Terms of Use Startbase

§ 1 Object and definitions

1. Startbase GmbH, c/o fintogether, Rothebühlstraße 87, 70178 Stuttgart (hereinafter referred to asthe "Platform Operator" or "we") has set itself the task of offering a platform for networking startups, investors, SMEs and corporations with Startbase at www.startbase.de. To this end, interested parties (hereinafter referred to as "you") can register on the platform free of charge, create their own company profiles and exchange information in a reliable network.
2. We are free to decide on the content, appearance, design, functionality and features of Startbase (hereinafter "Platform" or "Startbase"). This includes the right to redesign, modify, remove or change the content, appearance, design, functionality and other features of the Platform as well as individual elements, aspects, parts or features at any time or to modify access to them.
3. The Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Platform and thus the legal relationship between you and us.
4. The legal relationship is based exclusively on the terms of use of the platform operator.

§ 2 Modifications

1. We are We are entitled to amend these Terms of Use in the event of technical functions or changes to the legal situation with effect for the future. change. The respective current version is available on our website available. Please visit our website regularly and inform yourself inform yourself about the applicable terms of use.
2. As a registered user, we will inform you in good time of any changes to the terms of use. If you continue to use our website after the changes come into offer, you thereby declare your agreement with the amended conditions. conditions. If you do not agree with the changes, you can delete your user account at any time or inform us of your wish to delete your user account. to us.

§ 3 Services provided by Startbase

1. We make Startbase available to you for information purposes, such as viewing company profiles, press releases and statistics as well as a calendar of events. In this case, you do not have access to all the information options of Startbase. By using the platform, you agree to the terms of use.
2. If you decide to register yourself or the company you represent, you can make full use of the other functionalities of Startbase, make individual settings and provide further information about yourself or the company. In this case, the following provisions also apply to the contractual relationship.
3. We do not check the accuracy or legal admissibility of the content and profiles posted before publication. You alone are responsible for this content.

§ 4 Conclusion of contract, setting up an account, creating a profile

1. To To set up a user account, prior registration is required. The registration request of a company is only permitted by authorized persons. With the registration request, you confirm that you are of legal age, i.e. that you have reached the age of 18. age, and that you are authorized to conclude a corresponding contract contract for yourself or the company you represent and that the information you information you have provided is complete and correct.
2. By sending the registration request on the platform, you are making a binding offer to conclude a to conclude a contract for the use of the platform.
3. After successful you will receive a confirmation e-mail with the activation to the e-mail address e-mail address you have provided. The sending of this confirmation e-mail constitutes constitutes acceptance of the offer to conclude a contract for the use of the platform.
4. The confirmation e-mail contains a link that you must click on in order to activate activate the registration on the platform. This gives you the possibility to create your user profile and access to the area for registered area for registered users is activated.
5. We are entitled to accept a company's offer to conclude a contract for the use of the use of the platform (registration request) without giving reasons. without giving reasons. There is no entitlement to the conclusion of a contract for the use of the platform does not exist.
6. After conclusion the user contract, you can edit your user profile and post content. post content. You can also decide what information and to what extent to what extent information can be viewed by other Startbase users.
7. The registration and use of the platform is currently free of charge. We reserve the right reserve the right to offer additional paid services.

§ 5 Use of Startbase, duties of care and cooperation

1. Registration takes place via the platform using the access data (e-mail address and password). You must ensure that your password meets high quality requirements (tips can be found on the website of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) at the URL https://www.bsi-fuer-buerger.de/BSIFB/DE/Empfehlungen/Passwoerter/passwoerter_node.html. You must ensure that no other person gains knowledge of this password. We expressly point out that anyone who comes into possession of the password has the opportunity to misuse the platform. In particular, the password should not be stored unsecured electronically and spying out when entering the password should be prevented. If you discover that another person has knowledge of your password or suspects that this is the case, you are obliged to change the password immediately. If a change is not possible, you must inform us immediately.
2. We will send important notifications relating to the contractual relationship to the e-mail address we have on file for you. For this reason, it is also necessary to regularly check your e-mail inbox and, if applicable, the spam folder for possible messages from us.
3. You are obliged to inform us immediately of any changes to the personal data you have stored, such as your name, place of residence and e-mail address. In order to ensure a secure platform and the reliability of the data stored, it may be necessary for us to request further information or documents from you in addition to the data already stored.
4. You are prohibited from distributing and publicly reproducing content from the platform or content from other users of the platform, unless this distribution and public reproduction is provided for in the context of the respective Startbase application or the other user has consented to the distribution and public reproduction and to refrain from any action that is likely to impair the functionality of the platform, in particular to place an excessive burden on it.

