About

Introduction
cmypitch.com connects UK entrepreneurs with early stage investors. It is the only business in the UK that connects entrepreneurs (offline and online) with business angels, seed funds, family offices and venture capital firms. In addition, it is the first website to leverage video in connecting entrepreneurs with investors.

We also have an Irish funding platform, cmypitch.ie, in association with Bank of Scotland (Ireland), Deloitte, Microsoft, William Fry and the Irish Times newspaper. cmypitch.ie is dedicated to matching Irish entrepreneurs with investors. 

Entrepreneur Benefits
cmypitch.com provides businesses with the unique opportunity to upload their own video pitch (for FREE) onto the secure platform, for a registered network of investors to watch and inform their investment decisions. In addition, entrepreneurs can learn how to become "investor ready" by watching video tips from the best entrepreneurs (e.g. Doug Richard, James Caan) and by downloading the best 'how to' guides.

Investor Benefits
For investors, cmypitch.com has the potential to open up all of the UK's best investment opportunities and makes identifying the most attractive deals more efficient. Investors can save valuable time, allowing them to not only assess the business opportunity but also the people behind the proposition. Pitches can be filtered by quality intermediaries, stage, size, sector, geography - all key considerations for investors. Investors can also receive email alerts when a new pitch is added that matches their preferred criteria.

"cmypitch Live" Event
cmypitch.com hosts regular offline pitching events called "cmypitch Live", where entrepreneurs get the unique opportunity to pitch to 5 Dragons and 50+ investors. Events like these will offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to complement their video pitch with more traditional face-to-face pitching and networking.

Investor Testimonials
“cmypitch.com brings a fresh new approach to angel investing: they have a great set of web-based screening tools and host insightful pitch events with their very own Dragon panel. But most valuable is their careful groundwork and screening - I've found the quality of their investment options second to none. I'm delighted to be backing Lucian from BraveNewTalent.com after first meeting him at a cmypitch” Andrew Skipwith, business angel, CEO of a high growth London based business called ratedpeople.com.

"I have had a proper relationship with cmypitch.com for about eight weeks. They emailed their 7,000 entrepreneurs with an eshot advertising the services of my company incubation-uk. Since that eshot I've bought one company (the Kitchen Table Ltd.) thereby several jobs, become a director of another (Talent Expo), am negotiating to buy a third (UK Academy Hair Extensions) and have another possibility”. Colin Wilkinson, serial entrepreneur, business angel and CEO of Incubation UK.

The cmypitch model is one that I have a great deal of time for. It's easy to use, with a number of features specifically tailored for investors' needs, such as the ability to hear about 'deals with momentum'. I'm a fan and would recommend it. Tim Levene, founder of Crussh Juice Bars, flutter.com (now Betfair), and early stage fund manager with RIT Capital Partners PLC.

“The pitches at the ‘cmypitch Live’ events are exceptionally polished, precise and varied. This is certainly in part due to the prior preparation, coaching and training that the presenting companies receive, as well as the quality of ideas that they have.” Gregory Kris, a business angel.

For more information please email customerservices@cmypitch.com.

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms") govern the use by the Users of the Service and Content located at www.cmypitch.com ("the Website") by Users. Please read these Terms carefully and ensure that you have understood them. By clicking on the button marked “I Accept” or by viewing or Using any part of the Website, you warrant that you understand and accept these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please cease use of the Website immediately.

For the avoidance of doubt, the General Conditions under Section A shall be applicable to all Users of the Service and the Website. If you are a Registered User the applicable Special Conditions set out herein shall apply in addition to the General Conditions.

SECTION A: General Conditions

1. Definitions

The following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

“Advertisement” means any information relating to the user including without limitation, user’s pitch in any written, audio or visual files (in generally accepted format) which have been created and produced by the user for promotional and advertising purposes and which forms part of the Chargeable Service.

"Charges" means the charges payable to us in respect of the provision of the Chargeable Service. It is FREE to upload a pitch. Once the first investor seeks to make contact with a user the user has the option to pay £99 to obtain the contact details of that investor. There are no further charges for additional contact requests from investors e.g. if 10 investors seek to contact the user the user only pays £99. There is a success fee of 5% on funds raised from investors sourced by cmypitch.com (online and offline). If a user does not pay the success fee one month post the completion of fund raising the fee rises to 10%.

