Terms and conditions

These terms are between you and Acclivity Ventures Limited ("Acclivity Ventures", "we", "us"). By accessing or using the Acclivity Ventures Evaluation Tool (the "Service"), you agree to these terms. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you have authority to bind that organisation.

The Service is a software workbench for evaluating European Innovation Council (EIC) proposals. It combines automated scoring runs with human evaluation, calibration exercises, consistency reporting and related record keeping.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service for the duration of your subscription or credit, solely to obtain an evaluation report for your own internal evaluation work.

Your licence is a single-use, restrictive licence. Each submission or credit entitles you to one evaluation only. You may use the Service only to obtain an evaluation report for the specific proposal or application you have submitted. You may not use the Service for any other purpose.

You must not:

• use the Service to interfere with the platform, its infrastructure, its users or its operations;
• use the Service for any purpose other than obtaining an evaluation report;
• reproduce, copy, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, transfer, distribute or publicly display any part of the Service or any report, except as expressly permitted by us;
• sublicense, sell, resell, rent, loan, lease or otherwise transfer your right to use the Service;
• share credentials, access tokens or reports with any person who is not expressly authorised by us;
• circumvent, disable or interfere with any licence key, usage limit, security feature or access control.

All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Acclivity Ventures Limited.

You must not misuse the Service. In particular, you must not:

• use the Service for any unlawful purpose, fraud or spam;
• infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party;
• interfere with the security or operation of the Service, including introducing malware, probing or scanning for vulnerabilities, overloading the Service, or scraping any part of it;
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Service, or attempt to discover its source code or underlying algorithms;
• resell or redistribute access, or circumvent technical limits.

Access to the Service is by authorised account only. You must keep your credentials confidential and you are responsible for all activity under your account. You must provide accurate information and keep it up to date.

Everything in and relating to the Service is owned by Acclivity Ventures Limited. This includes all software, algorithms, models, scoring logic, data, proprietary technology, insight, know-how, documentation, branding, user interface, reports, outputs and all intellectual property rights in each of them.

Nothing in these terms transfers any ownership, title or interest in the Service or any of those materials to you. You retain all rights in the proposals and content you submit, but you grant us a limited licence to host and process that content solely to provide the Service and produce the evaluation report you have requested.

The Service produces automated scores, rankings and suggested evaluations using machine learning models, algorithms, data and proprietary technology and insight developed by Acclivity Ventures Limited. Outputs are decision support only: they are not financial, investment or legal advice, and final funding decisions remain yours.

We do not guarantee that any output is accurate, complete, reliable or suitable for your particular purpose. You are responsible for checking outputs and for ensuring you have the rights to any content you submit. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Acclivity Ventures Limited accepts no liability for any inaccuracy, error or omission in any output or report.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your rights, contact us and we will investigate and, where appropriate, remove it.

We work to keep the Service reliable, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. We may suspend the Service for maintenance or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns.

Payment, billing, tax, cancellation and refund mechanics are governed by Paddle's Buyer Terms. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless cancelled beforehand.

We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these terms, fail to pay, pose a security or fraud risk, or repeatedly or seriously violate our policies. When access ends, your right to use the Service stops. You may request an export of your data within 30 days of termination, after which it may be deleted.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all implied warranties, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We are not liable for indirect, consequential or special damages, including loss of profits, data or goodwill. Our aggregate liability is capped at the fees you paid in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing in these terms excludes liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability that cannot be excluded by law.

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction. You may not assign these terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger or acquisition. Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond its reasonable control.