Terms of Service - NextUs Ventures

NextUs Ventures Terms of Service

Last Updated: June 1, 2021

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in NextUs Ventures (“NextUs Ventures,” “we,” “us,” or “our“), which operates the web site located at https://nextus.ventures(the “Website“) and services including but not limited to in person, print, digital, audio, telecommunications, phone, video, direct message, SMS software, and virtual reality platforms. The following Terms of Service are a legal contract between you (“you” and “your“) and NextUs Ventures regarding your use of the Services. Visitors and users of the Services are referred to individually as “User” and collectively as “Users“.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. BY REGISTERING FOR, ENGAGING, ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THE WEBSITE OR ANY NEXTUS VENTURES SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE NEXTUS VENTURES PRIVACY POLICY AND ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES (AS DEFINED BELOW) (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TERMS“).

IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND YOU PROVIDE CONSENT FOR YOUR CHILD TO REGISTER WITH THE WEBSITE OR ENGAGE NEXTUS VENTURES FOR ANY SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE IN RESPECT OF SUCH CHILD’S USE OF THE WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE SCHOOL PERSONNEL (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND YOU REGISTER A SCHOOL USER (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE, ON BEHALF OF YOUR INSTITUTION, THAT THE SCHOOL USER IS BOUND BY THE TERMS, UNLESS YOUR INSTITUTION HAS A SEPARATE WRITTEN SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH NEXTUS VENTURES THAT ACCEPTS THESE TERMS ON BEHALF OF SCHOOL USERS.

1. Eligibility; Accounts. THE SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO (A) ANY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WHOSE REGISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY A LEGAL PARENT OR GUARDIAN (OR, FOR SCHOOL ACCOUNTS, BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TERMS) (B) OR ANY USERS PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE RELATIONSHIP BY NEXTUS VENTURES.

1.1. By clicking the “I Agree” button, remitting payment to NextUs Ventures, or by otherwise using or registering for the Services, you represent that (i) you are a US resident at least 13 years of age, or (ii) you are not a US resident, and are of legal age of consent to open an account under the laws of your country of residence, or (iii) your use of the Services has been approved by your parent or legal guardian, or by your school or teacher for school use. You also represent that you have not been previously suspended or removed from the Services by NextUs Ventures, and that your registration and your use of the Services is in compliance with any and all applicable laws.

1.2. Account. In order to use certain features of the Services, you must register for an account. You may be asked to provide a password in connection with your account. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information you provide to NextUs Ventures, whether at registration or at any other time, will be true, accurate, current, and complete. You also agree that you will ensure that this information is kept accurate and up-to-date at all times. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure (e.g., in the event of a loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure or use of your account ID or password), then you agree to immediately notify NextUs Ventures at membership@nextus.ventures. You may be liable for the losses incurred by NextUs Ventures or others due to any unauthorized use of your Services account.

1.3. Child User. If you are under the age of 13 (a “Child User“), you may not create or register an account for the Services without consent and approval from your legal parent or guardian. If you are under the age of 18, you represent that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to the Terms on your behalf. A Child User will only be permitted to use the Services for so long as NextUs Ventures reasonably believes that such access has been consented to by the Child User’s parent or guardian.

1.4. International Use. NextUs Ventures operates the Services in the United States. If you choose to access our Services from locations outside the United States, you consent to the collection, transmission, use, storage and processing of content and data (including your personal information) in the United States. You also agree to comply with and are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all local laws, regulations, and rules in the jurisdiction in which you reside or access the Services, if and to the extent local laws are applicable to use of our Services. If you are under the age of 18, you confirm that you have received parental consent, if required in your jurisdiction, to open an account for Service and enter into these Terms. Unless we have entered into a separate, mutually executed written agreement with you that says otherwise, we do not represent that our Services are appropriate or available for use in jurisdictions outside the United States. The right to access and use the Services is not granted in jurisdictions, if any, where it may be prohibited, or where your use would render NextUs Ventures in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation, Applicable Privacy Laws.

2. Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to NextUs Ventures. Please read the NextUs Ventures Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms (and which are part of our contract with you), carefully for information relating to NextUs Ventures’s collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.

3. Media Release and Use of Venture Materials

3.1. If you are under the age of 18, you represent that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to the Terms on your behalf, including the conditions of this Media Release section of those Terms.

3.2. You understand that NextUs Services, Program, Products may be conducted over video, voice (phone, web-based audio), screen-sharing, 3rd party software, and/or text-based message software (“Platforms”), and that use of any Platform is voluntary.

3.3. You understand and grant NextUs Ventures the right to record your participation in any NextUs Ventures Program, Service, or Product, and that these recordings may include but not be limited to text, audio, photography, graphics, still images, and video.

