Terms and conditions

I. Introduction

1. The Platform (hereinafter defined) refer to an internet based portal owned and operated by Ellevate Advantage LLP (“EALLP”), a body corporate incorporated under the laws of India (LLP ID:ACF-4918) and having its registered office located at 162/1, Green Glen Layout, Bellandur, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The term “Elevate Advantage” on the Platform may refer to one or more entities that are part of the Ellevate Advantage Group.

2. Accordingly, the terms Elevate Advantage, website, “we”, “our” and “us” in these Terms of Use may either refer to one or more entities, on a joint or several basis (as the context may require) that form part of the Ellevate Advantage Group. Ellevate Advantage through its Platform enables its users to access rent yielding real estate assets including commercial, retail, warehousing, hotels etc.

3. These terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”) describe the terms applicable to your use of the website (www.Ellevateadvantage.com), mobile-optimized versions of the website, digital applications, and any other media formats for the purposes of use and promotion of EllevateAdvantage (collectively referred to as the “Platform”), and other products, software and services, which may be offered from time to time, on the Platform or offline, owned or licensed and operated by Ellevate Advantage and its affiliates, such as email, chat, whataspp chat, bulletin board services, information related to recommendations, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message (together the “Services”).

4. NOTHING CONTAINED ON THE PLATFORMS SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS AN AUTHORIZATION BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (“SEBI”) TO SOLICIT INVESTMENTS NOR SHOULD THE PLATFORMS BE CONSTRUED AS A SEBI AUTHORIZED CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM OR A STOCK EXCHANGE, OR THEIR EQUIVALENT. THE PLATFORMS ARE USED BY US TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR REGISTERED USERS, AND WE DO NOT SEEK TO SOLICIT INVESTMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

5. By accessing the Platform, registering as a User with the Platform, submitting any material to the Platform, or using any of the Services, you expressly agree to accept these Terms of Use in full. Accordingly, if you disagree with these Terms of Use or any part of these Terms of Use, you may not access or otherwise use the Platform or Services.

II. Definitions

1. Unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of these Terms of Use, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them hereunder:

i. “Applicable Law” means all laws, ordinance, statutes, rules, orders, decrees, injunctions, licences, permits, approvals, authorizations, consents, waivers, privileges, agreements and regulations of any governmental authority/court of law having jurisdiction over the relevant matter including any interpretations thereof, in effect;

ii. “Intellectual Property Rights” means all patents, designs and drawings, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names and utility models, copyrights, inventions, literature, brand names and business names and any similar rights and the benefit (subject to the burden) of any of the foregoing (in each case whether registered or otherwise, and includes applications for the grant of any of the foregoing and the right to apply for any of the foregoing in any part of the world);

iii. “Terms and Conditions” means these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Transaction Documents (if any) or any other document which outlines or governs the relationship between the User and Ellevate Advantage regarding the use and access of Platform and Services;

iv. “Transaction Documents” means the various documents required to be executed by a User that governs its relationship with Ellevate Advantage;

v. “User” means you, and does not include your permitted assigns, successors, trustees, successors-in-interest, heirs and legal representatives and the like, unless the context requires otherwise;

vi. “User Account” means the personal online account created by User to access and use the Platform;

III. Access

Subject to the compliance with Terms of Use and payment of fees (if and as applicable), EllevateAdvantage grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, license to use the Platform for your personal, non-commercial use.

IV. Intellectual Property Rights

1. You acknowledge that all the Intellectual Property Rights in the Platform are owned either by Ellevate Advantage or Ellevate Advantage‘s licensors, or by the content suppliers, as the case may be, but in no event by the User except as explicitly provided herein. The use, access and provision of the Platform does not transfer to you or any third party any rights, title or interest in or to such Intellectual Property Rights. Ellevate Advantage or Ellevate Advantage‘s licensors, or content suppliers reserve all Intellectual Property Rights not specifically granted in these Terms of Use.

2. Subject to the restrictions under Paragraph 5 (Restrictions on Use) below, you agree that all copyright and other proprietary notices on any Platforms content must be retained on all copies thereof.