“Chargeable Service” means in respect of the user, having access to certain features and functionalities on the Website for a specific duration including without limitation the ability to create, produce and/or upload the desired Pitch, and any other services deemed chargeable by us;

"cmypitch.com"

means cmypitch.com Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6405782, whose registered office is at Unit 23 (3), The Coda Centre, 189 Munster Road, Fulham, SW6 6AW;

"Content" means the Pitch and any and all information (in all format) created by the user, submitted to and/or published by cmypitch.com on the Website including, without limitation, audio files, visual files, emails, messages, word documents, excel spreadsheet, presentations, business descriptions, advice of all nature and Registered User’s Profiles;

“Contract” means the contract between cmypitch.com and you either as a Non Registered User or a Registered User to the relevant and applicable Service and which incorporates these Terms;

“Data Protection and Privacy Policy” means such policy in relation to data protection and privacy as is displayed on the Website from time to time;

“Effective Date” means the earlier of the date on which a Registered User clicks on the “I Accept” button or the date on which the Non Registered User first views or Uses any part of the Website;

“Intellectual Property Rights”

means all intellectual property rights including without limitation, performer’s reproduction rights, performer’s distribution rights, performer’s rental rights and performer’s lending rights (collectively referred to as “Performer’s Property Rights”), patents, utility models, trade and service marks, trade names, domain names, right in designs, copyrights, moral rights, topography rights, rights in databases, trade secrets and know-how and in all cases whether or not registered or registrable and including registrations and applications for registration of any of these and rights to apply for the same, and all rights and forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect to any of these anywhere in the world;

“Network” means the electronic communications network used by us to provide the Service;

“Non Chargeable Service” means the services (or part thereof) accessible to the Non Registered User and the Registered User  without charge or any other services deemed non chargeable by us which are made available on the Website;

“Non Registered User” means a person who is not registered with cmypitch.com as a Registered User and to whom cmypitch.com has granted access to (i) view and Use the Website; and (ii) Use certain features and functionalities of the Non Chargeable Service as described on the Website;

“Pitch” means the video file (in generally accepted format) created and produced by the user and which is available on the Website and forms part of the Chargeable Service;

"Profile" means information, including without limitation, the name, address and company details relating to the Registered User (which may or may not be fully accessible by other Registered Users) held by cmypitch.com and published on the Website;

“Purpose” means to copy, display, distribute, retain for archiving purposes, publish for publicity and marketing purposes and create any derivate works from the Content;

“Registered User” means a person who is registered with cmypitch.com and has access to all features and functionalities of the Non Chargeable Service which are more particularly described on the Website and under Section B herein;

“Service” means the Chargeable Service, the Non Chargeable Service and any other ancillary services which may be made available by cmypitch.com to the Registered Users and Non Registered Users to the Website;

"Terms" means in respect of each of the Non Registered User and the Registered User, the terms and conditions set out herein;

“Us” or “We” means cmypitch.com, its employees, agents, representatives and subcontractors;

"Use" means having access to the relevant and accessible Service (including where applicable, the Subscription) as a Non Registered User or Registered User and “Using” shall be construed accordingly;

"Website" means www.cmypitch.com; and

“You”, “you”, “Your” or “your” means, where applicable, the Non Registered User and the Registered User.

2. Information about Us

2.1 cmypitch.com may be contacted by writing to Unit 23 (3), The Coda Centre, 189 Munster Road, Fulham, SW6 6AW or by email at customerservices@cmypitch.com.

3. Registration

3.1 You must be eighteen (18) years old or over to Use the Website.

3.2 You may access certain features and elements of the functionalities of the Non Chargeable Services as a Non Registered User.

3.3 If you wish to have access to the Chargeable Service and all features and functionalities of the Non Chargeable Service, you shall be required to register your details with us as a Registered User.

3.4 By Using the Website and the Service, you warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity, in respect of your status as a Non Registered User or Registered User to enter into and be bound by these Terms.

4. Formation of the contract between You and cmypitch.com

4.1 The date of commencement of your Contract with us shall be determined as follows:

4.1.1 where you are a Non Registered User, then upon your first use of the Website; or

4.1.2 where you are a Registered User, then upon the registration of your details with us, and such Contract shall be effective and in force until terminated by either party in accordance with clause 10 herein.

4.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right at our sole and absolute discretion and for whatever reason to:

4.3.1 accept or reject your application as a Registered User; and

4.3.2 refuse you access to the Service (in part or in whole).

