Privacy Policy

YL Ventures – Website Privacy Policy

Last Revised: March 2026

YL Ventures and its affiliates (collectively, “YL Ventures”, “we”, “our” or “us”) respect the privacy of the users (“User(s)” or “you”) of its website at: www.ylventures.com, including subdomains, landing pages, social platforms, and in any other digital interface controlled by YL Ventures (collectively, the “Site”), and are committed to protect the personal information collected in this framework. We believe that our Users have the right to be informed about our policy regarding the collection and use of information received and processed by us during the use of the Site. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it.

For the avoidance of doubt, wherever the term the “Site” is used in this policy, it shall refer to all digital platforms owned or controlled by YL Ventures, including, without limitation, landing pages, digital forms, social platforms, applications, and any other digital interface operated, managed, or controlled by YL Ventures, unless the context requires otherwise. 

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in our Terms of Use, available at: https://www.ylventures.com/terms-of-use (“Terms of Use“), unless expressly stated otherwise in this policy (“Privacy Policy“), which forms an integral part of the Terms of Use. 

PLEASE NOTE AND READ CAREFULLY: 

BY ENTERING, ACCESSING, OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, INCLUDING TO THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, TRANSFER (LOCALLY AND ABROAD) AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS DEFINED BELOW). YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES DETAILED UNDER THIS POLICY.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE. THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE AMENDED OR UPDATED PERIODICALLY AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION; ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO REVIEW THE THEN-CURRENT VERSION OF THE POLICY EACH TIME YOU ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

IT IS HEREBY CLARIFIED THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING THE SITE, YOU MAY PROVIDE US WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS DETAILED BELOW), INCLUDING INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT THROUGH LANDING PAGES, DIGITAL FORMS, OR ANY OTHER INTERFACE. YOU HEREBY AGREE AND DECLARE THAT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US IS VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED AND GIVEN AT YOUR OWN FREE WILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PURPOSES DETAILED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AND THAT YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION.

If you have filled in your contact details and/or indicated on the Site that you agree to receive marketing messages and advertisements, it is hereby clarified that you have consented to receive marketing messages from YL Ventures, including advertisements pursuant to the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) Law, 1982, including via email, messaging applications (including WhatsApp) and SMS, automatic dialing systems, or any other means of communication. Such messages will be sent to you using the contact details you voluntarily provided. You may withdraw your consent at any time. It is clarified that your refusal to receive marketing communications will not prevent you from using the Site and the services offered therein, but it may limit our ability to offer you personalized offers and benefits.

Implications of refusal to provide information. We clarify that:

• You are not under any legal obligation to provide us with your Personal Information.

• The provision of Personal Information depends solely on your will and free consent.

• Failure to provide information marked as mandatory will prevent you from using services that require registration, such as contacting us.  
• In the absence of certain information, we may be unable to provide you with some or all of the services offered on the Site. 
• Refusal to receive marketing communications will not prevent you from using the Site and the basic services offered on it.
• Refusal to allow the use of non-essential cookies may affect your browsing experience on the Site and the personalization of the content displayed to you, as detailed below.

Who we are: The data controller of the database of information collected via the Site is: YL VENTURES, our address: 42 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941, United States, telephone number: +1 415-692-1000, and email address: [email protected]. 

Questions and Reporting a Privacy Violation: If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected]. Representatives of YL Ventures are available to assist you with any inquiries, requests, responses, or complaints. 

1. Which information we may collect on our Users? 

When you are using the Site, we may collect and process one or more of the following types of data:

1. 1. Non-personal Information. 

Like most websites and online services, we automatically and passively collect anonymous, non-identifying information from your devices when you access and use the Site, including (i) technical information such as the type and version of your device and its operating system, browser type and version, screen resolution, keyboard language, Wi-Fi connectivity, etc.; and (ii) behavioral information, which may include non-personal, anonymous, and technical information, as well as information collected about your behavior, which may include, among other things, records of your activity on the Site, click-stream data, and other similar types of information (collectively, “Technical and Behavioral Information“).

1.2. Personal Information (meaning information that allows us to personally identify you and is usually of a private or sensitive nature). 

