Terms of Use

To help you better understand our terms of use, we have separated the documents relating to our service

"How Co-Funded Works" explains the the process that you are agreeing to.

"Terms of Use" adds the specific language to protect all of us

Contracts

When the Actioning Party accepts a suggestion, a new contract will be generated.

When the Actioning Party starts the suggestion the first schedule of payment ("Schedule 1") is generated.

When the Actioning Party completes the suggestion, just before voting starts, a second schedule of payment ("Schedule 2") is generated.

When voting has finished a third and final schedule of payment ("Schedule 3") is generated.

Contract Samples

Contract

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Schedule 3

How Co-Funded Works

Last Modified: Jan 9th, 2015

 

What Is Co-Funding?

Co-Funded.com allows users ("Co-Funder" or "you") to commit certain amounts of money to fund an improvement, change, modification, or alteration ("Suggestion") to, in, or on a third party company, group or individual's ("Actioning Party") website, service, store, software, product, or business. If an Actioning Party accepts your Suggestion, then the Actioning Party creates a proposal and Co-Funded, L.L.C. ("Co-Funded") will coordinate with the Actioning Party to implement and track the Actioning Party's progress with implementing the Suggestion.


Making a Suggestion

If you have an idea on how to improve, change, modify, or alter an Actioning Party's business process or methods, website, software, product or services, then you can make a Suggestion at Co-Funded.com. Your Suggestion must be accompanied with the website for the Actioning Party. If known, you may, but are not required to, provide additional information about the Actioning Party, such as the name or operating currency. Co-Funded will coordinate with the Actioning Party to ascertain whether the Actioning Party will implement your Suggestion and track the Actioning Party's performance of implementing the Suggestion.

Co-Funded.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to edit your Suggestion. This may include but is not limited to correcting typos or rephrasing portions of a Suggestion to clarify the language, or to merge similar Suggestions. If you believe that any edits are inappropriate, you may contact us with the details of the issue so we may correct the edits.

Co-Funded reserves the right to cancel, interrupt, remove, or suspend a Suggestion at any time and for any reason. Co-Funded is not liable for any damages that may result from those actions. Co-Funded reserves the right not to comment on the reasons for any of those actions.

When a Suggestion is accepted by an Actioning Party, the Actioning Party will create a proposal based on the Suggestion outlining the details of what the Actioning Party will implement, including a target funding amount and timeline. This must be approved by Co-Funded before the Suggestion moves to the Accepted status.

Committing Money to a Suggestion

Your commitment ("Commitment") indicates the amount of money that you would pay for the Actioning Party to implement a Suggestion Co-Funded does not ask you to make any payment until the Actioning Party has accepted the Suggestion. Once the Suggestion has been accepted by the Actioning Party, you will be able to track the Actioning Party's progress towards implementing the Suggestion on Co-Funded's website here [insert hyperlink]. Co-Funded will not pay the Actioning Party until the Co-Funders have confirmed that the Actioning Party implemented the Suggestion satisfactorily.

You may cancel a Commitment you have made if 30 business days have elapsed and the Suggestion is still in the "open" or "suggested" status on the website. Commitments may also be cancelled at Co-Funded's sole discretion.

Commitment amounts referenced in this document are in US Dollars. For Commitments or Suggestions in other currencies, the current exchange rate should be used to determine the equivalent amount in US Dollars. The limit for all Commitments in non-US Dollars is determined by the US exchange rate for the non-US currency for the date the Commitment is made. Due to the nature of exchange rates, this amount may fluctuate on a day to day basis.

Your Account

In order to make a commitment, you must create a user account on Co-Funded.com.

Once you have created a user account, you are able to make new Suggestions, commit money and make payments towards Suggestions. All Commitments and payments must be in whole numbers.

With a basic user account, the minimum Commitment amount is $1 and the maximum Commitment amount for a Suggestion is $25. Your total Commitment limit for Suggestions is $100.

Examples:

If you commit $25 to one Suggestion, then you have up to $75 to commit to other Suggestions.

If you commit $1 to three Suggestions, and $4 to two other Suggestions, then you can commit up to $89 to other Suggestions, at a later time.

In the event you wish to exceed the maximum Commitment limits, you have the option of (a) providing secondary verification by means of connecting via facebook, (b) gaining status or (c) authorizing your credit card for the amount you wish to commit.

Secondary verification allows you to commit up to $100 to a Suggestion and increases your total Commitment limit for Suggestions to $500.

Gaining Status allows you to commit more than the base limits. Any user will automatically gain status by paying $100 or more within the past 12 months. A user with status can commit up to $250 to one Suggestion and have up to $1,000 committed overall.

If you wish to commit more than $250 to a Suggestion, you must authorize your credit card for the amount you wish to commit. Authorization will only succeed if you have the funds you wish to commit available at the time of Commitment. The funds will be released immediately after authorization.