V. Restrictions on Use

1. The rights granted to you under these Terms of Use are subject to the restrictions provided below.

2. You shall not:

i. license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Platform, without express written consent of Ellevate Advantage;

ii. access the Platform in order to build a similar or competitive service;

iii. copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, displayed, poste or transmit in any form or by any means, any part of the Platforms, for any commercial purpose or otherwise, without express written consent of Ellevate Advantage;

iv. use the Platform in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Platform, its Users or impair the availability or accessibility of the Platform or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;

v. abuse, harass, impersonate, intimidate or threaten other Users;

vi. post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any content that is harmful, infringing, libellous, defamatory, abusive, offensive, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or otherwise violates any Applicable Law or right of any third party; or that threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nations;

vii. use the Platform for any unauthorized purpose, or in violation of any Applicable Law or these Terms of Use;

viii. post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, access to another User’s account, or private information from any User;

ix. create or send unwanted email (spam) to any other User;

x. impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

xi. infringe upon the Intellectual Property Rights of Ellevate Advantage, other Users, or any third party, while accessing or using the Platform;

xii. submit comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites repurposing existing stories or off-topic content;

xiii. post, email, transmit, upload, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, trojan horse or other code with malicious, disruptive and/or destructive features, files or programs designed or functioning to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, including the Platform;

xiv. use any robot, spider, scraper, sniping software or other automated means to access the Platform for any purpose;

xv. conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to the Platform without express written consent of Ellevate Advantage;

xvi. use the Platform or any part of it to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications, or for any other purposes related to marketing, without express written consent of EllevateAdvantage;

xvii. take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load/strain on our infrastructure;

xviii. sell or otherwise transfer your User Account/ profile, or allow any third party to use or access your User Account; or

xix. without our prior written consent, reverse engineer, frame, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software obtained from or part of the Platform.

VI. User Accounts

1. You may need to register an account with us in order to use or access the Platform or the Services.

2. To be eligible to register an account with us, you must be of such age that you can enter into legally binding agreements as per Applicable Laws where You reside in.

3. By registering an account with us (“Registered User”), you represent and warrant that you are such age that you can enter into legally binding agreements as per Applicable Laws where You reside in, that all information you submit is true, accurate and complete and you shall comply with these Terms of Use. You further represent and warrant that: (a) all required registration information you submit is truthful, accurate and complete; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; and (c) You are eligible to enter into legally binding agreements under the Applicable Laws where You reside in. You acknowledge that Your use of the Platform shall be deemed to be genuine and any action taken by Ellevate Advantage or any third party based on the same shall be deemed to be valid. You represent and warrant that you are an individual of legal age or a HUF or a company or a trust or an LLP eligible to form a binding contract as per the Applicable Laws of your domicile (or if not, you’ve received your parent’s or guardian’s or governing body’s permission to use the Platform and such approving authority has agreed to these Terms of Use on your behalf).

4. You will be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User Account and log-in details, and we will not be responsible for misuse of your User Account by any third party, whether authorized by you or not. You may never use another User’s account without permission of such User and us. You also prohibited from sharing your log-in details or allowing anyone access to your account or do anything that might put your User Account or other User Accounts at risk.

5. You are responsible for any activity on the Platform arising out of any failure to keep your User Account confidential and may be held liable for any losses arising out of such a failure. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your User Account or any other breach of security.

6. Ellevate Advantage reserves the right to refuse to offer access to or use of the Platform to any person or entity at Ellevate Advantage’s sole discretion including by changing its eligibility criteria at any time.

7. The Platform may allow a User to create more than one profile under it, especially in case of family members, relatives and affiliates. In the event that Your profile has been created under another User’s profile, it will be deemed that you have accorded your consent to such User to create such profile. Any action initiated under Your profile shall be deemed to have been done with your consent and due authorization.

VII. Mobile Apps and Third-Party Services

1. When you access and use the Platform, you may also be using the services of one or more of our affiliates or third-party service providers, including wireless carrier, mobile platform provider, or application store (e.g. GooglePlay, Apple iPhone Store, Windows Store etc.). The use of these services by you shall be subject to specific documentation signed with such parties with separate policies, terms of use, privacy policy, and fees of these affiliates or third parties (including fees for downloading and using mobile applications, and any operator network and roaming charges), and you hereby explicitly agree to comply with same.

2. You acknowledge and agree that certain payments may require the use of a third-party payment gateway service offered by Ellevate Advantage. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of that service. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the payment processor, in addition to these Terms of Use, and you hereby explicitly agree to comply with same. The terms of your payment will be based on your payment method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer or other provider of your payment method. We are not responsible for any error by the payment processor.

VIII. External Content

1. The Platform might contain links to third party websites, services, and advertisements for third parties. Third party websites may in turn link to the Platform. You acknowledge and agree that third party websites, advertisements and services are not under the control of Ellevate Advantageand that Ellevate Advantage is not responsible for the information, content, products, services, advertising, or other materials which may be provided therein (“External Content”).

2. We may provide you with additional resources, such as reports, charts, and analysis, created by other companies (not Ellevate Advantage) to help you better understand the potential benefits and risks involved. It’s important to understand that these are Third-Party Materials, and relying on them is entirely at your own risk. We recommend you always consult with your own business advisors, lawyers, and tax professionals before making any decisions.