This information is collected by us as follows:

Personal Information collected directly from you: 

• • Contact Us Form: Personal Information is collected from the details the Users provide us while filing the “Contact Us” form available on our Site (including, without limitation, the User’s full name, phone number, email address, organization name, job title and any text you wish to insert into the “message” box). Additional information may be requested via such form in the future. 
  • Communications with YL Ventures: Personal Information is collected from the details the Users provide as part of any communications with YL Ventures, by any means, including without limitation, by email, telephone, or through our social network pages or otherwise.
  • Events: Personal Information is collected from the details the Users provide as part of registration to our events. Such Personal Information may include your full name, email address, job title,  organization name and phone number. Additional information may be requested via the registration form in the future.
  • Free Text: For the avoidance of doubt, any information you enter as free text in the various forms or in your correspondence with us will be transmitted to us “as is”. Therefore, you are requested to include only details that are essential for your inquiry.
  • Information Collected on Landing Pages and Additional Interfaces: In addition, when you provide your details on landing pages or in any other digital form of YL Ventures (such as surveys, etc.), your contact information and any other information you provide will be collected and used by us in accordance with the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
  • Our newsletter and other commercial materials: you may voluntarily provide us with your full name, email address, job title, organization name and phone in order to subscribe to our newsletter and to receive commercial materials from us and our partners. Additional information may be requested in the future.

Personal Information collected via technology: 

• • Identifiers: when you use the Site, you automatically provide us with your IP address, MAC address, or other unique identifiers, as applicable, depending on the network or device you are using. This information is collected by us in order to improve your user experience, determine your geographic location, and for security and online advertising purposes. We may also collect additional identifiers, including advertising identifiers stored on the device you are using (for example, Google’s Advertiser Identification or Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers), for similar purposes.
  • Geolocation data: When you use the Site, we may collect data about your geographic location, including through the analysis of IP addresses, GPS signals, and other similar information. Please note that we may also analyze your IP address and other similar data, using our third party service providers, in order to determine the name of the company whose IP address you have used to browse to our Site, for the purpose of locating prospects and in order to analyze our Site’s traffic.
  • Technical and Behavioral Information: to the extent that the Technical and Behavioral Information (detailed above under Section ‎1.1) will be linked to or associated with a specific individual, then such information will be considered as Personal Information. 
  • Email: When we send you an email, we may collect, through tracking technologies, information regarding the delivery of the email and whether it has been opened by you.
  • Statistics and Measurements: We may, either ourselves or through service providers such as Google Analytics, generate measurements, statistics, and detailed analyses regarding your behavior on the Site in general.

Please note: 

• • Please note that we may collect the aforementioned information (Personal Information and Non-Personal Information) either ourselves or through our service providers, including through the use of technologies such as cookies and similar tracking technologies (see definition and further details in Section ‎10 below). For the avoidance of doubt, Any Non-personal Information connected or linked to or associated with any Personal Information shall be deemed as Personal Information as long as such connection, linkage or association exists. 

• • If you provide us with personal information relating to third parties, you hereby represent and warrant that you have obtained such third parties’ informed consent to provide such information to us for the purpose of processing it in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and that any responsibility in connection therewith shall rest solely with you. If such third parties are minors (under the age of 18), you hereby represent and confirm that you are the parent or legal guardian of the minor and that you are authorized to provide us with personal information about the minor in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

• • You represent that all personal information you provide us is true, accurate, complete, and up to date. YL Ventures shall not be liable for any damage resulting from the provision of incorrect or misleading information. Please note that providing incorrect details may impair our ability to contact you when necessary and may affect the quality of the service provided to you.

2. What are the Purposes of the collection and processing of information? 

2.1. Non-personal Information is collected and processed in order to:   

• • For research and statistical analysis purposes intended for our internal use, including, among other things, to enable us to make informed strategic decisions through a better understanding of our target audiences;
  • Keep the Site safe and secured against fraudulent and criminal activity.
  • To understand how the Site is used and for the purpose of customizing, developing, and improving the Site.

