Legal
Last updated: 08/13/2026
This Legal page governs access to and use of OpenVC.app and all related services operated by Montjoie Corp dba OpenVC, a Delaware corporation with a principal address at 200 Continental Drive, Newark, DE 19713, USA.
By accessing or using OpenVC, creating an account, subscribing to any plan, purchasing a standalone service, or otherwise using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Legal page. If you do not agree, you must not use the Services.
1. Definitions
- OpenVC, we, us, our refers to Montjoie Corp dba OpenVC
- User, you refers to any individual or entity using the Services
- Services refers to the OpenVC platform, website, software, databases, tools, content, and any standalone services offered by OpenVC
- Pitch Deck Design Service refers to OpenVC's standalone custom pitch deck strategy, writing, and design service described in the Pitch Deck Design Service Terms below
- Account refers to a registered OpenVC user account
- Subscription refers to any paid plan
- Content refers to all data, text, databases, documents, analytics, AI outputs, and materials made available through OpenVC
2. The Services
OpenVC is a cloud based software platform designed to help founders and small businesses learn about fundraising, discover investors, and organize their fundraising process.
OpenVC is an informational platform only. OpenVC is not a broker dealer, investment adviser, placement agent, or fiduciary. OpenVC does not participate in transactions, negotiate deals, or provide investment advice.
OpenVC may also offer standalone services, including the Pitch Deck Design Service. Standalone services are governed by the applicable service-specific terms below in addition to the general provisions of this Legal page.
3. Eligibility and User Representations
You represent and warrant that:
- You are at least 18 years old
- You have the authority to enter into this agreement
- Your use of OpenVC complies with all applicable laws and regulations
If you are a US person, you acknowledge that certain investment opportunities may be limited to accredited investors under US law. OpenVC does not verify investor status and makes no representation regarding your eligibility. You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable securities laws.
4. Accounts and Access
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your Account.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate Accounts for violations of this Legal page, abuse of the platform, unlawful activity, or misuse of data.
Accounts that remain inactive for more than 90 consecutive days may be deleted, including associated data.
5. Subscriptions, Billing, and Payments
This section applies generally unless a service-specific section below states otherwise.
- Pricing and features are described at openvc.app/pricing
- All purchases are processed in USD
- Payments are handled exclusively through Stripe
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled
- Taxes may apply depending on your location
Failure to pay may result in suspension or termination of access.
6. Cancellation and Refund Policy
This section applies to OpenVC subscriptions and platform purchases. The Pitch Deck Design Service is subject to the separate cancellation and refund terms in Section D8 below.
6.1 Cancellation
You may cancel your subscription at any time by accessing your Stripe customer portal through your OpenVC account, using the same email address used for payment.
Cancelling your subscription prevents future renewals. Your subscription will remain active until the end of the current billing cycle, unless otherwise stated.
6.2 Founder-Friendly Refund Policy
OpenVC offers a founder-friendly refund policy to help founders when OpenVC is not the right fit.
This refund policy applies only to your latest payment. OpenVC does not generally refund multiple payments, previous billing cycles, or past payments made before the latest charge, unless required by applicable law or approved by OpenVC as an exceptional gesture.
For first-time purchases, you may request a refund within 7 days of your first payment if OpenVC is not a fit for you.
However, if you have already accessed, downloaded, redeemed, exported, generated, or otherwise consumed paid resources, OpenVC may issue a partial refund instead of a full refund.
Paid resources include, but are not limited to, pitch deck templates, premium perks, investor outreach, and Intro Finder.
For subscription renewals, if you forgot to cancel before renewal, you may request a refund of your latest renewal payment, provided that:
- the payment was made within the past 30 days;
- the request concerns only the most recent payment;
- you have not meaningfully used paid features after the renewal; and
the request is not abusive, excessive, repeated, or made in bad faith.
Meaningful usage includes, but is not limited to, accessing or exporting investor data, downloading paid resources, using CRM features, generating or reviewing a deck, using outreach tools, redeeming premium perks, or otherwise consuming premium features after the renewal date.
Requests to refund several payments, multiple billing periods, or both an initial payment and a renewal payment are not eligible under this policy, unless required by applicable law or approved by OpenVC as an exceptional gesture.
6.3 Partial Refunds
OpenVC may issue partial refunds when paid resources have already been consumed. The retained amount may depend on the type, value, and extent of paid features already accessed or used.
6.4 Refund Requests
Refund requests must be submitted through the OpenVC billing page or by contacting [email protected].
