Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 1, 2026

AIOML Capital ("AIOML Capital," "we," "us," or "our") is a seed-stage venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency, integrity, and care. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and safeguard information when you visit our website at aiomlcs.com, communicate with us, submit a pitch or investment inquiry, or otherwise interact with us in connection with our investment activities and business operations.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our website or services.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with AIOML Capital. This includes:

• Contact information: Your full name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and company or organization affiliation.
• Professional background information: Employment history, educational background, areas of expertise, and professional accomplishments provided in connection with investment inquiries, pitch submissions, employment applications, or introductions.
• Business and financial information: Company name, stage of development, funding history, financial projections, business plans, pitch decks, cap tables, and other information provided in connection with potential investment opportunities or due diligence processes.
• Communications: Messages, emails, and correspondence you send to us through our contact form, by email, or through other communication channels.
• Event registration: Information provided when registering for events, webinars, or conferences hosted or co-hosted by AIOML Capital, including dietary preferences, accessibility requirements, and professional interests.
• Newsletter and publication subscriptions: Email address and communication preferences provided when subscribing to our newsletters, research publications, or market updates.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical information about your device and browsing behavior through cookies and similar tracking technologies. This includes:

• Device information: IP address, device type, operating system and version, browser type and version, screen resolution, and device identifiers.
• Usage data: Pages you visit, time spent on each page, links clicked, referring websites and URLs, search terms used to find our website, and navigation paths through the site.
• Location data: General geographic location inferred from your IP address (typically at the city or country level). We do not collect precise geolocation data.
• Analytics data: Aggregate statistics about website traffic, performance metrics, and user engagement patterns collected through analytics tools such as Google Analytics.

For more information about the cookies we use and how to control them, please see our Cookie Policy.

1.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party sources, including:

• Professional networking platforms such as LinkedIn when you connect with our team members or interact with our company page.
• Referrals and introductions from portfolio companies, co-investors, advisors, or other members of our professional network.
• Publicly available sources such as company registration databases, news publications, regulatory filings, and professional directories.
• Background check providers and reference sources used in connection with investment due diligence or employment screening, where permitted by applicable law.

2. How We Use Your Information

2.1 Investment Activities

The primary purpose for which we collect and use personal information is to conduct our investment activities as a venture capital firm. Specifically, we use information to:

• Review and evaluate potential investment opportunities submitted to us by founders and company representatives.
• Conduct due diligence on potential portfolio companies, including technical evaluation, market analysis, reference checks, and background verification.
• Communicate with founders and entrepreneurs throughout the investment evaluation process.
• Manage ongoing relationships with portfolio companies, their founders, and key executives.
• Communicate with limited partners and co-investors regarding fund activities, portfolio performance, and investment opportunities.
• Prepare and manage investment documentation, including term sheets, investment agreements, and related legal and financial records.

2.2 Website and Service Operations

We use automatically collected information and cookies to operate and improve our website, including to:

• Ensure the technical functionality, security, and performance of our website.
• Analyze how visitors use our website so we can improve content, navigation, and user experience.
• Detect, prevent, and investigate fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations related to website operation.

2.3 Communications and Marketing

With your consent or where otherwise permitted by applicable law, we use your information to:

• Send you newsletters, research publications, market updates, and thought leadership content related to AI/ML enterprise investing.
• Inform you about events, conferences, and webinars that may be of professional interest.
• Respond to your inquiries, questions, and requests.
• Provide you with updates about AIOML Capital's activities, portfolio announcements, and team news.

You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send, or by contacting us at privacy@aiomlcs.com. Please note that opting out of marketing communications will not affect our ability to communicate with you for operational purposes related to an existing investment relationship or active inquiry.

2.4 Legal Compliance and Protection

We may use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to legal process, enforce our agreements and legal rights, and protect the rights, property, and safety of AIOML Capital, our team, our portfolio companies, and others.

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

3.1 Service Providers

We share personal information with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, including website hosting and infrastructure providers, email and communication platforms, customer relationship management software providers, legal and accounting advisors, background check and reference verification services, and analytics and reporting platforms. We require these service providers to use personal information only as necessary to provide services to us, maintain appropriate security measures, and comply with applicable law.

