Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Global Deal Flow (“GDF,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), including our website, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the “Platform”). By creating an account or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to these Terms.

01Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Platform, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you may not use the Platform.

02Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement to use the Platform. If you're using the Platform on behalf of a company, fund, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

03Accounts & Security

You're responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorized access. You agree to provide accurate, current information when creating and maintaining your profile.

04Description of Service

GDF is a discovery and networking platform that connects founders raising capital with investors sourcing deal flow, and connects both with relevant service providers.

Tools such as the SAFE generator, cap table features, and messaging are provided for convenience and do not constitute legal, financial, or investment advice.

05Member Content & Listings

You retain ownership of the content you submit to the Platform, including company listings, profile information, and documents (“Member Content”). By submitting Member Content, you grant GDF a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and distribute that content to other members and, where applicable, to the public, for the purpose of operating the Platform.

You're solely responsible for the accuracy of your Member Content and represent that you have the right to submit it. All listings are subject to our published Quality Standards, and GDF retains discretion to approve, reject, or remove any listing.

06Verification & Compliance

Certain features require identity verification, phone confirmation, or accreditation status. You agree to provide accurate information for these processes. Founders are solely responsible for ensuring any offering complies with applicable securities laws, including required exemptions and investor accreditation verification — GDF's verification tools assist with this but do not constitute a legal compliance guarantee.

07Data Use & Sharing

Connecting capital with opportunity is the core purpose of the Platform, and that requires sharing certain information between members. This section explains how your data is used and shared as part of that purpose.

7.1 Network Visibility

When you create a profile or submit a listing, the information you designate as visible (per your privacy settings) is shared with other members as part of the Platform's core matching function — for example, a founder's listing is visible to investors browsing deal flow, and an investor's profile is visible to founders they connect with.

7.2 Aggregated & Anonymized Data

GDF may compile, aggregate, and anonymize data from across the Platform — such as fundraising trends, investor activity patterns, or market benchmarks — and use, publish, or license this aggregated data. Aggregated data does not identify any individual member.

7.3 Data-Driven Matching & Introductions

To help founders and investors find each other more effectively, GDF may make certain member information available as part of premium matching, introduction, or data services — for example, surfacing relevant investor mandates to founders raising in a matching category, or relevant deal flow to investors with a stated thesis. These services may generate revenue for GDF, whether through platform fees, data licensing, or compensation from participating members or partners.

7.4 Your Choices

You can control the visibility of certain profile fields through your account settings. Where applicable law classifies our data practices as a “sale” or “share” of personal information — such as under the California Consumer Privacy Act — GDF provides the opt-out rights and mechanisms required by law, as described in our Privacy Policy.

08Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

• Submit false, misleading, or fraudulent information in any listing or profile
• Use the Platform for any illegal purpose, including offerings that violate securities law
• Scrape, harvest, or bulk-export member data outside normal platform use
• Solicit members for products or services outside the Platform's intended purpose
• Attempt to circumvent verification, accreditation, or access controls
• Interfere with the security or normal operation of the Platform

09Fees & Payment

Certain features require a paid subscription, billed in advance on a recurring basis until cancelled. All fees are non-refundable, including partial-period fees when you cancel, downgrade, or stop using the Platform before the end of a billing cycle, except where required by applicable law or expressly stated otherwise at GDF's sole discretion.

You're responsible for cancelling a subscription before it renews if you don't want to be charged again; failure to cancel in time does not entitle you to a refund for the renewed period. Prices are subject to change with notice, and continued use after a price change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new pricing.

9.1 Disputed Charges

If you believe you were charged in error, contact us before initiating a chargeback or payment dispute with your bank or card issuer. Initiating a chargeback without first contacting us may result in immediate suspension of your account while the dispute is resolved. GDF reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts with a pattern of unwarranted chargebacks or payment disputes.

10Intellectual Property

The Platform, including its design, features, and underlying technology, is owned by GDF and protected by intellectual property law. These Terms do not grant you any rights to GDF's trademarks, logos, or proprietary technology outside of your permitted use of the Platform.

11Termination

11.1 By You

You may close your account at any time through your account settings or by contacting us. Closing your account does not entitle you to a refund of any prepaid fees.

11.2 By GDF

GDF may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Platform, remove any listing or content, and refuse service to any person, at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause, at our sole discretion. Reasons may include, without limitation: violation of these Terms or our Quality Standards, fraudulent or misleading conduct, reports from other members, suspected illegal activity, chargeback or payment disputes, or any other reason we determine poses a risk to the integrity of the network — whether or not that reason is explicitly listed here.

11.3 Reported Users & Content

GDF may investigate reports of misconduct submitted by members and take action up to and including content removal and account termination, based on our own assessment of the report — we are not obligated to share the identity of a reporting party, provide a hearing, or reach a particular outcome requested by any party involved.

11.4 Re-Registration

If your account is terminated for violation of these Terms, you may not create a new account or attempt to access the Platform under a different identity, and GDF may use available technical measures to identify and block repeat registration attempts. Creating a new account to evade a suspension or ban is itself a violation of these Terms.

11.5 Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to access the Platform ends immediately. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — will survive.

12Disclaimer of Warranties

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. GDF does not warrant the accuracy of any listing, the outcome of any investment, or that the Platform will be uninterrupted or error-free.

13Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, GDF and its affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Platform, including any investment decision made as a result of information or connections made through it.

14Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold GDF harmless from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from your use of the Platform, your Member Content, or your violation of these Terms.

15Dispute Resolution

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights, including your right to go to court.

15.1 Informal Resolution First

Before filing a claim, you agree to contact us at legal@globaldealflow.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days. Most concerns can be resolved this way without formal proceedings.

15.2 Binding Arbitration

If a dispute isn't resolved informally, you and GDF agree that it will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court, except as set out below. Arbitration will take place in Orange County, California, or, at your election, may be conducted by phone, video, or based on written submissions for claims that qualify under AAA's rules. Each party bears its own attorneys' fees unless the arbitrator determines otherwise; fees required to be paid by GDF under AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules will be paid by GDF.

15.3 Class Action & Jury Trial Waiver

You and GDF each agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. Both parties waive any right to a jury trial. If this class action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) may proceed in court, and the remainder of this arbitration provision remains in effect.

15.4 Small Claims Carve-Out

Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court instead of arbitration, if the claim qualifies for that court's jurisdiction.

15.5 Your Right to Opt Out

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to legal@globaldealflow.com within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms. Your notice must include your name, account email, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, neither you nor GDF is required to arbitrate, but all other parts of these Terms, including the class action waiver, remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

16Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

17Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the “Last Updated” date above, and where required by law, we'll provide additional notice. Continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

18Contact