3.4. You understand and grant NextUs Ventures the rights to use any recordings, images, likenesses, in whole or in part, for educational and/or marketing purposes and that these images will not be used for commercial purposes.

3.5. You hereby grant NextUs Ventures permission to use my or my Minor’s Venture materials, including but not limited to any designs, images, recordings, and business materials for education and marketing purposes only.

3.6. I understand and agree NextUs Ventures will not be held responsible for any infringement of legal rights that come as a direct or indirect result of the above agreements.

4. Other guidelines. When using the Services, you will be subject to any additional posted guidelines or rules applicable to specific services and features which may be posted from time to time (the “Guidelines“). All such Guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms.

5. Modification of the Terms.

5.1. General. Upon opening an account, you accept the Terms in the form posted on our website. NextUs Ventures reserves the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of the Terms at any time. Please check the Terms and any Guidelines periodically for changes that are made after you open your account. Your continued use of the Services after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes. For any material changes to the Terms, NextUs Ventures will make reasonable effort to provide notice to you of such amended Terms, such as by an email notification to the address associated with your account or by posting a notice on the Services, and such amended terms will be effective against you on the earlier of (i) your actual notice of such changes and (ii) thirty days after NextUs Ventures makes reasonable attempt to provide you such notice. However, changes addressing new functions for a service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you must discontinue your use of the Services. Disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved in accordance with the version of the Terms in place at the time the dispute arose.

6. User Content License Grant

6.1. License Grant to NextUs Ventures. By sharing, posting, submitting or distributing User Content on or through the Services, you hereby grant to NextUs Ventures a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, royalty-free right and license to (a) host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, use, make, have made, import, and otherwise exploit your User Content, in whole or in part, in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed, to the extent consistent with applicable law and NextUs Ventures’s Privacy Policy) for education and marketing purposes only. No commercial use of User Content will be permitted by NextUs Ventures without User’s written consent. Such license is perpetual and irrevocable, except to the extent required to comply with Applicable Privacy Law relating to ownership and control of your personal information, including education records.

6.2. License Grant to Users.

6.2.1. Downloadable Content. The Services may permit you to download mobile applications or certain digital educational content (“Downloadable Content“). Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with all the terms and conditions set forth herein, NextUs Ventures grants you, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to download, install, view and use the Downloadable Content, in object code form, on devices owned or controlled by you, solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to (i) modify or create derivative works of the Downloadable Content (ii) remove, disable, circumvent or otherwise create or implement any workaround to any copy protection, rights management, technical limitations or security features in or protecting the Downloadable Content, and (iii) remove any copyright and other proprietary notices on the Downloadable Content and all copies thereof.

6.2.2. Access to Your User Content. NextUs Ventures may permit Users to share their User Content with a select group of other Users, or make their User Content public for all (even non-Services users) to view. You acknowledge and agree that, although NextUs Ventures may provide certain features intended to allow you to restrict some User Content you create from others, NextUs Ventures does not guarantee that such User Content will never be accessible by others. In the event of unauthorized access, NextUs Ventures will use reasonable efforts to notify you pursuant to Section 15.1 below. NextUs Ventures HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ANY RESTRICTED USER CONTENT.

6.2.3. User Content Disclaimer. You understand that when using the Services you will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources, and that NextUs Ventures is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against NextUs Ventures with respect thereto. NextUs Ventures does not endorse any User Content or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein, and NextUs Ventures expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Content.

7. Digital Millenium Copyright Act. It is NextUs Ventures’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. NextUs Ventures will promptly terminate without notice your access to the Services if you are determined by NextUs Ventures to be a “repeat infringer.” A repeat infringer is a User who has been notified by NextUs Ventures of infringing activity violations more than twice and/or who has had User Content or any other user-submitted content removed from the Services more than twice.

8. Proprietary Materials; Licenses

8.1. Proprietary Materials. The Services are owned and operated by NextUs Ventures. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, computer code (including source code or object code), software, services, content, educational videos and exercises, and all other elements of the Services (the “Services Materials“) are protected by United States and international copyright, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions, and other applicable laws governing intellectual property and proprietary rights. Except for any User Content provided and owned by Users and except as otherwise set forth in this Section 7, all Services Materials, and all trademarks, service marks, and trade names, contained on or available through the Services are owned by or licensed to NextUs Ventures, and NextUs Ventures reserves all rights therein and thereto not expressly granted by these Terms.