3. Our platform may include links to websites and materials provided by other companies (not Ellevate Advantage). These are called External Content or Third-Party Materials. These links are provided for informational purposes only and we don’t endorse, sponsor, or recommend them in any way. We provide these links for your convenience only. It’s important to understand that Ellevate Advantage does not review, approve, or take any responsibility for the accuracy or content of these external resources. You use them at your own risk. We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third party websites or services that you click on, access or use.

IX. Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy to understand what kind of information we gather from you and the specific measures we take to protect your personal information. The Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.

X. Use of Cookies and Analytical Tools

1. We use data collection devices such as “cookies” on certain pages of the Platform to manage our users’ sessions, store preferences, serve ads, track information, help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety.

2. The types of information cookies collect may include personal information such as your name, your IP address, contact details, personal preferences, and details of your use of the Platform.

3. You have the ability to either accept or decline the use of cookies on your computer / device, whether you are registered with us or not. Typically, you can configure your browser to not accept cookies. However, declining the use of cookies may limit your access to certain features of the Platform.

4. In order to avail Services from us, we may share your personal information to third parties and/or regulatory bodies, subject to Applicable Law. We may also allow third-party advertising companies and marketing services companies to serve ads and other content when you visit the Platform and elsewhere on the internet and in other media. These third-party service providers may place third-party cookies and use the information about your visits, buying behaviour, browsing history, preferences, to this Platform and elsewhere to serve ads and other content to you. We cannot control or access cookies used by third-party service providers.

5. In addition, we may provide your personal information to marketing services companies on an anonymous and aggregate basis to allow them to market their products or services, or for other marketing purposes. This may be information we received from you offline and online.

XI. Limitations, Disclaimers and Exclusions of Liability

1. All information, content, materials, products (including software) and Services included on or otherwise made available to you on or through the Platform are provided on an “as is” without any implied or express representations or warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, suitability and fitness for a particular purpose.

2. Ellevate Advantage does not warrant that the information, content, materials, products (including software) or other Services included on or otherwise made available to you on or through the Platform (whether by Ellevate Advantage, its affiliates, suppliers, content providers and advertisers), Ellevate Advantage’s servers or electronic communications sent by EllevateAdvantage are free of viruses or other harmful components.

3. Ellevate Advantage shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but without limitation to any direct, indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for business losses, loss of contracts or business relationships, profits, data, database, software or other intangibles, damage to goodwill or reputation, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, performance or failure of the Platform and any materials posted thereon, products (including software) or other Services or otherwise made available to you on or through the Platform, irrespective of whether such damages were foreseeable or arise in contract, tort, equity, restitution, by statute, at common law or otherwise.

4. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, Ellevate Advantage does not warrant or represent:

4.1 the completeness or accuracy of the information published on the Platform;

4.2 that the material on the Platform is up to date;

4.3 that the Platform or any Service on the Platform will remain available.

5. You understand and acknowledge that an investment in real estate assets is speculative in nature and involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of capital. An investment in real estate asset is suitable only for sophisticated investors who fully understand and are capable of bearing the risks of an investment in real estate assets. An investor should only invest in real estate assets as part of an overall investment strategy, and only if the investor is able to withstand a total loss of its investment. No guarantee or representation is made by us that you will achieve your investment objectives or will receive a return of your capital.

6. You confirm and acknowledge that by registering on the Platform, you authorize and consent to Ellevate Advantage sending promotional and marketing content to you through emails, phone calls, short message service or other electronic and non-electronic mode of communication, and no such communication shall be deemed to be in violation of law relating to unsolicited commercial communication.

7. You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers and employees to the extent permitted by law and, having regard to that interest, you agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the Platform or these Terms of Use.

8. The laws of certain jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

9. We make no representation or warranty regarding the Platform:

1. meeting your requirements,

2. being accurate or reliable;

3. being accessible in an uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free manner.

10. Access to and use of the Platform by you is contingent on your internet connection and we shall not be held liable for any loss that occurs due to breaks in your internet accessibility.

11. In the event that the Platform or any portion thereof is not accessible due to technical problems or for any other reason, Users are not entitled to claim any loss or damage from us, and we are not obligated to compensate any such User.

12. If you are dissatisfied or harmed by the Platforms or anything related to it, your sole remedy shall be to terminate these Terms of Use by closing your account on the Platform.

XII. Breach of Terms of Use

Without prejudice to Ellevate Advantage’s other rights under these Terms of Use, if you breach these Terms of Use in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these Terms And Conditions in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including (a) temporarily suspend your access to the Platform, (b) permanently prohibit you from accessing the Platform, (c) blocking computers / devices using your IP address from accessing the Platform, (d) contacting any or all of your internet service providers and request that they block your access to the Platform, (e) commence legal action against you, whether for breach of contract or otherwise; and/or (f) suspend or delete your User Account.