3.2 Investment-Related Sharing

In the course of our investment activities, we may share founder and company information with:

• Co-investors, syndicate members, and advisory board members evaluating investment opportunities alongside AIOML Capital, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations.
• Limited partners in our fund who have a right to review information about portfolio companies and potential investments in accordance with our fund documents.
• Legal, financial, and technical advisors assisting us with investment due diligence or transaction execution, under confidentiality agreements.

We make reasonable efforts to ensure that information shared in investment contexts is protected by confidentiality obligations and is used only for the purposes for which it was shared.

3.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where required by applicable law, regulation, or legal process, including in response to subpoenas, court orders, regulatory inquiries, or other government requests. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of such disclosure where permitted by law and where prior notice would not undermine the purpose of the disclosure.

3.4 Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar corporate transaction, personal information we hold may be transferred to the relevant successor entity. We will provide notice of such transfer and any changes to this Privacy Policy as required by applicable law.

3.5 We Do Not Sell Personal Information

AIOML Capital does not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes. This includes the definition of "sale" and "sharing" under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

4. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provides you with specific rights regarding your personal information. This section describes those rights and how to exercise them.

4.1 Categories of Personal Information We Collect

In the preceding twelve months, we have collected the following categories of personal information as defined by the CCPA:

• Identifiers (name, email address, phone number, IP address)
• Professional or employment-related information (employer, job title, professional background)
• Commercial information (investment inquiries, business descriptions, financial information)
• Internet or electronic network activity information (browsing behavior, website interactions)
• Geolocation data (approximate location from IP address)
• Communications and inferences drawn from the above categories

4.2 Your CCPA/CPRA Rights

• Right to Know: You have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which that information was collected, the business or commercial purposes for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we have shared it.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions including information necessary to complete a transaction, comply with legal obligations, conduct security investigations, or engage in other uses permitted by law.
• Right to Correct: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. As noted above, AIOML Capital does not sell or share personal information as defined under CCPA/CPRA.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: To the extent we collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA, you have the right to limit our use of that information to purposes permitted by law.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA/CPRA rights. We will not deny services, charge different prices, provide different levels of quality, or otherwise discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

To submit a request to exercise any of your CCPA/CPRA rights, please contact us at privacy@aiomlcs.com or write to us at 1847 Market Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103. We will verify your identity before processing your request and will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

5. International Privacy Rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or applicable national privacy laws, including the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal information, the right to restrict or object to processing, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

Our legal basis for processing personal information collected from individuals in these jurisdictions typically includes: performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures at your request; legitimate interests pursued by AIOML Capital or third parties; compliance with legal obligations; or, where applicable, your consent.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Specifically:

• Investment inquiries and pitch submissions that do not result in investment are retained for up to five years to facilitate potential future engagement and track our sourcing pipeline.
• Records relating to executed investments are retained for the duration of the investment relationship and for a period of at least ten years thereafter, in accordance with financial record-keeping requirements applicable to registered investment advisers.
• Marketing contact information is retained until you opt out of communications or request deletion.
• Website analytics data is retained in accordance with the retention policies of the analytics platforms we use, typically not longer than twenty-six months.

7. Security

AIOML Capital implements appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, and destruction. These measures include access controls and authentication requirements for our internal systems, encryption of personal information in transit and at rest where appropriate, security assessments and reviews of our data processing practices, employee training on privacy and information security obligations, and contractual requirements for service providers handling personal information on our behalf.

While we take data security seriously, no method of transmitting or storing information is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of personal information. In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are intended for adults and professional business users. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 16. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a minor, we will take prompt steps to delete that information. If you believe we may have collected information from a minor, please contact us at privacy@aiomlcs.com.

9. Links to Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including the websites of portfolio companies, co-investors, and professional service providers. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect on the AIOML Capital website and through our direct communications channels. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our information practices, legal requirements, or the features of our website. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, notify affected individuals by email. Your continued use of our website after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

For privacy-related inquiries, requests to exercise your data subject rights, or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our privacy team:

AIOML Capital — Privacy Team
1847 Market Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
Email: privacy@aiomlcs.com

We will respond to all privacy inquiries within 30 days. For requests submitted under CCPA/CPRA, we will respond within 45 days as required by law, with a potential 45-day extension where reasonably necessary.

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