5. Term

5.1 Subject to clause 10 and unless otherwise expressly set out to the contrary in these Terms, our Contract with you shall remain in force:

5.1.1 where you are a Non Registered User, for the duration in which you Use the Website; or

5.1.2 where you are a Registered User, for the duration of your registration with us.

6. Our Obligations to You

6.1 We will use our reasonable endeavours to make the Service and any additional service that we agree to provide available to you at all times, but we cannot guarantee an uninterrupted or fault free service.

6.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, cmypitch.com has the sole and absolute discretion to accept, modify, edit, vary, re-format or reject the Contents submitted to it by the Registered User and for the publication of such Contents on its Website.

6.3 Our ability to provide the Service may be impaired by conditions or circumstances that are beyond our control, including, without limitation third party service providers, geographic or atmospheric conditions, local physical obstructions, software and hardware features or functionality of your personal computer operating system and the number of other Non Registered and Registered Users logging onto the Website, server and Network at the same time.

6.4 The Network is not controlled by cmypitch.com and may from time to time be upgraded, modified, subject to maintenance work or otherwise amended by the owner of the Network. Such circumstances may result in the Service being temporarily unavailable. cmypitch.com will take reasonable action to minimise the disruption caused by such circumstances, but some such interruptions may not be avoidable.

6.5 We reserve the right to make changes to the Chargeable Service, Non Chargeable Service and the Website or part thereof, from time to time, provided that such changes have no material adverse effect on the quality of the Service provided to you and we may from time to time add, remove, modify and/or vary any elements of features and functionalities of the Service.

6.6 cmypitch.com also reserves the right from time to time to monitor your Use of the Services.

7. Your Obligations, Responsibilities and Warranties to Us.

7.1 You shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations, directives and legislations which apply to your Use of the Website and/or Service in whatever country you are physically located including without limitation any and all consumer law, export control laws and regulations.

7.2 You hereby warrant and undertake to us that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms and you shall at all times:

7.2.1 not do anything likely to impair, interfere with or damage or cause harm or distress to any persons, or the Network;

7.2.2 not re-sell, promote for resale the Service or engage in any other similar activities;

7.2.3 comply with reasonable instructions issued by us from time to time relating to the Service;

7.2.4 co-operate with any reasonable security or other checks or requests for information made by us from time to time;

7.2.5 not use the Service and/or not do anything that will infringe any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any third parties, including posting anything on the Website which may be deemed obscene, defamatory, libellous or slanderous, or which may cause injury to, invade the privacy of or otherwise violate other rights of any person;

7.2.6 not use any information obtained using the Service otherwise than in accordance with these Terms;

7.2.7 contact our Customer Service immediately by emailing us at customerservices@cmypitch.com immediately if you suspect fraudulent, unlawful or illegal use of the Service;

7.2.8 shall notify cmypitch.com.com immediately of any circumstances where any Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights of any third party may have been infringed; and

7.2.9 strictly comply with such fair and acceptable usage policy as we have in operation from time to time and available on our Website;

7.2.10 use the information retrieved from the Service and the Website at your own risk and that you shall be solely responsible for any illegal conduct, infringement of any third party intellectual property rights and/or any breaches in any applicable laws and legislations; and

7.2.11 shall fully indemnify cmypitch.com against any and all losses and damages suffered by cmypitch.com as a result of a breach of the warranties and undertaking herein.

7.3 Subject always to the provisions in clause 7.2, where you Use the Service as a Registered User, you undertake:

7.3.1 to provide to us true, correct and accurate information;

7.3.2 to promptly inform us in the event that any information that you have provided to us changes or becomes inaccurate;

7.3.3 not to submit postings of whatsoever nature on the Website which is or may be construed to:

• promote racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;

• harass or advocate harassment of another person;

• display pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;

• promote any conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libellous;

• promote any illegal activities including but not limited to violating someone else’s privacy or providing or creating computer viruses; and

• solicit password or any other personally identifying information from other Users for unlawful and illegal purposes.

7.4 We may provide you with login details to access the certain features and functionalities of the Non Chargeable and Chargeable Services. You shall keep your login details confidential and secure. Without prejudice to our other rights and remedies, we reserve the right to promptly disable your login details and suspend your access to the Service (in part or in whole) in accordance with clause 10 if we have reason to believe that you have breached this clause 7.4.

