Conditions for submitting pitch materials
If you submit your pitch deck, financial projections, or other documents related to your company (“Company”) to us via the form on this page, the following terms and conditions apply in your relationship with bmp Ventures AG and the funds we manage (collectively, “Investor”). By checking the box, you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms and Conditions. A separate confidentiality agreement requiring individual signatures will not be entered into; these Terms and Conditions supersede such an agreement.
1. Purpose
The Company provides information to the Investor solely for the purpose of evaluating a potential investment or other transaction (“Evaluation Purpose”).
The provision of information or the conduct of discussions does not create any obligation on the part of the Investor to make an investment or to commence or continue negotiations. In particular, there is no entitlement to receive feedback on the submitted documents.
2. Use of Artificial Intelligence
The Investor is entitled to review, summarize, evaluate, and further process and edit the documents and information provided by the Company using artificial intelligence (e.g., language models or comparable analysis tools) for the purpose of evaluation. The AI systems used are, in turn, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection measures; the documents are not used to train publicly available third-party AI models.
The use of AI serves exclusively to support the internal review process. Final investment decisions are not made automatically but are made exclusively by the responsible investment teams and committees.
3. Confidentiality
TThe Investor agrees to treat as confidential all information provided by the Company as confidential and not publicly known, and to use such information exclusively for the purpose of evaluation.
Excluded from this confidentiality obligation is information
- that is already publicly known or becomes public without a breach of these Terms,
- that was lawfully known to the Investor prior to disclosure,
- that is lawfully obtained from a third party without a confidentiality obligation,
- that was developed independently of the Company,
- or whose disclosure is required by law or pursuant to an official or court order.
The Investor may disclose confidential information to employees, partners, advisors, and members of investment committees, provided that they require the information to carry out the evaluation and are themselves subject to an appropriate confidentiality obligation.
4. Intellectual Property
All rights to the information provided remain with the Company.
Disclosure does not grant the Investor any license or right of use, unless such rights are necessary for the purpose of the evaluation.
5. No Obligation to Invest
The Investor decides at its own discretion whether and to what extent an investment will be considered or made.
6. No Fiduciary Relationship; No Exclusivity
The parties agree that the transmission of information, the initiation and conduct of discussions, or the evaluation of a potential investment does not establish a fiduciary relationship or any corporate, advisory, or other special relationship of trust between the parties.
The Investor is entitled at any time to evaluate or make investments in other companies, including those that compete with the Company or pursue comparable products, services, technologies, or business models. This does not give rise to any claims by the Company against the Investor.
7. Residual Knowledge
Notwithstanding the confidentiality obligations, the Investor is entitled to use general knowledge, skills, experience, concepts, methods, and ideas that the Investor’s employees, partners, or advisors acquire in the course of the evaluation and retain in their memory without the unlawful storage or use of confidential documents (“Residual Knowledge”).
In doing so, the Investor shall not disclose any confidential information of the Company or use it in a manner that violates the confidentiality obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions.
In particular, the mere fact that the Investor or a portfolio company subsequently addresses a similar business model, comparable technology, or a similar market does not, in and of itself, constitute a breach of these Terms and Conditions or give rise to any liability on the part of the Investor.
8. Retention and Destruction
The Investor is entitled to store and process the information provided during the evaluation.
Upon completion of the evaluation, the Investor will delete or destroy confidential documents—provided their continued retention is not necessary—as part of its standard documentation and destruction processes.
The Investor is entitled to retain copies or internal documentation,
- to the extent that statutory retention obligations exist,
- to the extent that this is necessary to document the investment process,
- to the extent that this is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims,
- and to the extent that information is located solely in routine backup systems, the deletion of which is not technically or economically feasible.
Internal analyses, investment memos, valuation models, notes, and other materials prepared by the Investor remain the property of the Investor. These are subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions but do not need to be deleted or surrendered.
There is no right to demand the surrender of internal documents or the presentation of technical proof of deletion.
9. Data Protection
To the extent that personal data is processed, this is done in accordance with applicable data protection regulations. The Investor processes personal data exclusively for evaluation purposes, as well as to fulfill legal obligations and to safeguard legitimate interests. This also includes the AI-supported processing described in Section 2. You can find detailed information on the processing of personal data in our Privacy Policy.
10. Liability
The information provided is made available without any guarantee of its completeness or accuracy. These Terms and Conditions, as well as the review of the documents, do not constitute investment, legal, or tax advice, nor do they constitute an offer by the Investor.
The Investor is liable only for willful misconduct and gross negligence, to the extent permitted by law. Liability for consequential damages and lost profits is excluded, to the extent permitted by law.
11. Term
The confidentiality obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions shall remain in effect for two years from the date of disclosure of the relevant information.
Statutory confidentiality and data protection obligations remain unaffected by this provision.
12. Amendments to These Terms and Conditions
The Investor may amend these Terms and Conditions with effect for future submissions. The version published on this page at the time of the respective submission shall be authoritative.
13. Final Provisions
German law shall apply, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
The place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms and Conditions is Berlin, to the extent permitted by law; this applies regardless of the Company’s registered office or place of residence.
Should any individual provisions of these Terms and Conditions be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.
Effective as of August 2026