Terms & Conditions

Foundry is operated under the name “Imperial Entrepreneurs” by IC Founders Ltd, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 17171277), registered office 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ (“we”, “us”, “our”). These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of Foundry. By creating an account or using Foundry you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use Foundry.

Foundry is for current Imperial College London students and alumni aged 18 or over. To join as a current student you need a valid Imperial email address (@imperial.ac.uk or @ic.ac.uk). To join as an alum you confirm you have studied at Imperial; our admins review alumni applications before granting access. You agree to provide accurate information, to keep your account secure, and not to share your login or let anyone else use your account. You may hold only one account.

You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to:

• post content that is unlawful, false, misleading, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, or that infringes anyone’s rights;
• misrepresent an opportunity, event, or funding source, or post scams, fraudulent, or “too good to be true” offers;
• post a listing that solicits money, fees, or personal financial information from members under false pretences;
• impersonate any person or organisation, or misstate your affiliation with Imperial;
• collect, scrape, or harvest other members’ data, or use the member directory for spam or unsolicited marketing;
• upload malware, attempt to bypass our security or access controls, probe or disrupt the service, or use it other than through the interface we provide;
• use Foundry for any commercial purpose unrelated to its community aims without our permission.

We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that breach this section, at our reasonable discretion.

You retain ownership of the content you submit. By posting it, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, and display that content to other approved members for the purpose of operating Foundry. You confirm that you have the right to post it and that it does not breach these terms or anyone’s rights. When you delete a listing or your account, we remove that content from our live systems as described in the Privacy Policy.

Foundry is a directory and signposting service. The opportunities, events, and VC / grant listings are posted by members and third parties. We do not verify, endorse, or guarantee any listing, organisation, or person, and nothing on Foundry is financial, legal, investment, or careers advice. You are responsible for your own due diligence before applying to, attending, funding, or otherwise engaging with anything you find here. Any dealings between you and a third party are solely between you and them.

We may review, moderate, suspend, or remove accounts or content — including accounts we cannot verify as belonging to current Imperial students or alumni, and current-student accounts at the end of their final year (with an option to reapply as an alum). Where we suspend or remove your account we will aim to notify you by email with a reason. If you believe a decision was wrong, you can appeal by emailing appeals@imperialentrepreneurs.com.

Foundry, the “Imperial Entrepreneurs” and “Foundry” names, the platform, and its design and code are owned by or licensed to us. These terms do not grant you any right to use our branding or reproduce the platform except as needed to use Foundry normally.

Foundry is provided free of charge and on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We may change, suspend, or discontinue features, or the whole service, at any time. We do not guarantee that Foundry will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under English law.

Subject to that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from listings posted by members or third parties, from your dealings with other members or third parties, from your reliance on any content on Foundry, or from any interruption, error, or unavailability of the service; and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, opportunity, data, or goodwill. Because Foundry is provided free of charge, our total liability to you for any claim connected with the service is limited to £100.

You agree to indemnify us against reasonable losses and costs we incur as a result of content you post in breach of these terms or of your misuse of Foundry.

We may update these terms. If we make a material change we will notify members by email at their registered address. Continued use of Foundry after notification constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

These terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

Questions about these terms: contact@imperialentrepreneurs.com. Appeals against a moderation decision: appeals@imperialentrepreneurs.com.