Submitting a refund request does not guarantee a refund unless the request meets the eligibility conditions described above. OpenVC may approve, deny, or partially approve a refund depending on timing, account usage, payment history, abuse risk, and other relevant circumstances.
6.5 Bank Disputes and Chargebacks
If a payment is already subject to a bank dispute, chargeback, or payment processor dispute, OpenVC may be unable to issue a direct refund while the dispute is active.
If you believe a payment was made in error, please contact us first. Bank disputes usually take longer and may delay resolution.
6.6 Legal Rights
Nothing in this policy limits any non-waivable consumer rights you may have under applicable law.
7. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or automate data extraction
- Replicate, mirror, or reverse engineer the OpenVC database
- Resell, sublicense, redistribute, or publicly display data
- Create derivative databases or competing products
- Circumvent usage limits or access controls
- Use OpenVC data for spam, mass outreach, or unlawful purposes
- Use OpenVC content to train AI models without prior written consent
Violation of this section may result in immediate termination without refund.
8. Intellectual Property
All software, platform features, branding, and proprietary content are owned by OpenVC or its licensors.
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the Services solely for your internal, lawful use.
This section does not alter the ownership rights applicable to custom Pitch Deck Design Service deliverables described in Section D10 below.
9. Creative Commons Licensed Content
Certain portions of the OpenVC investor database are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND).
You may share those portions only if:
- You credit OpenVC
- You do not modify the content
- You do not use it for commercial purposes
Personal information, including email addresses and contact details, is expressly excluded from this license and may not be shared, redistributed, or reused.
All other OpenVC content remains fully proprietary.
10. AI Usage and Limitations
OpenVC uses artificial intelligence, including third-party AI models such as Google Gemini, to process, analyze, and evaluate data including pitch decks, investor information, and user inputs.
AI outputs are provided for informational purposes only. OpenVC makes no guarantees regarding accuracy, completeness, or outcomes. Decisions based on AI outputs are made at your own risk.
If you do not consent to AI processing, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Services.
11. Third Parties and External Providers
OpenVC may display or reference third-party investors, service providers, or external websites.
OpenVC does not endorse, vet, or guarantee any third party. All interactions, negotiations, and agreements with third parties are solely between you and them.
OpenVC shall not be liable for any loss, dispute, or damage arising from such interactions.
PITCH DECK DESIGN SERVICE TERMS
These Pitch Deck Design Service Terms apply specifically to OpenVC's standalone custom pitch deck service. They form part of this Legal page but are intended to govern this service separately from OpenVC's software subscriptions and platform features.
If these Pitch Deck Design Service Terms conflict with another provision of this Legal page, these terms control solely with respect to the Pitch Deck Design Service.
D1. What the Service Includes
The Pitch Deck Design Service typically includes:
- A 30-minute Deck Brief call to understand your company, fundraising goals, audience, existing materials, and the story the deck needs to tell
- Work on the content, structure, narrative, positioning, copy, and design of the pitch deck
- A pitch deck of approximately 12 slides, although the final number may vary depending on the company and story
- Delivery as a PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) file
- One round of revisions following delivery of the first version
The exact scope may vary if OpenVC and the Client agree otherwise in writing.
Work materially outside the agreed scope, including substantial additional slides, additional deck versions, extensive financial modeling, additional revision rounds, or a major change in direction after production has started, may require an additional fee. OpenVC will communicate and agree any additional fee before performing that additional work.
D2. Deck Prep Form and Client Materials
Before the Deck Brief, OpenVC may ask you to complete a Deck Prep Form and provide relevant materials.
You do not need to complete every field or have every piece of content finalized. The purpose of the form is to give OpenVC enough context to make the Deck Brief and production process more efficient.
You are responsible for providing accurate information about your company, product, team, traction, financials, market, customers, fundraising, and any other information supplied for inclusion in the deck.
OpenVC may help clarify, restructure, simplify, rewrite, or present that information more effectively, but OpenVC does not independently audit or verify every factual statement or claim provided by you.
D3. Client Review and Responsibility for Accuracy
You are ultimately responsible for reviewing the deck and confirming that all factual statements, metrics, financial information, projections, customer references, logos, testimonials, market claims, and other information are accurate, lawful, and appropriate for you to use.
You must notify OpenVC of factual errors or corrections identified during the revision process.
OpenVC is not responsible for inaccuracies that result from incorrect, incomplete, outdated, or misleading information supplied by you or on your behalf.
