Store (“App Store Sourced Application“):

• You acknowledge and agree that (i) these Terms are concluded between you and VentureGrab only, and not Apple, and (ii) VentureGrab, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App Store Sourced Application and content thereof. Your use of the App Store Sourced Application must comply with the App Store Terms of Services.
• You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App Store Sourced Application.
• In the event of any failure of the App Store Sourced Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the App Store Sourced Application to you and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App Store Sourced Application. As between VentureGrab and Apple, any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the sole responsibility of VentureGrab.
• You and VentureGrab acknowledge that, as between VentureGrab and Apple, Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims you have or any claims of any third party relating to the App Store Sourced Application or your possession and use of the App Store Sourced Application, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App Store Sourced Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation.
• You and VentureGrab acknowledge that, in the event of any third-party claim that the App Store Sourced Application or your possession and use of that App Store Sourced Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, as between VentureGrab and Apple, VentureGrab, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by these Terms.
• You and VentureGrab acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
• Without limiting any other terms of these Terms, you must comply with all applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App Store Sourced Application.

 

24.Entire Agreement  

Except as they may be supplemented by a document referenced and incorporated herein or by additional VentureGrab policies, guidelines, standards, or terms for a specific product, feature, service or offering, these Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between VentureGrab and you regarding the Site, Application, Services, Collective Content (excluding Payment Services), and any Bookings or Listings of businesses made via the Site, Application and Services (excluding Payment Services), and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between VentureGrab and you regarding Bookings or listings of businesses, the Site, Application, Services, and Collective Content (excluding Payment Services).

 

25. Assignment 

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without VentureGrab’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. VentureGrab may assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

 

26. Notices 

Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be in writing and given by VentureGrab (i) via a Communication (in each case to the address or phone number that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Site or via the Application. For notices made via a Communication, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

 

27. Controlling Law and Jurisdiction 

These Terms and your use of the Services will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the United States of America, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. You and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a state court located in San Francisco County, San Francisco, California or a United States District Court, Northern District of California located in San Francisco, California for any actions for which the parties retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights, as set forth in the Dispute Resolution provision below.

 

28. Dispute Resolution 

If you reside in the United States, you and VentureGrab agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, or to the use of the Services or use of the Site, Application or Collective Content (collectively, “Disputes“) will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights. You acknowledge and agree that you and VentureGrab are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action lawsuit, class-wide arbitration, private attorney-general action, or any other representative proceeding. Further, unless both you and VentureGrab otherwise agree in writing, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of any class or representative proceeding. If this specific paragraph is held unenforceable, then the entirety of this “Dispute Resolution” section will be deemed void. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, this “Dispute Resolution” section will survive any termination of these Terms.

Arbitration Rules and Governing Law. This agreement to arbitrate evidences a transaction in interstate commerce, and thus the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA“) in accordance with the Consumer Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Rules“) then in effect, except as modified by this “Dispute Resolution” section. (The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org/arb_medor by calling the AAA at 1–800–778–7879.) The Federal Arbitration Act will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section.

Arbitration Process. A party who desires to initiate arbitration must provide the other party with a written Demand for Arbitration as specified in the AAA Rules. (The AAA provides a form Demand for Arbitration.) The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of California and will be selected by the parties from the AAA’s roster of consumer dispute arbitrators. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within seven (7) days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration, then the AAA will appoint the arbitrator in accordance with the AAA Rules.

Arbitration Location and Procedure. Unless you and VentureGrab otherwise agree, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside. If your claim does not exceed $10,000, then the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents you and VentureGrab submit to the arbitrator, unless you request a hearing or the arbitrator determines that a hearing is necessary. If your claim exceeds $10,000, your right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. Subject to the AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have the discretion to direct a reasonable exchange of information by the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration.

Arbitrator’s Decision. The arbitrator will render an award within the time frame specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator’s decision will include the essential findings and conclusions upon which the arbitrator based the award. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator’s award damages must be consistent with the terms of the “Limitation of Liability” section above as to the types and the amounts of damages for which a party may be held liable. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the claimant and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant’s individual claim. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. VentureGrab will not seek, and hereby waives all rights it may have under applicable law to recover, attorneys’ fees and expenses if it prevails in arbitration.

Fees. Your responsibility to pay any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees will be solely as set forth in the AAA Rules. However, if your claim for damages does not exceed $75,000, VentureGrab will pay all such fees unless the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in your Demand for Arbitration was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)).

Changes. Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Modification” section above, if VentureGrab changes this “Dispute Resolution” section after the date you last accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms), you may reject any such change by sending us written notice (including by email) within 30 days of the date such change became effective, as indicated in the “Last Updated” date above or in the date of VentureGrab’s email to you notifying you of such change. By rejecting any change, you are agreeing that you will arbitrate any Dispute between you and VentureGrab in accordance with the provisions of this “Dispute Resolution” section as of the date you last accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms).

 

29. General 

The failure of VentureGrab to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of VentureGrab. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

 

30. Third party beneficiary 

These Terms do not and are not intended to confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties.

 

31. Additional Clauses for Users Contracting with VentureGrab Ireland 

The following paragraphs will apply if you are contracting with VentureGrab Ireland.

The second paragraph of Section 24.D, Term and Termination, Suspension and Other Measures, shall be removed and replaced with the following: “If you or we terminate this Agreement, we do not have an obligation to return to you any of your Member Content, including but not limited to any reviews or Feedback. When this Agreement has been terminated, you are not entitled to a restoration of your VentureGrab Account or any of your Member Content. If your access to or use of the Site, Application and Services has been limited or your VentureGrab Account has been suspended or this Agreement has been terminated by us, you may not register a new VentureGrab Account or attempt to access and use the Site, Application and Services through other VentureGrab Accounts.”

The Controlling Law and Jurisdiction section shall be removed and replaced with the following: “Controlling Law and Jurisdiction These Terms will be interpreted in accordance with Irish law. You and we agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts for resolving any dispute between the parties. If VentureGrab wishes to enforce any of its rights against you, we may elect to do so in the Irish courts or in the courts of the jurisdiction in which you are resident.”

The Dispute Resolution section shall be removed and is not applicable.

 

32. Additional Clauses for Users Contracting with VentureGrab China 

The following paragraphs will apply if you are contracting with VentureGrab China

The Controlling Law and Jurisdiction section shall be removed and replaced with the following: “Controlling Law and Jurisdiction These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of China (“China Laws”). Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) for arbitration in Beijing which shall be conducted in accordance with CIETAC’s arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration, provided that this section shall not be construed to limit any rights which VentureGrab may have to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for an order requiring you to perform or be prohibited from performing certain acts and other provisional relief permitted under China Laws or any other laws that may apply to you. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English. The arbitral award rendered is final and binding upon both parties.”

The Dispute Resolution section shall be removed and is not applicable.

 

33. Contacting VentureGrab 

If you have any questions about these Terms or any App Store Sourced Application, please contact VentureGrab.