Privacy Policy

Introduction

Folklore Ventures is a first cheque to forever investment firm investing in the great success stories of our time. To do this, we raise venture capital funds, invest in startups and help them achieve success. We also run leading programs, events and platforms, including our website (Services)for startups, industry members and employees. In all interactions, we understand that protecting personal information is important and we handle information with the utmost confidentiality.

This Privacy Policy details our commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us, or otherwise collected by us, when providing our Services. In this Privacy Policy,'us' 'we' or 'our' means Folklore Ventures Pty Ltd (ACN 614 351 058) and all its subsidiaries and affiliates. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets outs out how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy considers the requirements of the Australian Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) (Australian Act).

By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.

Personal information definition:

‍Personal information includes information, and in Australia includes opinion, about an individual that is reasonably identifiable, whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not.

The types of personal information we collect

When you pitch your company to us or send your pitch to us for investment and/or we invest in your company

Your name
Your contact details including email address, street address and telephone number
Your career history
Links to your website/LinkedIn profile and/or other social media profiles
Data and documents you provide to us and which are required for AntiMoney Laundering, Counter Terrorism Financing checks and other required checks
Your financial information
Your passport and other identification documents
Information you provide to us, including feedback, founder surveys, questionnaires or otherwise
Your preferences and/or opinions
Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party.

When you invest or apply to invest in one of our funds

Your name
Your contact details including email address, street address and telephone number
Your date of birth
Your financial information
Data and documents you provide to us and which are required for AntiMoney Laundering, Counter Terrorism Financing checks and other required checks
Your passport and other identification documents.
Details of the products and services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver those products and services and respond to your enquiries
Any additional information relating to you that you provide to us via email, your investment application or directly through our website from which you permit us to collect information
Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party.

When you participate in, or apply for, one of our programs

Your name
Your contact details including email address, street address and telephone number
Your gender identity
Your employer and job title
Your employment history
Links to social media or websites
Information you provide to us, including through feedback, customer surveys, questionnaires or otherwise
Your preferences and/or opinions
Details of programs or events we have provided to you and/or that you have enquired about, and our response to you
Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party.

When you apply for or send us your details in relation to employment, volunteering, internships or mentoring with us, are part of our network of talent or provide us with services as a contractor

Your name
Your contact details, including email address and telephone number
Your financial information (if required)
Your employment history and qualifications
Your visa and employment eligibility
Your emergency contacts
Information we require to onboard you, including background checks and any other information we are required to collect by law.

In addition, when you apply for a job or position with us we may collect certain information from any recruitment consultant representing you, your previous employers and others, who may be able to provide information to us to assist in our decision.

When you visit our website

Your browser behaviour, browser session and geo-location data, statistics on page views and sessions, acquisition sources, search queries and device and network information
Your engagement and use of our Services, including using internet cookies and your communications with our online Services
Information about your device and network setup, such as your IP address, browser type, and internet service provider
Additional personal information that you provide to us, directly or indirectly, through your use of our Services, associated applications, associated social media platforms and/or accounts from which you permit us to collect information
Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party.

Collecting and holding of your personal information

We may collect (directly, indirectly or from third parties), hold, use and disclose your personal information in the following ways:

Directly: We may collect personal information which you directly provide to us for any of the above mentioned reasons and including when a person reaches out to us via our website, email or phone.

Indirectly: We may collect personal information which you indirectly provide to us for any of the above mentioned reasons and including when a person reaches out to us via our website, email or phone.

From third parties: We collect information from third parties, such as:

Recruiters or other businesses in our network that we engage with to provide a service
Background check providers for fund administration, recruitment and HR services
Analytics, cookie and marketing providers who provide details of use of our website and marketing.

Purpose of collecting, storing, using and disclosing your personal information:

To enable you to access and use our Services
To operate, protect, improve and optimise our Services and our investor experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research and for advertising and marketing
To send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by you
To send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you, including information sent by, or on behalf of, our business partners that we think you may find interesting
To comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our investors, and enforce our agreements with third parties
To consider your employment application.