D4. Price and OpenVC Member Discount
Unless a different price is expressly agreed in writing, the standard price for the Pitch Deck Design Service is $699 USD.
If you have an active paid OpenVC membership when payment for the Pitch Deck Design Service is due, the discounted price is $499 USD.
The Pitch Deck Design Service is a separate one-time service and is not included in an OpenVC subscription unless expressly stated otherwise.
Applicable taxes may be added where required by law.
D5. Payment
Payment is made by credit or debit card through Stripe or another payment method OpenVC may make available.
You may choose to pay before the Deck Brief. Otherwise, OpenVC will normally request payment at the end of the Deck Brief, once the project has been discussed and the scope is understood.
OpenVC is not required to begin production of the deck until payment has been received.
D6. Delivery Timeline
OpenVC aims to work quickly. Most first versions are typically delivered within approximately 48 hours after the Deck Brief, receipt of payment, and receipt of the information and materials reasonably required to begin work.
The 48-hour timeframe is a target and not a guaranteed deadline.
Delivery may take longer depending on project complexity, missing information, delayed Client responses, workload, technical issues, holidays, or other circumstances outside OpenVC's reasonable control.
If OpenVC is waiting for information, materials, decisions, or feedback from you, the delivery timeline may be paused until the required information is received.
If you have a hard deadline, you should communicate it before or during the Deck Brief. OpenVC is bound by that deadline only if it expressly agrees to it in writing.
D7. Revisions
The Pitch Deck Design Service includes one round of revisions.
A revision round means one consolidated set of reasonable comments and requested changes to the first version delivered by OpenVC.
The included revision round is intended to refine the agreed deck. It does not include:
- Restarting the project with an entirely different narrative or positioning
- Redesigning the deck in a completely different style after the original direction was agreed
- Adding substantial new sections or materially expanding the scope
- Incorporating major new information that changes the original brief
- Producing additional versions of the deck for different audiences
- Additional rounds of feedback after the included revision round has been completed
OpenVC may charge an additional fee for work outside the included revision round. Any additional fee will be communicated before the additional work begins.
D8. Cancellations and Refunds
The general refund policy in Section 6 does not apply to the Pitch Deck Design Service.
If you pay in advance and cancel before the Deck Brief takes place and before OpenVC has begun substantive work on the project, OpenVC will refund the amount paid for the Pitch Deck Design Service.
Once the Deck Brief has taken place or OpenVC has begun substantive production work, payments for the Pitch Deck Design Service are generally non-refundable, except where required by law or where OpenVC agrees otherwise.
If OpenVC is unable to provide the agreed service after accepting payment and the issue cannot reasonably be resolved, OpenVC will refund the amount paid for the unprovided Pitch Deck Design Service.
Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable consumer rights you may have under applicable law.
D9. PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote Compatibility
OpenVC delivers an editable Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) file in addition to the PDF.
PPTX files can generally be opened or imported into applications such as Google Slides and Apple Keynote. However, different applications may render PowerPoint files differently.
Fonts, spacing, line breaks, images, effects, charts, layouts, or other design elements may shift when a PPTX file is opened, imported, or converted using another editor.
OpenVC is responsible for delivering the agreed PPTX and PDF files but does not guarantee pixel-perfect compatibility with Google Slides, Keynote, every version of PowerPoint, or other third-party software.
Unless expressly agreed otherwise, source design files, paid font licenses, and separate third-party asset licenses are not included in the deliverables.
D10. Intellectual Property and Ownership of the Finished Deck
You retain ownership of the company information, trademarks, logos, data, existing materials, copy, images, and other content you provide to OpenVC.
You grant OpenVC a limited right to use those materials as reasonably necessary to perform the Pitch Deck Design Service.
You represent that you have the right to provide and use the materials you submit to OpenVC.
Once the Pitch Deck Design Service has been paid in full, you may use, edit, reproduce, distribute, and modify the final custom pitch deck delivered to you.
To the extent OpenVC creates copyrightable content or design work specifically for your final deck and owns the rights to that work, OpenVC assigns those rights to you upon full payment.
OpenVC retains ownership of its pre-existing or reusable materials, including its:
- Templates
- Design systems
- Processes and methodologies
- Know-how
- Prompts and workflows
- Software and tools
- Reusable components
- General concepts, techniques, and design elements that are not unique to your company
To the extent any such OpenVC material is incorporated into your final deck, OpenVC grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use it as part of that deck.
