Last updated: March 23, 2025. Please read these terms carefully before using the Root Evidence Ventures website or submitting materials to our firm.
By accessing or using the website at rootevldence.com (the "Website"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"), our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Policy. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Root Evidence Ventures. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Website.
We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of the Website following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. The most current version of these Terms will always be available on this page, with the "last updated" date indicated at the top.
These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Website. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, agency, franchise, joint venture, or employment relationship between you and Root Evidence Ventures.
Root Evidence Ventures operates this Website to provide information about our firm, our investment focus, our team, and our portfolio companies. The Website also provides a means by which founders and others may contact us to initiate a conversation about potential investment opportunities.
The Website is intended as a general informational resource about Root Evidence Ventures and our investment activities. Nothing on this Website constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, investment product, or financial instrument. Information about our investment focus, portfolio, and investment thesis is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
Root Evidence Ventures is a private venture capital firm. Investment in venture capital funds and in the companies we back is restricted to accredited investors and qualified purchasers as defined by applicable securities laws. Nothing on this Website constitutes an invitation to invest in Root Evidence Ventures or in any fund or company associated with us.
All content on the Website, including but not limited to text, articles, blog posts, graphics, photographs, logos, icons, audio clips, and software, is the property of Root Evidence Ventures or its content licensors and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
The Root Evidence Ventures name, logo, and all related product and service names, design marks, and slogans are trademarks of Root Evidence Ventures. You may not use any of our trademarks or trade dress without our prior written permission.
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Website and its content for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any content on the Website for any purpose without our prior written consent, except that you may share links to our content and quote brief excerpts with appropriate attribution to Root Evidence Ventures and a link to the original content.
If you believe that any content on the Website infringes your intellectual property rights, please notify us at legal@rootevldence.com with a detailed description of the alleged infringement.
You agree not to use the Website in any way that is unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, or objectionable. Specifically, you agree not to:
(a) Use the Website in any way that violates applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
(b) Transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, spam, or any other form of solicitation through the Website or to any email address listed on the Website.
(c) Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or provide false, inaccurate, or misleading information to us in connection with your use of the Website or any contact with our team.
(d) Use any automated means, including bots, scrapers, crawlers, or spiders, to access, collect, or compile data from the Website, except that search engine indexing spiders operating in compliance with our robots.txt file are permitted.
(e) Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Website, any server on which the Website is stored, or any other system or network connected to the Website.
(f) Transmit or introduce any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, malware, or other harmful computer code that is designed to damage, disrupt, or impair the functionality of the Website or any related system.
(g) Collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Website, including email addresses of our team members, without our express written permission.
(h) Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or servers and networks connected to the Website.
When founders submit pitch materials, business plans, financial projections, or other proprietary business information to Root Evidence Ventures through our contact form, by email, or through any other channel, they do so on an unsolicited, non-confidential basis unless a separate written confidentiality agreement has been executed between the founder and Root Evidence Ventures.
Unless we have entered into a separate written non-disclosure agreement with you, we are not obligated to treat any materials you submit as confidential. We regularly receive business information from multiple sources, and our team members may review ideas similar to or identical to yours from other parties. Submission of materials does not create any obligation on our part to evaluate, respond to, or refrain from investing in competing businesses.
By submitting materials to us, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to do so and that the materials do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, do not contain any information that is subject to third-party confidentiality obligations, and do not violate any applicable law or regulation.
We reserve the right to decline to evaluate any submission without explanation and to make investment decisions in our sole and absolute discretion. Submission of materials does not create any expectation of investment or of a response from our team within any particular timeframe, though we endeavor to respond to all submissions within two to three weeks.
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ROOT EVIDENCE VENTURES MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED.
Any information on the Website regarding investment performance, portfolio companies, or market trends is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a guarantee of future results. Past investment performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Venture capital investing involves significant risk, including the risk of total loss of invested capital.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ROOT EVIDENCE VENTURES, ITS PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, ANY DECISION MADE IN RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA.
IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100). THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you in full. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law.
Nothing on this Website constitutes investment advice, financial advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any security or investment product. The information provided on this Website is for general informational purposes only and is not tailored to the investment objectives, financial situation, or needs of any particular person.
Root Evidence Ventures is not registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities authority, except to the extent required by applicable law. This Website does not constitute investment advisory services under applicable law.
Information about our portfolio companies is provided for informational purposes only and does not represent an endorsement of those companies as investment opportunities. Many of our portfolio companies are private and not available for investment by the general public.
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, including the websites of our portfolio companies, limited partners, co-investors, and other organizations we have professional relationships with. These links are provided for your convenience and reference only. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, privacy practices, or accuracy. The inclusion of a link on our Website does not imply our endorsement of the linked website or any products or services it offers.
Your use of third-party websites is subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of those websites. We encourage you to review the terms and privacy policies of any third-party website you visit.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Root Evidence Ventures, its partners, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of or access to the Website; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law or the rights of any third party; or (d) any content, materials, or information you submit to us through the Website or otherwise.
These Terms and your use of the Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Website shall be resolved exclusively by the state and federal courts located in New York County, New York, and you irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts for such purposes.
Before initiating any formal legal proceedings, we encourage you to contact us directly to attempt to resolve any dispute informally. We will endeavor to respond to and resolve disputes promptly through direct communication.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal, and enforceable while preserving the parties' original intent to the extent possible.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Root Evidence Ventures regarding your use of the Website and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and representations with respect to the subject matter of these Terms.
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:
Root Evidence Ventures
Attn: Legal Department
New York, NY, USA
Email: legal@rootevldence.com