8.2. Licensed Educational Content. NextUs Ventures may make available on the Services certain educational videos, exercises, and related supplementary materials that are owned by NextUs Ventures or its third-party licensors (the “Licensed Educational Content“). NextUs Ventures grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use the Licensed Educational Content as made available on the Services by NextUs Ventures solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. Unless expressly indicated on the Services that a particular item of Licensed Educational Content is made available to Users under alternate license terms, you may not download, distribute, sell, lease, modify, or otherwise provide access to the Licensed Educational Content to any third party.

8.2.1. Alternate Licenses. In certain cases, NextUs Ventures or its licensors may make available Licensed Educational Content under alternate license terms, such as a variant of the Creative Commons License (as defined below) (each, an “Alternate License“). Where expressly indicated as such on the Services, and subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, the applicable Licensed Educational Content is licensed to you under the terms of the Alternate License. By using, downloading, or otherwise accessing such Licensed Educational Content, you agree to comply fully with all the terms and conditions of such Alternate License.

8.2.2. Creative Commons License. Unless expressly otherwise identified on the Services with respect to a particular item of Licensed Educational Content, any reference to the “Creative Commons”, “CC” or similarly-phrased license shall be deemed to be a reference to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License (available at creativecommons.org/licenses/) (the “Creative Commons License“)

8.3. Licensed Educational Code. NextUs Ventures may make available, or allow Users to create and make available, on or through the Services certain educational, user-readable source code in connection with the “Computer Science” modules or exercises available on the Services (the “Licensed Educational Code“). Unless otherwise indicated, all Licensed Educational Code is the property of NextUs Ventures or third-party licensors and, subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, is licensed to you under the terms of the MIT License. By downloading or otherwise accessing such Licensed Educational Code, you agree to comply with all the terms of the MIT License.

8.4. Non-Commercial Use. The Licensed Educational Content and Licensed Educational Code are intended for personal, non-commercial use only. Without limiting the foregoing, and notwithstanding the terms of any Alternate License for such Licensed Educational Content, the Licensed Educational Content may not be used, distributed or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose, commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, unless otherwise previously agreed in writing by NextUs Ventures.

8.4.1. Impermissible Uses. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following are types of uses that NextUs Ventures expressly defines as falling outside of “non-commercial” use:

(a) the sale or rental of (1) any part of the Licensed Educational Content, (2) any derivative works based at least in part on the Licensed Educational Content, or (3) any collective work that includes any part of the Licensed Educational Content;

(b) providing training, support, or editorial services that use or reference the Licensed Educational Content in exchange for a fee; and

(c) the sale of advertisements, sponsorships, or promotions placed on the Licensed Educational Content, or any part thereof, or the sale of advertisements, sponsorships, or promotions on any website or blog containing any part of the Licensed Educational Material, including without limitation any “pop-up advertisements”.

8.4.2. Use Characterization. Whether a particular use of the Licensed Educational Content is “non-commercial” depends on the use, not the user. Thus, a use of the Licensed Educational Content that does not require that users pay fees and that does not provide an entity with a commercial advantage is “non-commercial,” even if this use is by a commercial entity. Conversely, any use that involves charging users in connection with their access to the Licensed Educational Content is not “non-commercial,” even if this use is by a non-profit entity. As an example, a for-profit corporation’s use of the Licensed Educational Content for internal professional development or training of employees is permitted, so long as the corporation charges no fees, directly or indirectly, for such use. Conversely, as another example, a non-profit entity’s use of the Licensed Educational Content in connection with an fee-based training or educational program is NOT “non-commercial” and is not permitted.

9. Prohibited Conduct.

YOU AGREE NOT TO:

9.1. except as expressly permitted under Sections 5.2 and 7 of these Terms, rent, lease, loan, sell, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the licenses for any Services Materials;

9.2. share, post, upload, or distribute any defamatory, libelous, or inaccurate User Content or other content;

9.3. Share, post, upload, or distribute any User Content or other content that is unlawful or that a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, offensive, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, distressing, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise inappropriate;

9.4. use the Services in any manner that is harmful to minors

9.5. impersonate any person or entity, falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity, or access the Services accounts of others without permission, or perform any other fraudulent activity;

9.6. delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notices on the Services or on any Licensed Educational Content, Licensed Educational Code, or User Content;

9.7. assert, or authorize, assist, or encourage any third party to assert, against NextUs Ventures or any of its affiliates or licensors any patent infringement or other intellectual property infringement claim regarding any Licensed Educational Content, Licensed Educational Code, or User Content you have used, submitted, or otherwise made available on or through the Services;

9.8. make unsolicited offers, advertisements, proposals, or send junk mail or spam to other Users of the Services (including, but not limited to, unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, and petitions for signatures);

9.9. use the Services for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, and data protection and privacy;

9.10. defame, harass, abuse, threaten or defraud Users of the Services, or collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about Users or third parties without their consent;

9.11. remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, Licensed Educational Content, Licensed Educational Code, or User Content, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Services, or features that enforce limitations on the use of the Services, Licensed Educational Content, Licensed Educational Code, or User Content;

9.12. reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Services or any part thereof, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation;

9.13. modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Services or any part thereof, except and only to the extent expressly permitted by NextUs Ventures herein or to the extent the foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law; or

9.14. intentionally interfere with or damage operation of the Services or any user’s enjoyment of it, by any means, including without limitation by participation in any denial-of-service type attacks or by uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code.