2.2. Personal Information is collected and processed in order to:

• • Enable the management, operation and constant improvement of the Site, and to provide you with the services offered by us, including the services offered through the Site;
  • Keep the Site safe and secured and for prevention of fraud and crime;
  • To contact you for the purpose of providing support and technical assistance related to the Site and to respond to your inquiries, requests, comments and suggestions;
  • Personalize your experience on the Site and monitor, customize, develop and enhance the services offered you through the Site;
  • Ensure that the content on the Site is presented in an optimal way for you and for your device (e.g. tablet, mobile phone);
  • Add your contact details to our mailing list for the purposes of sending you by email, SMS, WhatsApp messages, through web-browser notification or other online means, marketing materials, newsletters, information about us and updates, notices, announcements, and additional information related to our services and portfolio companies (including, proposals and tailored information regarding new portfolio companies, events, offers, services, special offers and opportunities). You may withdraw your consent to receive such messages by contacting us via email or by selecting the “unsubscribe” option that will appear in any message sent to you;
  • To create relevant advertising campaigns that promote our services, and/or the products, services, and brands of our business partners, which we believe may interest you and be of value to you, through partners such as Google and Facebook (Meta). In doing so, we may transfer limited personal information to these advertising platforms in order to generate high-quality and targeted advertising campaigns. The processing, use, and transfer of such information will be carried out in accordance with applicable law and subject to this Privacy Policy and the privacy policies of such platforms; 
  • To store and manage the information in our databases for the purposes detailed in this Privacy Policy;
  • Register you to our events and contact you regarding the events;
  • To conduct research and statistical analysis intended for our internal use, we may convert information relating to you into anonymous data, so that you cannot be identified directly or indirectly;
  • For our administrative purposes; and
  • To protect our rights and to comply with any legal obligation applicable to us, for example, for the resolution of disputes, compliance with the law, and/or responding to a request from a competent authority. We may use personal information in our possession to enforce the terms of this Privacy Policy, as well as for the purpose of resolving disputes or complying with any legal provision or request from a competent authority, to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights or those of others.

3. How long do we retain your personal information? 

We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as it remains relevant and used for the purposes for which it was originally collected or as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain Personal Information about you for a longer period in the event of a legal claim or if we are required to do so by law.

Anonymous or aggregated information derived from your use of the Site may be stored in our systems indefinitely, and we may use it without limitation.

4. Your Rights

YL Ventures acknowledges that applicable law may provide you with certain rights relating to your Personal Information, including the right to access, modify and/or delete the Personal Information we collect and process about you. If you wish to access or to correct, amend, or delete Personal Information, please send us an email to: [email protected], and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe, and will act in accordance with the privacy laws applicable to us. It should be clarified that deleting information may prevent you from continuing to receive certain services from us.

Please note: In any request to review, modify, and/or delete information, we ask that you include the following details: name, phone number, address, email address, and the specific information you wish to review, modify, or delete. If you wish to authorize another person to review the information on your behalf, please attach an explicit power of attorney for this purpose.

5. Sharing Information with Third Parties 

5.1. YL Ventures respects your privacy and will not disclose, share, rent, or sell your Personal Information to any third party, other than as stipulated under this Privacy Policy. 

5.2. Generally, YL Ventures does not share your Personal Information with third parties. However, we may do so in the following circumstances:

• • To collect, store, and/or process your Personal Information through suppliers and third parties providing certain products or services approved by us (including, where applicable, their partners), solely for the purpose of providing the services requested by us, and not for any other purpose. See Section ‎6 below for further details on this matter.
  • YL Ventures Personnel: Personal Information that we collect and process may be transferred to or accessed by personnel of YL Ventures for the sole purpose of enabling the operation of the Site and to contact you. Please note that all YL Ventures personnel who will have access to your Personal Information are under an obligation of strict confidentiality with respect to such Personal Information.
  • Competent authorities and law enforcement agencies: We may share your Personal Information with law enforcement authorities, security agencies, courts, regulators, any other competent authority, or other relevant entities, in order to comply with legal requirements, judicial proceedings, court orders, administrative orders, requests from governmental authorities, or official investigations;
  • Enforcement of terms and policies: We may share Personal Information with our legal advisors, law enforcement authorities, or other relevant entities for the purpose of enforcing this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, including as part of an investigation into possible violations of the Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use.
  • Advertisers and advertising service providers: We may share Personal Information with advertisers, advertising networks, digital marketing companies, and analytics service providers for the purpose of creating targeted and relevant advertising for you, subject to applicable data protection laws, this Privacy Policy, the privacy policies of those platforms and subject to your consent to the use of cookies and tracking technologies, as further detailed below. 
  • Fraud prevention and information security: We may share Personal Information with information security providers, law enforcement authorities, or technology consultants for the purpose of detecting, preventing, or addressing fraud, deception, security, safety, or technical issues.
  • Claims and dispute resolution: We may share Personal Information with professional advisors (including attorneys), insurance companies, competent authorities, or other relevant third parties for the purpose of investigating, handling, or defending against claims, demands, or allegations.
  • Protection of rights: We may share Personal Information with law enforcement authorities, legal advisors, or other relevant entities for the purpose of protecting our rights, property, or the personal safety of our partners, employees, or the public.
  • Change of control, investment, or corporate transaction: In the event of a change of control, reorganization, merger, investment in YL Ventures, change in the composition of the partners, transfer of management rights, or transfer of all or a substantial portion of YL Ventures’ assets, YL Ventures may transfer your Personal Information to a potential investor, limited partner, or purchaser, provided that such party undertakes to maintain the same level of privacy protection as set forth in this Privacy Policy; and/or
  • With your consent: We may share your personal information with other third parties based on your explicit request or consent.

