1. Who we are and what these terms cover
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and The Axlund Group, a Delaware corporation in formation ("Axlund Chen", "we", "us"). They cover the website at axlundchen.com, the intake forms, the Axlund Chen platform, our emails and digests, and any other service we provide (together, the "Service").
By using the Service, or by submitting information through any of our forms, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you use the Service for a fund, firm or company, you confirm that you may bind it to these Terms, and "you" includes it.
2. What Axlund Chen is, and what it is not
Axlund Chen is a matching platform. Investors tell us what they invest in. Companies tell us what they are raising and give us information about their business. We apply each investor's own criteria to each company and show whether they fit.
Axlund Chen is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, placement agent or funding portal. We do not:
- recommend, rank or endorse any company, investor or investment;
- offer, sell or solicit any security, or take part in negotiating any investment;
- hold money or securities for anyone; or
- charge any fee that depends on whether an investment happens, or on its size.
A fit light shows whether a company matches an investor's stated criteria. It never says a company is a good investment, or that an investor will invest. Any decision to invest, or to accept an investment, is yours alone.
3. Who may use the Service
You must be at least 18 and able to enter a binding contract. If you use the Service as an investor, you confirm that you and the fund or firm you represent meet any status the law requires for the investments you look at, such as accredited investor status in the United States, and that you will tell us if that changes. We may ask you to verify that status or your capital, and we may limit what you see until you do.
4. Free use, and how we contact you
Parts of the Service are free, including the intake forms, the counts of who fits and the weekly digests. We provide them free because they let us match you with the other side.
When you submit information through an Axlund Chen intake form or any other Axlund Chen form, whether or not you ever pay us, you agree that we may contact you about potential deal flow. That means we may email you, and call or message you if you gave us a phone number or profile, about:
- companies or investors that fit the criteria and answers you gave us, with their names and a summary of their profile;
- weekly digests of new matches;
- invitations to register, complete your profile, verify information or move to a paid plan; and
- changes to the Service and to these Terms.
Every marketing email has an unsubscribe link, and you can also write to privacy@axlundchen.com. If you unsubscribe from deal flow emails, we stop sending them, and we may stop providing the free matching service to you, since that service is those emails. We may still send messages you need about an account or a payment.
In the same way, when you match another user, we show them your company or firm profile. We give your personal contact details and documents to the other side only when you agree. See the Privacy Policy for what we share and with whom.
5. Your information
You keep ownership of the information you give us. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, copy, analyze and display it as needed to run the Service, including to:
- apply it to other users' criteria and show the result as a fit light or a count;
- show your profile, including your company or firm name and a summary of your answers, to users it fits; and
- create aggregated or de-identified statistics, such as market indexes, that do not identify you or your company.
You confirm that what you give us is accurate to the best of your knowledge, that you have the right to share it, and that sharing it does not break any confidentiality duty you owe anyone. Information shows as a claim until we verify it at its source. Verification checks a number against a document or system of record; it is not an audit and not a judgment on the business.
6. Information you see about others
Information about other users that you see through the Service is confidential. Use it only to decide whether to pursue an investment or raise with that user. Do not copy it into another database, share it with anyone outside your firm who does not need it for that purpose, or use it to contact the user outside the Service before they agree to meet.
We do not check everything users tell us. Do your own diligence, and get your own legal, tax and financial advice, before you invest or raise.
7. Paid plans
Paid plans are billed as a flat fee per term, at the price shown when you buy. Fees never depend on whether an investment happens. Unless the order says otherwise, a plan renews at the end of each term at the then-current price unless you cancel before it renews, and fees already paid are not refunded. Prices exclude taxes, which you pay.
8. Acceptable use
Do not:
- give false or misleading information, or pretend to be someone else;
- scrape, copy or resell the Service or its data, or use automated means to access it without our written permission;
- try to get into accounts or systems that are not yours, or test our security without our written permission;
- use the Service to offer securities to the public, or in any way that breaks securities or other law; or
- interfere with the Service or other users.
9. Our property
The Service, including its software, design, the Axlund Standard, and the Axlund Chen names and logos, belongs to us or our licensors. These Terms give you a limited right to use the Service for its intended purpose, and no other right. If you send us feedback, we may use it without owing you anything.
10. Disclaimers
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not promise that any match leads to a meeting or an investment, that information from other users is accurate, or that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
11. Limits on our liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost investments or lost data, arising from the Service or these Terms. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and US$100. Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.
12. Indemnity
You will defend and indemnify Axlund Chen against third-party claims arising from information you give us, your investments or raises, or your breach of these Terms or the law.
13. Ending your use
You may stop using the Service at any time, and ask us to delete your information as the Privacy Policy describes. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, if the law requires it, or if we stop offering the Service. Sections 5, 6 and 9 to 15 survive the end of these Terms.
14. Changes to these terms
We may change these Terms. We will post the new version here with its effective date, and email registered users about material changes before they take effect. If you keep using the Service after that date, you accept the new Terms.
15. Law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute goes to the state or federal courts in New Castle County, Delaware, and you and we agree to their jurisdiction. Nothing here limits rights you have under the consumer protection laws of the place you live.
16. Contact
The Axlund Group. Email david@axlundchen.com, or privacy@axlundchen.com for anything about your data.