Last Updated: August 7, 2025
Cold Start LLC and its affiliates (“Cold Start,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your information when you visit our website at https://www.coldstartventures.com/ (the “Site”), submit forms, or otherwise interact with us.
By using our Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
Personal Information You Provide: Name, email address, LinkedIn profile, company affiliation, role, and information in founder applications, investor outreach, or inquiries.
Automatically Collected Information: IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages visited, collected via cookies and similar tools.
Communications: Records of correspondence with us.
Evaluate founder applications, investor inquiries, and partnership proposals
Improve the Site and marketing efforts
Comply with legal obligation
We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration.
Unless covered by a separate NDA, all ideas or proposals submitted to Cold Start are not confidential and may be used without obligation.
We process data based on contract performance, legitimate interests, legal obligations, or consent.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, port, or opt out of certain data uses. To exercise rights, contact privacy@coldstartventures.com.
We use cookies to operate the Site and improve services. You may disable cookies in your browser.
With service providers, affiliates, and as required by law.
We keep data only as long as necessary for the purposes described, unless longer retention is required by law.
Your data may be transferred to and processed in the U.S., which may have different data protection laws than your jurisdiction.
We use reasonable measures to protect data but cannot guarantee complete security.
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites linked from our Site.
We do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 18.
We may update this Privacy Policy and will post the updated date at the top.
Email privacy@coldstartventures.com with any privacy concerns.
California residents have the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of certain uses of personal information. See main Privacy Policy for details.
EEA/UK residents have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, port, and object to processing. See main Privacy Policy for details.
