Terms of useand programmeterms.

These Terms govern your use of the Catalysis23 website and your application to, and participation in, any Catalysis23 programme. By using the website, submitting an application, or confirming a seat, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the website or apply.

• 01You keep your idea, your product, your company and your equity. We take none of it by running a programme.
• 02Programmes are public by design. We film, document and publish what happens, including when things fail.
• 03We do not guarantee funding, investment, users, revenue or any outcome.
• 04Selection is by us, at our discretion. Sponsors and partners have no say in it.
• 05Do not fabricate results. Anything you report at a checkpoint, launch or Demo Day must be true.
• 06Nothing here is an offer of securities or a request for investment.

In short — for convenience only. The full terms below apply.

Catalysis23 is an early-stage venture firm. It finds ambitious builders before they have a company, runs programmes to develop them, and, over time, may back the strongest. Catalysis23 is operated by legal name of operator and, where applicable, registration or CIN details, of registered address (Catalysis23, we, us).

Contact: team.catalysis23@gmail.com

• Programme: any programme we run, including each numbered batch (C23-01, C23-02 and so on) and each Sprint (SPRINT-01 and so on), in any format (online, in person or hybrid).
• Sprint: our fast-track programme for teams that already have a working product or startup.
• Batch: our standard programme for ambitious builders who may not yet have a company.
• Builder or you: a person who applies to, or takes part in, a Programme.
• Catalyst: any mentor, guest operator, scout, ecosystem partner or other external person or organisation associated with Catalysis23.
• Partner: any sponsor, tool provider, institution, incubator or other organisation that supports a Programme.
• Programme Guide: the schedule, requirements and rules we give you for a specific Programme.
• Programme Content: all photographs, video, audio, clips, livestreams, transcripts and other recordings made in connection with a Programme, including material you record yourself for us.
• Website: catalysis23.com and any related pages, forms and channels we operate.

To apply or participate you must:

• be at least 18 years old and able to enter a binding contract under Indian law;
• give accurate, complete and current information;
• if you apply for or on behalf of a team or startup, have authority to do so and to bind that team or startup to these Terms; and
• not be barred from participating by any applicable law.

We may decline any applicant.

You may use the Website for lawful purposes only. You must not:

• scrape, copy or harvest content or data from the Website by automated means without our written permission;
• interfere with the Website's operation or security, or attempt unauthorised access;
• submit false, misleading or infringing content through any form;
• use the Website to harass others or to send spam; or
• use our names or marks in a way that suggests we endorse you or your product, without our written permission.

Catalysis23, C23, Sprint, Catalyst, The Catalysts, the C23 logo and our related names and designs belong to us. The Website's content, design and text are ours or used under licence. We give you a limited, revocable right to view the Website for your own use. Nothing else is licensed.

The Website may link to third-party sites. We do not control them and are not responsible for them.

• You own your idea, product, code, brand, data and company. Taking part in a Programme does not transfer any of it to us.
• We take no equity, revenue share or fee on your intellectual property by reason of your participation.
• If you give us feedback about our Programmes or the Website, we may use it freely and without compensation.
• Any future investment by us or our affiliates would be a separate matter under section 13.

• Programmes may use a public points ledger based on real, verifiable milestones. We award points in good faith based on the evidence we see and may correct errors.
• No one is eliminated from a Programme because of their ranking.
• Awards, including Best Team, are non-cash and are given at our discretion. A benefit such as priority access to a conversation about potential investment is only that. It is not a promise or commitment to invest.
• We may withdraw an award or points obtained through misrepresentation.

Nothing in these Terms or in your participation creates an employment, partnership, agency, joint venture, fiduciary or co-founder relationship between you and us or any person at Catalysis23. Titles used within Catalysis23 do not create a partnership in law.

We are a venture firm. Nothing on the Website, in our content, decks or materials, or in any Programme is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or investment product, or an invitation to invest with us. We do not accept money from the public and do not hold funds for investment on anyone's behalf.

Taking part in a Programme gives you no right to, and no expectation of, any investment, follow-on funding or introduction from us. Any investment we or our affiliates may make would be decided independently and made under a separate written agreement on its own terms, and we would disclose any relationship relevant to it.

Figures in our materials that are marked as illustrative are examples only. They are not forecasts or promises. Statements about our plans are statements of intent and may change.

Programmes are public by design. Do not share in a session, checkpoint or recording anything you are not willing to have made public, unless it has been agreed as off the record.

We will use information you mark as confidential in your application only for our Programmes and will not publish it. We may share it with Catalysts who are bound to keep it confidential. This does not apply to information that is already public, that we already knew or develop independently, or that we are required by law to disclose.

Do not disclose non-public information about other builders that you learn in private sessions.

For in-person or residential events, you agree to follow the venue's rules and our reasonable instructions, and you take part at your own risk. Please tell us in advance about any medical, dietary or accessibility need we should plan for. Sharing this is voluntary, and we treat it as sensitive information. We may remove anyone whose behaviour endangers others.

You agree that we may contact you by email, phone, messaging apps and the channels you give us about your application, offer and participation. We send marketing messages only where you have agreed, and you can opt out at any time.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and the Programmes are provided “as is” and “as available”. We do not guarantee that any Programme will lead to a launched product, users, revenue, funding, investor introductions, or any other result. Website content may contain errors. We do not guarantee that the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue, opportunity, data or goodwill; and
• our total liability to you arising out of or in connection with a Programme or the Website is limited to the fees you paid us for that Programme.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability for fraud or wilful misconduct, or any liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

You will indemnify us against claims, losses and reasonable costs brought by a third party arising from your product, your content or recordings, your breach of these Terms, your infringement of another person's rights, or your breach of law.

We may suspend or remove you from a Programme, or restrict your use of the Website, if you breach these Terms, fabricate or misrepresent results, harass or endanger others, or act unlawfully. Where reasonable, we will tell you why. Fees are dealt with under section 6.3. You may leave a Programme at any time. Sections that by their nature should continue, including sections 8, 9, 13, 17, 18, 19 and 23, continue after your participation ends.

We may update these Terms. We will change the effective date and, for material changes, give notice by email or on the Website. A change does not alter the terms of a Programme you have already confirmed, unless the law requires it. If you keep using the Website or Programmes after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms.

We may transfer these Terms, and our rights and obligations under them, to any company, LLP or other entity established to carry on Catalysis23, or to a successor to our business, on notice to you. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our written consent.

These Terms are governed by the laws of India.

If a dispute arises, either party will first give written notice, and both will try in good faith to resolve it within 30 days. If it is not resolved, it will be referred to arbitration by a sole arbitrator under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The seat and venue of arbitration will be Chennai, India, and the language will be English. The courts at Chennai, India have exclusive jurisdiction over applications for interim relief and enforcement.

Nothing in this section stops you using a forum you are legally entitled to use, including a consumer forum where the law gives you that right.

For questions, complaints or grievances about these Terms or the Website, contact our Grievance Officer:

• Officer: name of Grievance Officer
• Email: team.catalysis23@gmail.com
• Address: registered address

We will acknowledge your message within 48 hours and aim to resolve it within 30 days.

• Entire agreement. These Terms, your written offer and the Programme Guide are the whole agreement between us about your participation. If they conflict, the written offer prevails, then the Programme Guide, then these Terms.
• Severability. If any part of these Terms is unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.
• No waiver. If we do not enforce a right, we have not given it up.
• Third parties. No one other than you and us has rights under these Terms.
• Electronic acceptance. Accepting these Terms electronically is as binding as signing them.
• Language. These Terms are in English, and the English version prevails.