§ 6 Copyright authorization of use

1. You grant the Platform Operator the right to use names, trademarks, logos and images without restriction in terms of time, subject matter and territory, names, brands, logos and images as well as any other information and content you information and content transmitted by you free of charge for presentation on the the platform and to pass them on within the scope of the platform's offers.
2. You must ensure that you are authorized to grant the aforementioned rights and that these rights are free from third-party rights.

§ 7 Responsibility for content and indemnification

1. We do not check whether the content you post violates the rights of third parties or other legal requirements.
2. You are responsible for the permissibility of the content you post and for ensuring that it does not infringe the rights of third parties, in particular with regard to copyright, competition law and criminal law.
3. You hereby indemnify us against all claims asserted against us by third parties due to an infringement of their rights by the content you have posted.
4. We are entitled to temporarily or permanently block the content posted on the platform, to remove it from the network, or to change it so that it no longer infringes the rights of third parties, or to issue a required cease-and-desist declaration if the platform operator is sued by third parties for injunctive relief due to content that a company has posted on the platform.

§ 8 Contract duration and termination

1. The contract of use is concluded for an indefinite period. Either party may terminate this terminate this contract of use at any time without notice. The termination can be declared in writing or by e-mail to team@startbase.de.
2. The contractual relationship ends when the termination takes effect. We will then delete the delete the user account and the posted content. We reserve the right to continue to use selected data for statistical purposes.
3. The right to extraordinary termination for good cause remains unaffected.
4. In addition the platform operator may take appropriate measures in individual cases if there are there are concrete indications that a company is violating legal violates legal regulations, third-party rights or uses the platform for purposes other than those purposes other than those agreed.

§ 9 Liability, availability

1. In the fulfillment of essential contractual obligations, we are liable for any fault of our of our employees and the persons we engage to fulfill these obligations (vicarious agents). (vicarious agents). Material contractual obligations are those contractual obligations, the fulfillment of which is essential for the proper contractual relationship in the first place and on the fulfillment of which you compliance with which you may regularly rely, or the breach of which would jeopardize the purpose of the contract would be jeopardized.
2. In the fulfillment of other contractual obligations, we shall only be liable for intent and gross negligence on the part of our employees and the persons we engage to fulfill these fulfill these obligations; this does not apply to damages resulting from injury to life injury to life, limb or health.
3. Insofar as you contributed to the occurrence of damage through culpable behavior damage, the principles of contributory negligence shall determine the extent to which extent to which we have to bear the damage.
4. We are not liable for damage caused by force majeure, riots, war and natural natural disasters or other events for which we are not responsible (e.g. strikes, lockouts). (e.g. strike, lockout, traffic disruption, orders from higher authorities at home or abroad).

§ 10 Availability

1. We cannot guarantee that third-party services, in particular network services or other third-party provisions, will always be available without interruption, error-free and secure.
2. The availability of our services may also be limited due to a disruption caused by force majeure, riots, war, natural disasters or other events for which we are not responsible. In such cases, we are entitled to restrict availability at our reasonable discretion (Section 315 BGB). This shall also apply in the event of corresponding incidents or corresponding interventions by higher authorities.

§ 11 Data protection

1. Personal data will only be collected, processed and/or used with your consent or if this is permitted by law. Personal data is used on the basis of legal permission, in particular in connection with the fulfillment of contractual obligations. We offer you a variety of functions that can be customized. In order to provide the services, it may also be necessary to process and use your personal data. For details, please refer to our privacy policy.
2. When using Startbase, we also offer the option of transmitting some or all of your personal data to other users. The transmission of this data is at your own risk.

§ 12 Final provisions

1. The initiation of the contract and the contractual relationship are subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The contractual language is German.
2. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes in connection with these terms and conditions of use is Stuttgart for contracts with merchants, legal entities under public law or special funds under public law. Any exclusive place of jurisdiction shall take precedence.
3. The assignment of claims arising from the contractual relationship is excluded.
4. Should individual clauses of these Terms of Use be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining clauses.

Status: 23.09.2019