Privacy Policy

Last updated on June 11, 2025.

This page states the Privacy Policy under which You, the website or platform user ("You" or "Your" or "Yourself") may use or correspond with this website and platform, www.fundu.vc ("Our Site"), which is owned by FundU VC ("We" or "Us" or "Our").

We respect Your privacy interests and operate Our Site by these principles. We have taken reasonable steps to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the Personal Data that You may provide. This statement sets out the basis on which any Personal Data we collect from You, or that You provide to Us, will be processed by Us.

"Personal Data" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

By visiting Our Site, You acknowledge that You have read and understood the processes and policies referred to in this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are / Data Controller

The entity controlling the processing of Your Personal Data is FundU VC. The contact details of the controller are as follows:

Address: 1er Étage M14-15, Millenium Center، Tunis 2046.
Registration: Registered under number 1759400H
Email: For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@fundu.vc.

Information We Collect

We collect different categories of data depending on Your user profile (Startup, Investor, or Support Organization) and Your use of our services. This includes:

Startup Data:

Identification & Contact Info: Name, role, email, phone number, profile picture.
Company Info: Legal name, address, sector, stage, team size, etc.
Team Information: Founders' backgrounds, social media profiles.
Company Overview: This includes, but is not limited to, your Mission And Vision, your Problem and Value Proposition, your Product and Technology…
Cap Table: This includes your startup's funding journey and equity distribution
Metrics: This includes your startup's metrics
Newsletter: This includes but is not limited to your fundraising updates, company highlights and milestones
Uploaded Documents for Data Room: This includes, but is not limited to, your Investor Brief, Pitch Deck, Financial Models, Legal Documents, and other business-related materials You choose to upload.
Progress and Usage Data: Self-assessment results, investment readiness score, and activity history on the platform.

Investor Data:

Identification & Contact Info: Name, role, email, phone number.
Professional Information: Investment structure, sectors of interest, preferred stages, and investment criteria.
Usage Data: Startups viewed, interactions, and search preferences.

Technical Data (for all users):

Cookies & Trackers: We use essential, preference, and analytics cookies to operate and improve Our Site.
Log Files / Connection Data: Our servers log standard information for each request, including IP address, browser type, operating system, date, and time of connection. We use these logs to help improve Our service, monitor demand, and ensure the security of Our Site.

Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing

We will only process Your Personal Data where we have a legal basis to do so. The legal basis will depend on the reason We collected and need to use Your Personal Data.

Performance of a Contract: Most of our data processing is necessary to perform the contract that binds us (the Terms of Use you accepted). This includes creating and managing Your account, storing Your documents in the Data Room, and generating AI-based analyses and recommendations.
Legitimate Interest: We may process some data on the basis of our legitimate interests, such as improving our services and AI, ensuring platform security, preventing fraud, and producing anonymized statistical analyses to understand market trends.
Consent: Certain processing activities are based on Your explicit consent. This includes sharing your investment readiness score with investors, granting third-party access to your documents, using non-essential cookies, and sending marketing communications. You may withdraw Your consent at any time.
Legal Obligations: Some data processing is required to comply with our legal obligations, such as responding to requests from legal authorities.

When We Share and Who Can Access Your Personal Data

We may share Your Personal Data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy with:

Other Users (with Your permission): We facilitate connections between Startups and Investors. Your profile information and documents in Your Data Room are only shared with other users based on settings You control and consent You provide.
Subcontractors and Service Providers: We use trusted third parties for services like cloud hosting, analytics, maintenance, and communication tools. These providers act only under our instructions and are contractually bound to protect your data.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose Your data if required by law or to protect Our rights or safety. This includes responding to legal requests from authorities and preventing or investigating potential fraud.
Business Transfers: In the event that we sell or buy a business or assets, We may disclose Your Personal Data to the prospective seller or buyer.

For any transfer of Personal Data outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") to third parties, We will ensure there is adequate protection under European law, for example by using Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your Rights

In accordance with applicable data protection laws (including GDPR), you have the right to:

Access a copy of Your Personal Data and information about how We process it.
Rectify inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data.
Erasure of Your Personal Data in certain circumstances (the "right to be forgotten").
Restrict or Object to the processing of Your Personal Data.
Data Portability, allowing You to receive Your data in a structured, machine-readable format. Our platform includes an export feature for this purpose.
Rights related to automated decisions, including our AI-driven scoring. You have the right to request human intervention, express Your point of view, and contest an algorithmic decision.

To exercise Your rights, please contact Us at support@fundu.vc. We may ask You to verify Your identity before processing Your request.

Complaint

If You believe Your data is unlawfully processed by Us, You may lodge a complaint with Your local Data Protection Authority. We encourage you to contact Us first so we can address your concerns directly.

Time We Keep Your Personal Data

We retain Your Personal Data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected.

Account Data is kept as long as Your account is active, and for up to 3 years after Your last activity.
Uploaded Documents are retained while your account is active and for 6 months after closure to allow for recovery.
Other data is retained according to legal requirements (e.g., billing data) or for defined periods (e.g., analytics data).

After the retention period, data is either securely deleted or irreversibly anonymized for statistical purposes.

Security

Your Personal Data is stored on secure servers, primarily located in the European Union. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard Your data, including encryption, firewalls, access controls, and regular security audits.

Please note, however, that electronic transmissions via the Internet are not 100% secure. While We take all reasonable precautions, We cannot guarantee the absolute security of transmissions.

Notifications of Change

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. In case of significant changes, We will notify You by email or via a visible notice on Our Site. Changes will be dated and effective from the date specified. We encourage You to review this page periodically.