Confidentiality and intellectual property

Founders keep ownership of their ideas and IP. YouFounder claims no rights by receiving an application. Equity or fees arise only under a separate written agreement (Idea to MVP, Accelerator, Startup School).

Only the owner (and, later, named mentors under confidentiality). Submissions are not shared with third parties.

We do not sign individual NDAs for applications, which is standard among accelerators. A mutual NDA can be offered at contract stage for MVP builds.

YouFounder may independently come across similar ideas; similarity does not imply use of an applicant's information.

Please do not submit trade secrets.

Unsuccessful applications are deleted after the configured period.

The privacy policy states where data is hosted. UK GDPR applies.