10. Third-Party Sites, Products and Services; Links. The Services may include links or references to other web sites or services solely as a convenience to Users (“Reference Sites“). NextUs Ventures does not endorse any such Reference Sites or the information, materials, products, or services contained on or accessible through Reference Sites. ACCESS AND USE OF REFERENCE SITES, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH REFERENCE SITES, IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

11. Term and Termination.

11.1. Term. These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services unless your account is terminated as provided in these Terms, in which case you no longer have the right to use the Services.

11.2. Termination by NextUs Ventures. NextUs Ventures, in its sole discretion, for any or no reason, and without penalty, may suspend or terminate any account (or any part thereof) you may have with NextUs Ventures or your use of the Services and remove and discard all or any part of your account, User profile, and User Content, at any time. NextUs Ventures may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing access to the Services, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Services or any account you may have, or portion thereof, may be affected without prior notice, and you agree that NextUs Ventures will not be liable to you or any third party for any such termination. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies NextUs Ventures may have at law or in equity. As discussed herein, NextUs Ventures does not permit copyright, trademarks, or other intellectual property infringing activities on the Services, and will terminate access to the Services, and remove all User Content or other content submitted, by any Users who are found to be repeat infringers.

11.3. Termination by You. Your only remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with (i) the Services, (ii) any term of these Terms of Service, (iii) Guidelines, (iv) any policy or practice of NextUs Ventures in operating the Services, or (v) any content or information transmitted through the Services, is to terminate the Terms and your account. You may terminate these Terms at any time (prospectively only) by deleting your login account with the Services and discontinuing use of any and all parts of the Services.

11.4. Termination by Parents. If you approved a Child account on the Services, you can terminate your Child’s account by contacting our customer support team at membership@nextus.ventures, although we may need to verify your identity prior to taking any action with respect to the account.

11.5. Responsibility for Pre-Termination activity. Termination of the Terms as to any User account will not limit NextUs Ventures’s rights and remedies regarding any breach of these Terms occurring prior to such termination.

12. Representations and Warranties. You warrant, represent and agree that you will not provide any User Content or otherwise use the Services in a manner that (i) infringes, violates or misappropriates another’s intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy, or other rights; (ii) violates any international, federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance or regulation or which would render NextUs Ventures in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation, Applicable Privacy Laws (collectively, “Applicable Law“); (iii) is harmful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or otherwise objectionable; or (iv) jeopardizes the security of your account or the Services in any way, such as allowing someone else access to your account or password or submitting User Content that contains viruses. Additionally, you represent, warrant and agree that (i) you possess all rights necessary to provide your User Content and grant Company the rights in these Terms; (ii) you will comply with Applicable Laws in connection with your use of the Service; and (iii), if you are School Personnel, you understand that you are solely responsible for providing notices and obtaining consents required by Applicable Laws for students to use the Services or to provide User Content, including compliance with the applicable provisions of FERPA and COPPA when using School Consent.

13. Indemnification. You agree, to the extent permissible under your state’s laws, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless NextUs Ventures, and its parent, successors, affiliated companies, contractors, officers, directors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners (“NextUs Ventures Parties“) from and against all losses, damages, liabilities, demands, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses of any kind (including legal fees and expenses), from any claim or demand made by any third-party relating to or arising out of (i) your access to, use or misuse of the Services; (ii) your breach or alleged breach of these Terms, or any violation of the Terms; (iii) any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made herein, whether by you or by any Child User or School User whose account you have approved as a Parent User or School Personnel; (iv) your failure to comply with Applicable Laws (including any failure to obtain or provide any necessary consent or notice); (v) the infringement by you or any third-party using your account of any intellectual property, privacy, or other right of any person or entity, including in connection with your User Content, or (vi) your breach or alleged breach of any interaction, agreement, or policy between you and any other Users. NextUs Ventures reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify NextUs Ventures, and you agree to cooperate with NextUs Ventures’s defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of NextUs Ventures. NextUs Ventures will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

14. Disclaimers; No Warranties

14.1. THE WEBSITE, AND ALL DATA, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, WEBSITE MATERIALS, CONTENT (WHETHER OWNED OR LICENSED), USER CONTENT, REFERENCE SITES, SERVICES, OR APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE (THE “NEXTUS VENTURES OFFERINGS“), ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE NextUs Ventures PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM NextUs Ventures OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.

