terms of use

Terms of use Startbase

§ 1 Subject matter and definitions

  1. Startbase GmbH, c/o fintogether, Rothebühlstraße 87, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany (hereinafter referred to as"platform operator" or "we") has set itself the task with Startbase at www.startbase.de of offering a platform for networking startup companies, investors, medium-sized companies and corporations. To this end, interested parties (hereinafter "you") can register for free on the platform, 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 it.
  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 exclusively based on the terms of use of the platform operator.

§ 2 Modifications

  1. We are entitled to amend these Terms of Use in the event of technical enhancements, new functions or changes in the legal situation with effect for the future. change. The current version is available on our website. available. Please visit our website on a regular basis and inform yourself about the 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 offer after the changes come into effect, you declare your agreement with the changed conditions. If you do not agree with the changes, you can delete your user account at any time or delete your user account at any time or inform us of your wish to delete your user account. communicate.

§ 3 Services of Startbase

  1. We make Startbase available to you for informational purposes, such as viewing company profiles, press releases and statistics, and a calendar of events. In this case, you do not have access to all of Startbase's information options. 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 regulations also apply to the contractual relationship.
  3. Submitted content and submitted profiles are not checked by us for correctness of content or legal admissibility prior to publication. You alone are responsible for these contents.

§ 4 Conclusion of contract, creation of an account, creation of 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 age, i.e. that you have reached the age of 18. age, and that you are authorized to enter into a corresponding contract contract for yourself or the company you represent, and that the information you have that the information you have provided is complete and correct.
  2. By sending registration request on the platform, you make a binding offer to conclude a contract for the conclusion of 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 you have e-mail address provided by you. The sending of this confirmation e-mail constitutes acceptance of the offer to conclude a contract for the use of the platform. platform.
  4. The confirmation e-mail contains a link that must be clicked by you in order to activate the activate the registration on the platform. You will then receive to create your user profile and access to the area for registered users is area for registered users is activated.
  5. We are entitled to accept the offer of a company to enter into a contract for the use of the platform (registration request) without giving reasons. reject. There is no claim to the conclusion of a contract for the use of the platform. 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 which information and to what extent information is which information and to what extent it can be viewed by other Startbase users.
  7. The registration and use of the platform is currently free of charge. We reserve the reserve the right to offer further services for a fee.

§ 5 Use of Startbase, duties of care and cooperation

  1. You register via the platform using your access data (e-mail address and password). You are responsible for ensuring that your password meets high quality standards (tips can be found on the website of the German 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 any person who comes into possession of the password has the possibility of misusing the platform. In particular, the password should not be stored electronically in an unsecured manner and spying out when entering the password should be prevented. If you find out that another person has knowledge of your password or he has a suspicion of this, you are obliged to change the password immediately. If a change is not possible, you must inform us immediately.
  2. For the contractual relationship, we transmit important messages to your e-mail address on file with us. Therefore, it is also necessary in this respect that your e-mail box and, if necessary, the spam folder are regularly checked for possible messages from us.
  3. You are obliged to inform us immediately of any changes to the personal data you have deposited with us, such as your name, place of residence and e-mail address. In the interest of a secure platform and reliability of the deposited data, it may be necessary for us to request further information or documents from you in addition to the already existing data.
  4. You are prohibited from distributing and publicly reproducing contents of the platform or contents of other users of the platform, unless this distribution and public reproduction is provided for within the scope of the respective application of Startbase or the other user has agreed to the distribution and public reproduction, as well as to refrain from any action that is likely to impair the functionality of the platform, in particular to overload it.

§ 6 Copyright Right of Use

  1. You grant the the platform operator the right, unlimited in time, subject matter and territory, to use the to use names, trademarks, logos and graphical material as well as any other information and contents provided by you free of charge for the presentation on the the platform and to pass them on within the framework of the offers of the platform.
  2. You have to make sure 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 posted by you violates the rights of third parties or other legal requirements.
  2. You yourself are responsible for the permissibility of the content you post, as well as for ensuring that it does not violate any third-party rights, 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 posted by you.
  4. We are entitled to temporarily or permanently block the content posted on the platform, to remove it from the network, or to modify it in such a way that it no longer infringes the rights of third parties, or to issue a required cease-and-desist declaration if a third party asserts a claim against the platform operator for cease-and-desist because of content that a company has posted on the platform.

§ 8 Term of contract and termination

  1. The User Agreement shall be concluded for an indefinite period of time. Either party may terminate this terminate this user contract 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 cause remains unaffected.
  4. Furthermore the platform operator may take appropriate measures in individual cases if there are there are concrete indications that a company is violating legal regulations, third third party rights or uses the platform for purposes other than those agreed upon. than the agreed purposes.

§ 9 Liability, Availability

  1. In the In the case of the fulfillment of essential contractual obligations, we shall be liable for any fault our employees and the persons we call in to fulfill these obligations (vicarious agents). (vicarious agents). Material contractual obligations are those contractual obligations, the fulfillment of which is a prerequisite for the proper execution of the contractual relationship and on the observance of which you may regularly rely, or whose regularly rely on, or the breach of which would jeopardize the attainment of the purpose of the contract.
  2. In the other contractual obligations, we shall only be liable for intent and gross negligence on the part of our negligence of our employees and the persons we involve in the fulfillment of these persons whom we involve in the performance of these duties; this shall not apply to damage injury to life, limb or health.
  3. If you contributed to the occurrence of damage through culpable conduct, the the damage, the principles of contributory negligence shall determine the extent to which we shall extent we have to bear the damage.
  4. We are not liable damage caused by force majeure, riot, war or natural disasters or other natural events or other occurrences for which we are not responsible (e.g. strikes for which we are not responsible (e.g. strikes, lockouts, traffic disruptions, acts of government in at home or abroad).

§ 10 Availability

  1. We cannot guarantee that third party services, in particular network services or other services provided by third parties, 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, riot, war, natural events or other occurrences for which we are not responsible. In these cases, we are entitled to restrict the availability at our reasonable discretion (§ 315 BGB). This shall also apply in the event of corresponding occurrences or interventions by higher authorities having a corresponding effect.

§ 11 Data protection

  1. Personal data will only be collected, processed and/or used with your consent or if this is permitted by law. A use of personal data due to a legal permission takes place 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 possibility of transmitting your personal data to other users, in part or in whole. 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 laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The contractual language is German.
  2. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes in connection with these terms 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 have priority.
  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, the validity of the remaining clauses shall not be affected thereby.

Status: 23.09.2019


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