5.3. For the avoidance of doubt, YL Ventures may use Non-personal Information and transfer and disclose it to third parties at its discretion, including without limitation for statistical, analytical and research purposes, and for customization, development and improvement of the Site.

6. Third Party Service Providers 

YL Ventures engages third party service providers to support its operations. Your Personal Information may be transferred to such service providers solely for the purpose of providing services to YL Ventures. These service providers may be located in jurisdictions different from your own, and the data protection laws applicable in those jurisdictions may provide a lower level of protection than those in your jurisdiction. However, we will engage only with service providers that can offer adequate safeguards to ensure that your Personal Information is stored, processed, and protected appropriately, in compliance with applicable data protection laws. 

The following are categories of third-party service providers we engage with, who may have access to Personal Information collected through the Site: website infrastructure and operations services, cloud hosting services, information technology (IT) and cybersecurity services, data analytics services (such as, Google Analytics), tag management services (such as Google Tag Manager), technical support services and CRM, marketing and consent management services (such as, HubSpot).

Advertising Service Providers: In order to obtain advertising services from external service providers, we may share personal information about you (i.e., website activity) with these service providers. The service providers may use such information for the purpose of providing advertising services to us, and in some cases, also for their own independent purposes, as separate controllers of the information, all in accordance with their privacy policies. In this context, the service providers may combine the information transferred to them from YL Ventures with additional information collected by them, including information relating to your activity on other websites across the internet or any other information they have about you. In addition, the service providers may share the information processed by them with third parties. It is clarified that YL Ventures has no control over, and bears no responsibility for, the manner in which these service providers process, store, or share the information with other parties. For additional information regarding how these providers process information for their own independent purposes, please refer to their respective privacy policies, which can be found at the following links:

Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Meta (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

HubSpot: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy.

Links to Third Party Websites

The Site may contain certain links which permit Users to leave our Site and enter non-YL Ventures sites or services. Among other things, these third-party websites may send Cookies (as defined below) to your browser, thereby collecting Personal Information about you.

We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the links on our Site lead you to reliable websites that may include, for example, articles, videos, and other additional content selected by YL Ventures solely for the convenience of the Users. However, it should be clarified that YL Ventures is not responsible for your use of these links and is not affiliated with such websites or services and/or with the privacy policies of those websites or services. Your access to, use of, and reliance on third-party websites, services, and/or content, as well as any engagement between you and such third parties, are solely at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that YL Ventures shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused (or alleged to have been caused) in connection with or as a result of your use of any service, content, product, or other information available through such websites (including with respect to the use or disclosure of your personal information by such third parties). 

Most of such linked sites and services provide legal documents, including terms of use and privacy policy governing the use thereof (these constitute a privacy policy different from this one, regarding the use and disclosure of your personal information by those third-party websites) It is always advisable to read such documents carefully before using those sites and services, inter alia, in order to know what kind of information about you is being collected.

7. Security

We invest reasonable efforts in implementing and maintaining the security of your Personal Information (whether directly or through third-party service providers). We apply procedures, information security policies, and technological and organizational security measures as required by applicable law, in order to protect your personal information, prevent unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, and to mitigate the risks associated with such activities. However, despite these efforts and measures, we cannot guarantee absolute protection, and there is always a risk that Personal Information may be exposed, leaked, stolen, damaged or otherwise compromised, or that unauthorized access to our information systems or databases may occur. In addition, your Personal Information is hosted on third parties’ servers, which provide advanced strict security standards (both physical and logical). Please note, however, that there are inherent risks in transmission of information over the Internet or other methods of electronic storage and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access or use will never occur. 

Accordingly, we do not guarantee, and you should not reasonably expect, that our services and information systems will be completely immune from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or modification. 

YL VENTURES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, HACKING, OR OTHER SECURITY INTRUSIONS OR FAILURE TO STORE OR THE THEFT, DELETION, CORRUPTION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, OR LOSS OF ANY DATA OR INFORMATION. BY USING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THESE LIMITATIONS. 

YL Ventures will comply with applicable law in the event of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your Personal Information and will inform you of such breach as required by applicable law. 