How we use your personal information

When you pitch your company to us or send your pitch to us for investment and/or we invest in your company we use your information to assess and process your application and complete due diligence, to invest and undertake transactions, to onboard you and your company into the portfolio, for compliance record keeping and administration, to contact and communicate with you, to obtain feedback, to provide support and to comply with legal obligations, compliance and commercial support.
When you invest or apply to invest in one of our funds we use your information to assess and process your investment, for onboarding, to manage relationships and administer investment and returns you have, record keeping and administration, to provide information about funds, to provide products or Services, to obtain feedback and to comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.
When you participate in, or apply for, one of our programs we use your information to assess your application, onboard, provide Services, for record keeping and administration to contact and communicate with you and to provide support, to obtain feedback, to report on diversity, for market research to improve our offerings, to comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.
When you apply for or send us your details in relation to employment, volunteering, interning or mentoring with us, are part of our network of talent or provide us with services as a contractor we use your information to assess and process your application, onboard you, for internal record keeping, administrative, payroll, billing and invoicing purposes, to contact and communicate with your, to comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes, and/or if otherwise required or authorised by law.
When you visit our website or interact with us we use your information to provide our website or services to you, to communicate with you, for analytics, market research and business purposes, for advertising and marketing purposes, to comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes, and/or if otherwise required or authorised by law.

To whom do we disclose your personal information to

Our employees and related entities, when required and relevant
Third party suppliers and service providers when required for them to perform their service
Third parties to collect and process data, such as Google Analytics
A person or entity where we are required or requested by you to make an introduction
When collected as part of a program, certain information may be shared with other participants
Readers of our external content where you may be featured
Sponsors of competitions, promotions or events
Anyone to whom our assets or businesses (or any part of them) are transferred
Specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us
Other persons, including government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement
Agencies, or as required, authorised or permitted by law.

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Disclosure of personal information outside Australia

When you provide your personal information to us, you consent to the disclosure of your information outside ofAustralia and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle that personal information in compliance with AustralianPrivacy Law. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian privacy principles.

Your rights and choice to the personal information provided by you

We ask you please take the time to read our Privacy Policy in detail. In providing personal information, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with thisPrivacy Policy. You have the choice to provide personal information to us, however, in not doing so it may impact our ability to provide our Services to you and your use of our Services.

Collecting and storing of your sensitive information

Sensitive Information isa sub-set of personal information and is given a higher level of protection under the Privacy Act. ‘Sensitive information’ is defined in the Privacy Act to mean information or an opinion about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of apolitical association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices or criminal record.

We will not collect sensitive information about you without first obtaining your consent, unless otherwise permitted by law.

We only collect, hold, use and disclose sensitive information for the following purposes:

- The primary purpose for which it is collected, including to comply with any regulatory requirements

- Directly related purposes to the primary purpose for which it wascollected, including disclosure to the listed third parties as reasonablynecessary to provide our Services to you

- In an emergency, where we reasonably believe there is a serious risk to the life, health or safety of you or another person and it is impracticable for us to obtain your consent

- If otherwise required or authorised by law.

Unsubscribing

You can limit our use of yourpersonal information for marketing by contacting us as described below.To unsubscribe from our email list or opt out of other communications, pleaseuse the unsubscribe link provided in the communication.

Using our website and cookies

Security

We store your personal information in both digital and physical formats. We have implemented robust security measures that align with industry best practices to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure. These measures include physical safeguards, electronic protections, and managerial protocols designed to safeguard and secure your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

We prioritise security, but we can't guarantee the safety of information sent over the internet. Sending and receiving information online is performed at your own risk.

If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.

Links on our website to other websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those websites may differ from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.

Access to information

You can request access to or changes in your personal information by contacting us as described below. Please note that in some cases, we may be legally restricted from providing access. If we cannot fulfil your request, we will inform you as soon as possible, explain the reasons, and provide information on how to file a complaint. If we can provide access to your information in an alternative format, we will take appropriate steps to do so.

Correction of information

If you believe your information is incorrect, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us using the information below. We will promptly take reasonable actions to correct inaccuracies. In certain cases, we may be legally prohibited from modifying your personal information and in this case we will inform you as soon as possible, explain the reasons for our decision, and provide information on how to file a complaint.

Making a complaint

If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information you can contact us at info@folklore.vc. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. Where possible, the complaint should include enough information to help us resolve it. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may, at any time and at our discretion amend this Privacy Policy by publishing the amended Privacy Policy on our website. It is recommended you check and review our website on a regular basis to ensure you are aware of our current Privacy Policy and how we collect and use information.

Contact Us

info@folklore.vc

Tenancy 4, Level 1, 16 Eveleigh Street, Redfern NSW 2016.

Effective as of 01.11.2016, last updated 11.06.25