7.5 For the avoidance of doubt, as a Non Registered User or Registered User, you shall at all times be fully liable for the breach of any of these Terms by using a third party using your login details to access the Service.

7.6 Subject to clause 10, cmypitch.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take any action that it deems necessary and appropriate in the event it considers that there is a breach or threatened breach of the terms set out in this clause 7.

8. Intellectual Property and other Proprietary Rights

8.1 Unless otherwise expressly set out to the contrary, nothing in these Terms shall serve to transfer from cmypitch.com to you, any Intellectual Property Rights owned by and/or licensed to cmypitch.com and all rights, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights will remain exclusively with cmypitch.com and/or its licensors.

8.2 Unless otherwise expressly set out to the contrary and where applicable, all Intellectual Property Rights in the Content shall remain exclusively with you and/or your licensors.

8.3 You are expressly prohibited from:

8.3.1 reproducing, copying, editing, transmitting, uploading or incorporating into any other materials, any of the Website;

8.3.2 removing, modifying, altering or using any registered or unregistered marks/logos owned by cmypitch.com; and doing anything which may be seen to take unfair advantage of the reputation and goodwill of the Website or could be considered an infringement any of the intellectual property rights owned and/or licensed to cmypitch.com without first obtaining the written permission of the owner of the intellectual property.

8.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, you hereby agree to indemnify cmypitch.com against all actions, claims proceedings, damages, costs and expenses arising from any actual or alleged infringement of Intellectual Property Rights in or breach in the use by cmypitch.com of the Content.

9. Licence

9.1 Subject to clause 8.4, you hereby grant cmypitch.com an exclusive, perpetual, non-terminable, transferable, sub-licensable and royalty-free licence in to use the Intellectual Property Rights in the Content for the Purpose.

9.2 Save for all moral rights vested in the Advertisement which shall not be waived in accordance with this clause 9.2, you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive all moral rights attaching to the Content pursuant to Chapter IV of Part I of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 and any similar or corresponding rights.

9.3 You hereby consent to the use and exploitation by cmypitch.com of all the Intellectual Property Rights owned by you pursuant to Part II of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

9.4 You hereby agree that cmypitch.com

9.4.1 may, upon obtaining prior consent from you (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), refer to you in any of its marketing material as a customer of cmypitch.com and refer to the type of services that cmypitch.com has provided to you; and

9.4.2 may, in respect of the Pitches, use any of your trademarks in cmypitch.com’s marketing and publicity materials for its publicity and marketing purposes.

10. Our rights to terminate and suspend the provision of the Service

10.1 We may suspend or terminate the Services:

10.1.1 if the Network owner ceases to make the Network available to us;

10.1.2 if we believe that you or someone using your login details has failed to comply with one or more of these Terms; or

10.1.3 if we believe that there has been fraudulent use, misuse or abuse of the Service;

10.1.4 if we believe that you have provided us with any false, inaccurate or misleading information; or

10.1.5 if we believe you are in the business of re-selling, promoting the Services for resale or if you are otherwise engaged in other similar activities.

10.2 If your Service has been terminated, your access to the Services (in whole or in part) as a Non Registered User or a Registered User shall cease.

11. Disclaimer

11.1 The Content on the Website may include facts, views, opinions, advice and recommendations from other Registered Users of the Service which are not endorsed by cmypitch.com. cmypitch.com shall to the maximum extent permitted by law excludes all liability on account of the accuracy, correctness, defamatory nature, completeness, timeliness or otherwise of all information published or made available to you on the Website including without limitation the Content.

11.2 All information published on the Website including without limitation the Content, is intended as information only and does not constitute advice. Therefore, it must not be relied on to assist in making or refraining from making a decision, or to assist in deciding on a course of action. Your use and reliance on the Content on the Website shall be at your own risk and cmypitch.com shall not be liable whatsoever for any damages and loss which you may incur as a result of or in connection with your use and reliance of such Content.

12. Warranties, Liabilities and Indemnities

12.1 cmypitch.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from your Use of the Website. Unless expressly provided to the contrary in these Terms and to the maximum extent permitted by law, cmypitch.com excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in connection with the information provided on the Website, including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability, non-infringement of Intellectual Property Rights, accuracy, completeness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose or otherwise.