8. Location of your Data 

The information collected about you by YL Ventures, including Personal Information as detailed in this Privacy Policy, may, in whole or in part, be transferred to, and further transferred, to YL Ventures’ suppliers and third-party service provides (as further detailed under Section ‎‎5 ‎above), across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. Please note that we may transfer such information to such third party who is located in a country and jurisdiction that whose laws do not ensure the same level of protection as the level of protection under the privacy protection laws applicable in your jurisdiction, and you consent to such transfer of information. In general, we make efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is stored only in Israel, the European Union, and/or the United States. In any event, any transfer of data will be in accordance with the safeguards permitted under applicable privacy laws. 

BY SUBMITTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO YL VENTURES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE, IN JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH CONSENT IS REQUIRED, TO SUCH TRANSFER, STORING AND/OR PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

When you access or use the Site, we and/or our third party service providers may use industry-wide technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs and other similar tools (or other similar technologies) (collectively, “Cookies”), that store certain information on the computer or device through which you access our Site. Such Cookies may enable us, amongst others, to recognize your device from those of other Users of the Site, to improve the Site’s performance, to deliver a better and more personalized service according to our Users’ individual interests and the device or browser used, to track Users’ use of the Site, to gather information about the Users’ approximate geographic location (e.g. city), to prevent fraud and/or abuse, to estimate our audience size and usage pattern and perform other analytics, to develop our Site. 

For more information regarding the use of Cookies in our Site, please see our Cookie Policy, available at: https://www.ylventures.com/cookie-policy.

10. Social Features 

Our Site may include social media features, such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn links (“Social Features”). The Social Features are operated or allow for social integration with certain third party social networks or third party Sites (“Social Networks“). These Social Networks are created and maintained by third parties who are not affiliated with and/or controlled by YL Ventures. If you enable this integration with such Social Networks, your use of the Social Features is subject to the applicable third party Social Network’s terms of use and privacy policies. You should ensure that you read their terms of use and privacy policies to understand how they treat your information and in order to understand the methods for changing the privacy or sharing settings on such services. If you do not agree to the practices described in such terms you should not allow the Site to interact with such Social Networks, however you may find that you are not able to enjoy all the features that may be made available via the Site. You understand that where you allow interaction with any third party Social Network, we may share data about you with your contacts (and vice versa) in order that you may enjoy social elements. This data may include, inter alia, your name and your social media profile picture. By using the Social Features, you hereby agree and understand that the applicable Social Networks may collect certain Personal Information, such as your IP address, Non-Personal Information and may set cookies and/or other web tracking technologies to enable the functionality of the Social Features. The use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the third party that provides the Social Features. You hereby understand and agree that when you share content from Social Networks, your content may become public and others may re-post-it. 

11. Direct Marketing  

You hereby agree that we may use the contact details you provided us with (including, without limitation, e-mail address) for the purpose of providing you with commercial and/or non-commercial materials related to our current and/or future activities and/or services. 

If you have filled in your contact details and/or indicated on the Site that you agree to receive marketing messages and advertisements, it is hereby clarified that you have consented to receive marketing messages from YL Ventures, including advertisements pursuant to the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) Law, 1982, including via email, messaging applications (including WhatsApp) and SMS, automatic dialing systems, or any other means of communication. Such messages will be sent to you using the contact details you voluntarily provided.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending a written notice to our e-mail address at: [email protected] or alternatively follow the instructions for removing yourself from the mailing list which are available in the message transmitted to you. You hereby acknowledge that YL Ventures has informed you that you may refuse to receive such materials. 

You may disable the option to receive push notifications from us by changing your browser settings or by adjusting the settings in the operating system of the device you use to access the Site.

12. Minors 

The Site is intended for Users over the age of eighteen (18). Therefore, YL Ventures does not intend and does not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under this age. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that minors under this age are not using the Site. 

13. Changes to the Privacy Policy 

YL Ventures reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, and recommend you to re-visit this page frequently to check for any changes. In case of any material change, we will make reasonable efforts to post a clear notice on the Site and/or we will send you an e-mail regarding such changes (to the extent that you provided us with such an e-mail address). Such material changes will take effect seven (7) days after such notice was provided on our Site or sent to you via e-mail, whichever is the earlier. Otherwise, all other changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Revised” and your continued use of the Site on or after the Last Revised date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes. In the event that the terms should be amended to comply with any legal requirements, the amendments may take effect immediately, or as required by the law and without any prior notice.

14. Have any Questions? 

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at: [email protected], and we will make an effort to reply within a reasonable timeframe.