14.2. NEXTUS VENTURES AND THE NEXTUS VENTURES PARTIES, DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY DATA, USER CONTENT, FUNCTIONS, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE CORRECTED. NextUs Ventures AND THE NEXTUS VENTURES PARTIES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT (1) THE NEXTUS VENTURES OFFERINGS WILL (A) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, OR BE TO YOUR LIKING, OR (B) WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, FREE FROM ERRORS OR LOSS, OR UNINTERRUPTED, (2) THAT THE SERVICES ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR (3) THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME FEATURES MAY BE NEW OR EXPERIMENTAL AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TESTED IN ANY MANNER.

14.3. Harm to Your Computer. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE, ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING OF CONTENT, WEBSITE MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, OR DATA THROUGH THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING THROUGH ANY API’S) IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS THEREFROM.

14.4. Limitations by Applicable Law. SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

15. Limitation of Liability and Damages.

15.1. Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL NEXTUS VENTURES OR THE NEXTUS VENTURES PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY UNSUCCESSFUL COURT ACTION OR LEGAL DISPUTE, LOST BUSINESS, LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR NON-PECUNIARY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER) EVEN IF NextUs Ventures OR A NextUs Ventures PARTIES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING (i) TO THE TERMS; (ii) YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE WEBSITE OR THE NextUs Ventures OFFERINGS, OR (iii) ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH NextUs Ventures OR ANY THIRD-PARTY THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE NextUs Ventures OFFERINGS, INCLUDING OTHER USERS,. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, NextUs Ventures’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

15.2. Limitation of Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL NEXTUS VENTURES OR THE NextUs Ventures PARTIES’ TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR YOUR INTERACTION WITH OTHER WEBSITE USERS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE), EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO NextUs Ventures, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

15.3. Basis of the Bargain. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NextUs Ventures HAS OFFERED THE SERVICES AND ENTERED INTO THE TERMS IN RELIANCE UPON THE DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN, THAT THE DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND NEXTUS VENTURES, AND THAT THE DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND NEXTUS VENTURES. NEXTUS VENTURES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE WEBSITE TO YOU ON AN ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE BASIS WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.

15.4. User Interactions and Release.

(a) User Disputes. NextUs Ventures is not responsible for the actions, content, information or data of other third parties, including other Users. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Services, and any other parties with whom you interact through the Service. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline interaction with any other person. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.

(b) Release. If you have a dispute with one or more Users, you release us (and the NextUs Ventures Parties) from all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes, including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, privacy or data. If you are a California resident, you waive your rights under California Civil Code §1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” And, if you are not a California resident, you waive your rights under any applicable statutes of a similar effect, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law.

16. Miscellaneous

16.1. Notice. NextUs Ventures may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, postings on the Services, or other reasonable means. Notice will be deemed given twenty-four hours after email is sent, unless NextUs Ventures is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you legal notice by mail to a postal address, if provided by you through the Services. In such case, notice will be deemed given three days after the date of mailing. Notices posted on the Services are deemed given 30 days following the initial posting. Any notices directed to NextUs Ventures shall be sent by e-mail to ops@nextus.ventures.

16.2. Waiver. The failure of NextUs Ventures to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by NextUs Ventures.

16.3. Governing Law. The Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

16.4. Severability. If any provision of the Terms or any Guidelines is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from the Terms to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

16.5. Assignment. The Terms and related Guidelines, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you without NextUs Ventures’s prior written consent, but may be assigned by NextUs Ventures without consent or any restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of the Terms shall be null and void.

16.6. Survival. Upon termination of the Terms, any provision which, by its nature or express terms should survive, will survive such termination or expiration, including, but not limited to, Sections 2, 4 through 6, 7.1, 7.4, 7.5, and 8 through 15.

16.7. Headings. The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, do not constitute a part of the Terms, and will not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

16.8. Entire Agreement. The Terms, the Privacy Policy and Guidelines constitute the entire agreement between you and NextUs Ventures relating to the subject matter herein and will not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties, or by a change to the Terms, Privacy Policy or Guidelines made by NextUs Ventures as set forth in Section 4 above.

16.9. Disclosures. The Services are hosted in the United States, and the services provided hereunder are offered by NextUs Ventures.