12.2 To the maximum extent permitted by law, cmypitch.com shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage caused in whole or part by, or failures, delays, interruptions or otherwise of, the provision of the Service; and shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, liquidated or special losses, loss of profits, loss of management time or damages, loss of investments (financial or otherwise) arising out of, or relating to the use, inability to use, or reliance of the information provided through the Service on the Website or any decision of whatsoever nature made or action taken in reliance or partial reliance on the information provided through the Service on the Website.

12.3 In the event that you have a claim or right of action against any other Non Registered User or Registered User arising from their Use of the Service, you agree to pursue such claim or action independently of and without any demands from cmypitch.com, and you fully and completely release cmypitch.com from all claims, liability and damages arising from or in any way connected to such claim or action.

12.4 In the event that a claim or action is brought against cmypitch.com arising from your activities or Use of the Service and/or the Website, including any breach by you of these Terms or any charges or complaints made by other parties against you, you agree to pay, hold harmless and defend cmypitch.com in such claim or action. You also agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defence of any claim and allow cmypitch.com to assume the exclusive defence and control of the matter.

12.5 Links to third party websites may appear on the Website. Such third party websites are not the responsibility of cmypitch.com and cmypitch.com accepts no responsibility for the availability, suitability, reliability or content of such third party websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.

13. Data Protection and Privacy Policy

13.1 cmypitch.com is committed to protecting (i) your privacy; and (ii) the confidentiality of the information provided to it by you in the course of your Use of Service and the Website.

13.2 cmypitch.com.com is the data controller of your data submitted using the Website. cmypitch.com is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) and cmypitch.com complies with the DPA in all our dealings with your personal data.

13.3 When Using the Website, you hereby consent to cmypitch.com processing your personal data to the extent necessary to facilitate the provision of the Service and to enable cmypitch.com to operate the Website for the purposes for which it is reasonably intended to be operated.

13.4 cmypitch.com reserves the right to gather information relating to your Use of the Service and the Website. By using the Website you consent to the collection and use of this information.

14. Miscellaneous

14.1 cmypitch.com may alter or amend our terms and conditions by giving reasonable notice. By continuing to Use the Website after expiry of the notice period, you will be deemed to have accepted any amendment to these terms and conditions. If, on receipt of such notice, you wish to terminate your agreement with cmypitch.com you may do so by giving cmypitch.com not less than 7 (seven) day's notice, such termination to take effect on the date upon which the amended terms and conditions would otherwise have come into effect.

14.2 These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms.

14.3. These Terms do not create any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 ("Act") which are enforceable by any person who is either not a party to them or who is not a provider of the relevant goods and/or services.

14.4 You may print and keep a copy of these Terms, which form the entire agreement between you and cmypitch.com and supersede any other communications or advertising with respect to the Website.

14.5 No delay in exercising or non-exercise by you and/or cmypitch.com of any of its rights under or in connection with these Terms shall operate as a waiver or release of each of your or cmypitch's right. Rather, any such waiver or release must be specifically granted in writing signed by the party granting it.

14.6 If any part of these Terms is held unenforceable, that part shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of the parties, and the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.

14.7 cmypitch.com shall not incur any liability to any User on account of any loss or damage resulting from any delay or failure to perform all or any part of these Terms if such delay or failure is caused, in whole or in part, by events, occurrences, or causes beyond the control of cmypitch.com. Such events, occurrences or causes will include, without limitation, acts of God, strikes, lockouts, server and network failure, riots, acts of war, earthquakes, fire and explosions.

SECTION B: Special Conditions for Registered Users

B1. Your Non Chargeable Service

B1.1 In consideration for your registration with us and your compliance with these Terms, we shall use our reasonable endeavours to provide you with access to all the features and functionalities of the Non Chargeable Service as set out at www.cmypitch.com.

B2. Your rights to terminate the Service

B2.1 You may cancel your registration with us at any time by sending us an email at unsubscribe@cmypitch.com with the subject line deregister with your login details.

B3. Additional Warranties and Exclusion of Liabilities

B3.1 Where you are a Registered User and wish to access the “Funding” functionality or any other functionalities reasonably determined by us for the purposes of this clause B3.1, you hereby warrant that you are a self-certified investor or a sophisticated investor for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion and promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005 and that any investments (financial or otherwise) made by you using the Service are entirely at your own risk and liabilities.