Third-party materials remain subject to the rights and licenses of their respective owners.
Unused concepts, drafts, internal notes, alternative designs, and materials that are not included in the final deliverables remain the property of OpenVC.
D11. Confidentiality
OpenVC understands that pitch decks may contain sensitive and non-public information.
OpenVC will treat non-public information supplied for the Pitch Deck Design Service as confidential and will not intentionally disclose it publicly or use it for unrelated purposes.
OpenVC may share information with employees, contractors, or service providers where reasonably necessary to perform the service, provided those persons are expected to handle the information appropriately.
OpenVC will not publicly showcase your deck, publish it as a portfolio example, or publicly identify the engagement without your permission.
These confidentiality obligations do not apply to information that:
- Is already public through no breach by OpenVC
- Becomes public through no fault of OpenVC
- Was already lawfully known to OpenVC without a confidentiality obligation
- Is independently developed without use of your confidential information
- Must be disclosed by law or valid legal process
D12. No Fundraising or Investment Outcome Guarantee
The Pitch Deck Design Service is intended to help communicate your company clearly and professionally. It does not guarantee any fundraising outcome.
OpenVC does not guarantee that the deck will result in investor meetings, introductions, investment commitments, a particular valuation, successful fundraising, or any other commercial or investment result.
Investor decisions depend on numerous factors outside OpenVC's control.
Through the Pitch Deck Design Service, OpenVC is providing strategy, writing, editing, and design services. OpenVC is not acting as a broker dealer, placement agent, investment adviser, fiduciary, or representative in any securities transaction.
D13. No Legal, Tax, Accounting, or Investment Advice
The Pitch Deck Design Service is a communication, strategy, writing, editing, and design service.
Nothing provided as part of the service constitutes legal, tax, accounting, securities, or investment advice.
You are responsible for determining whether your fundraising activities and the statements contained in your deck comply with applicable laws and regulations. Where appropriate, you should have legal, financial, accounting, or other professional advisers review relevant information.
D14. Liability for the Pitch Deck Design Service
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, OpenVC shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the Pitch Deck Design Service, including lost profits, lost investment, lost fundraising opportunities, or decisions made by investors or other third parties.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, OpenVC's total aggregate liability for claims specifically arising from the Pitch Deck Design Service shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you to OpenVC for that Pitch Deck Design Service engagement.
Nothing in this section excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
The governing law and jurisdiction provisions in Section 24 apply to the Pitch Deck Design Service.
PRIVACY POLICY
12. Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how OpenVC collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data when you use our Services.
This Privacy Policy applies only to online activities and does not apply to information collected offline.
13. Information We Collect
We may collect:
- Contact information such as name, email address, company name
- Account and profile information
- Communications sent to us
- Usage data and interaction data
- IP address, browser type, device information
- Payment metadata processed by Stripe
14. How We Use Information
We use collected information to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain the Services
- Improve, personalize, and expand the platform
- Analyze usage patterns
- Communicate with users
- Send service and marketing emails
- Detect and prevent fraud
- Comply with legal obligations
15. Log Files
OpenVC follows standard log file practices. Log files may include IP addresses, browser type, ISP, timestamps, referring pages, and clicks. This data is used for analytics and security and is not linked to personally identifiable information.
16. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
OpenVC uses cookies for:
- Authentication and session management
- Analytics
- Platform functionality
You may disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect functionality.
17. Third-Party Services
We use third-party providers including:
- Google Analytics for usage analytics
- Loops and HubSpot for email and CRM
- Intercom for customer support
- HelpKit for documentation hosting
- Stripe for payment processing
- Google Gemini and OpenVC internal AI systems
These providers process data in accordance with their own privacy policies.
18. Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights including:
- Access to your data
- Correction of inaccurate data
- Deletion of data
- Restriction or objection to processing
- Data portability
Requests can be made at [email protected]. We respond within one month.
19. CCPA Rights
California residents may request disclosure or deletion of personal data and may opt out of the sale of personal data. OpenVC does not sell personal data.
20. Children
OpenVC is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
21. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards. However, no system is completely secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
22. Disclaimers
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.” Nothing on OpenVC constitutes legal, financial, or investment advice.
23. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, OpenVC shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages. Our total liability shall not exceed the amount paid by you in the twelve months preceding the claim.
24. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Legal page is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. Any dispute shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware.
25. Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Address:
200 Continental Drive
Newark, DE 19713
United States