XIII. Termination

1. Either you or Ellevate Advantage may terminate the relationship between us relating to the usage of the Platform, with or without cause, at any time to be effective immediately. Please note that such termination shall only govern Your usage of the Platform and any Services offered to You by an affiliate of Ellevate Advantage or a third party shall continue to be governed by the terms agreed in such individual service agreements.

2. While Ellevate Advantage will try to provide you prior notice of any termination of your account, you agree that Ellevate Advantage may under certain circumstances, immediately terminate your User Account. Causes for termination may include, but shall not be limited to, your breach of the Terms and Conditions, requests by law enforcement or government agencies, non-payment of fees owed by you in connection with the access and use of the Platform or the Services.

3. Ellevate Advantage shall not be liable to you or any third party for the termination or suspension of any Platform. If you object to any Terms and Conditions, your only recourse is to: (a) discontinue use of the Platform or the Services; and (b) notify Ellevate Advantage of such discontinuance.

4. Upon termination of the relationship, your right to access or use the Platform and the Services shall immediately cease. You shall have no right, and Ellevate Advantage shall have no obligation thereafter, to execute any of your uncompleted tasks or forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party. Once your User Registration is terminated, cancelled or suspended, any data that you have stored on the Platform may not be retrieved later.

XIV. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

1. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and the jurisdiction shall be Bangalore.

2. The determination of existence of any disputes, the nature of the disputes and how it should be handled relating to these terms and conditions shall be decided by Ellevate Advantage. Subject to the above, the courts of Bengaluru City will have exclusive jurisdiction over issues arising out of these terms and conditions.

XV. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Ellevate Advantage in relation to your use of the Platform and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of the Platform. Please note, however, that other aspects of your use of Services may be governed by additional agreements. If any term of this Terms of Use expressly conflicts with any term of any individual service agreement executed with an affiliate of Ellevate Advantage or a third party, such conflict will be resolved at our sole discretion.

XVI. Changes to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Ellevate Advantage reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time without notice, these changes will be effective immediately for users of our Platform.

XVII. Release and Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold each of Ellevate Advantage, its directors, representatives, employees, consultants and contractors, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable solicitors’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Platform and / or any Services therein, the breach of these Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you of any Intellectual Property Rights or any other right of any other person or entity.

XVIII. Confidentiality

Subject to the express permissions of these Terms of Use, you and we will protect each other’s Confidential Information from unauthorized use, access or disclosure in the same manner as each protects its own Confidential Information, but with no less than reasonable care. Except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to these Terms of Use, each of us may use each other’s Confidential Information solely to exercise our respective rights and perform our respective obligations under these Terms of Use. The term ‘Confidential Information’ shall mean all information disclosed or accessed by you to us or by us to you which is labelled “confidential” (or with a similar legend) or which a reasonable person would understand to be confidential given the nature of the information and circumstances of disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that (a) was already known to the receiving party at the time of disclosure by the disclosing party; (b) was or is obtained by the receiving party by a third party not known by the receiving party to be under an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information; (c) is or becomes generally available to the public other than by violation of these Terms of Use; or (d) was or is independently developed by the receiving party without use of the disclosing party’s Confidential Information.

XIX. Communication

1. If you need to give EALLP a notice of anything, including infringement of your rights, or any other non-compliance with these Terms of Use, or you have any questions on these Terms of Use, please write to [email protected]

2. If we need to give you notice of anything, we shall write to you at the email address you provide to us.

XX. Disclaimer

Under no circumstances is the information mentioned herein to be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or as an offer to provide any services.

This information mentioned herein has not been approved by any supervisory or regulatory authority.

Nothing contained herein may be relied upon as a guarantee, promise, assurance, or a representation as to the future. No assurance can be given that the objective or strategy or vision or mission regarding the services offered by us will be achieved. The User is cautioned not to put undue reliance on any of the assumptions, scenarios, projections, representative data, expected yields or other information contained herein.

The User should also note that there can be no assurance that any of the prospective opportunities described in this document will be consummated or any other arrangement with any other person will fructify, or in either case continue even if consummated or fructified.

Past performance is not indicative of future results and there can be no assurance that the arrangement described herein will achieve its goals. Certain information contained herein constitutes “forward looking statements” which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “us”, “should”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “target”, “project”, “estimate”, “intend” or “continue”, “believe” or the negatives thereof, or other variations thereon. Because of various risks and uncertainties, actual events or results or actual performance may differ materially from the events, results or performance reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements. As a result, the User should not rely on such forward-looking statements.

XXI. Waiver of Rights

Ellevate Advantage’s failure to enforce any provision of this Terms of Use shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.