Privacy policy.

Last Updated: March 16, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Delphi Catalyst ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information that you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our incubator services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect the following types of personal information:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.

  • Professional Information: Job title, company name, industry, professional background, and experience.

  • Application Information: Information provided in application forms, including business plans, team information, and funding requirements.

  • Correspondence: Records of your communications with us.

  • Technical Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, and time spent on our website.

2.2 Company Information

As an incubator, we collect information about your business, which may include:

  • Business plans and models

  • Financial projections

  • Proprietary technology information

  • Market strategies

  • Other confidential business information

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly.

  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website.

  • Functionality Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website.

  • Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • Providing, maintaining, and improving our incubator services

  • Processing applications to our incubator program

  • Communicating with you about our services, events, and opportunities

  • Sending marketing communications about our services, events, and opportunities

  • Monitoring and analyzing usage patterns and trends

  • Ensuring the security and integrity of our services

  • Complying with legal obligations

  • Protecting our rights, property, or safety, and that of our users or others

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We value your privacy and do not sell your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your information in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, and other contractors who perform services on our behalf.

  • Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

  • Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information to protect our rights, property, or safety, and that of our users or others.

5. Protection of Company Information

We understand the sensitive nature of the business information you share with us. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of all proprietary information and trade secrets disclosed to us during the incubator application process and program. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your data.

6. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website.

7. Marketing Communications

We may send you marketing communications about our services, events, and opportunities that we believe may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us directly.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Access: The right to request access to your personal information.

  • Correction: The right to request that we correct incomplete or inaccurate information.

  • Deletion: The right to request that we delete your personal information.

  • Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

  • Data Portability: The right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

  • Objection: The right to object to our processing of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website and services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the Contact Us form on our website.

12. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides you with specific rights regarding your personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

12.1 Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.

12.2 Deletion Request Rights

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.

12.3 Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

12.4 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise the rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us using the contact information provided in Section 11.