Co-Funded will never withdraw the funds from your account. If and when you wish to make payment, your payment is a separate transaction that is processed through a third party payment vendor. The authorization is solely used to confirm your Commitment.

Making Payment

By Accepting a Suggestion, the Actioning Party allows payments to be made. If you previously made a Commitment to the Suggestion, Co-Funded will ask you to make payment. While we ask that you pay what you said you would, you may pay less or more. If you did not make a Commitment, you may pay directly towards the Suggestion without first making a Commitment. There is no limit on how much you can pay towards an accepted Suggestion. If the target amount has already been reached, you may still pay towards the Suggestion. The Actioning Party will receive all funds paid towards a Suggestion after transaction and administrative fees have been deducted.

Payments made by Co-Funders are made via Braintree Payments. Your payment is held in escrow by Braintree Payments until the suggestion has been implemented and approved.
Co-Funded will never ask for your credit card information.

Unpaid Commitments may be released by providing Co-Funded with an explanation for the non-payment. Consistently committing to Suggestions but not paying may result in your account being suspended.

Refunds

Under certain circumstances, you may request or receive a refund for your payment.

Circumstances where this applies are:

If 90 days have passed since your payment and there have been no payments or other activity for the Suggestion in the last 14 days.

If a Suggestion is completed but the implementation is voted as unsatisfactory by the Co-Funders and you voted the implementation as unsatisfactory. In this circumstance, the refund will be automatic.

Approving the Implementation of a Suggestion

When the Actioning Party indicates that it has implemented the Suggestion, you may review and provide feedback on the Actioning Party's implementation of the Suggestion.

Each Co-Funder that paid towards the Suggestion may vote on the implementation of the Suggestion. Once the Suggestion has been implemented, Co-Funders have 30 days to vote. Each dollar paid is worth one vote. After 30 days, the Actioning Party will be paid unless more than 30% of the total possible voters vote "unsatisfactory" on the Actioning Party's implementation.

If more than 30% of the eligible voters vote that the implementation of the Suggestion was unsatisfactory, then the Actioning Party will have 30 days resolve the issues identified by eligible voters.

A second vote by the eligible voters will take place 30 days thereafter.

In the event the vote fails again, then Co-Funded in its sole discretion may decide whether to repeat the process. Otherwise, the Actioning Party's implementation will be considered to be a failure and any payments made by Co-Funders who voted for failure become available for transfer to another Suggestion or for refund (minus transaction costs).

In the event that the vote indicates that the Co-Funders are satisfied with the implementation, the Actioning Party will be paid the total amount received (even if it is more than the target), minus transaction and administrative fees.

 

How Do Companies Use Co-Funded.com?

Actioning Party's Domain and Verification

Before an Actioning Party can benefit from the Co-Funded service, a representative of the Actioning Party must claim ownership of the Actioning Party's website domain. This can be done with an email to the domain administrator, via DNS modifications or by contacting Co-Funded. By doing so, the representative agrees, represents and warrants that he or she has the authority to act on behalf of the Actioning Party.

Approving a Suggestion

Before a Suggestion becomes publicly visible, it must be approved. This is normally done by Co-Funded, however you are able to approve Suggestions for your domain. Once approved, Co-Funders may commit money to the Suggestion.

Opening a Suggestion

After the Actioning Party claims the domain as described above, the Actioning Party may Open a Suggestion at any time. The Actioning Party prepares and submits a proposal and designates a target amount (minimum $100 US Dollars, no maximum), the Actioning Party may update these items at any time. If the amount of Commitments reaches the target amount, the Actioning Party will be notified, but is under no obligation to do anything further.

Accepting a Suggestion

The Actioning Party may change the status of a Suggestion to "Accepted" once they have setup their merchant account. This includes agreeing to the Braintree Payments CEA (www.braintreepayments.com/agreements/merchant). Once approved, the Actioning Party prepares and submits a proposal, designating a target amount (minimum $10, maximum is the current committed amount), an estimated completion timeline and a description of how the money will be used. By marking a Suggestion as "Accepted," the Actioning Party agrees that it will start implementing the Suggestion within 60 days of payments reaching the Actioning Party's target amount. For example, if the target amount is $1,000, the Actioning Party must start work once Co-Funded has received $1,000. The total that the Actioning Party will receive may vary, but at a minimum in this example, the Actioning Party will receive $1,000 less all transfer fees and Co-Funded's administrative fee (5% of the total payments received). These fees should be taken into consideration in advance when setting the target amount. Details of transfer fees will vary depending on the amount paid, the currency and vendor used for merchant services. On completion of a suggestion, the Actioning Party will be able to download the full list of payments, transfer fees, dates and the Co-Funder's display name. If the user chose to opt in, the Actioning Party will also see the email address for those Co-Funders.

If Actioning Party marks a Suggestion as "Accepted", then once the target amount is achieved, the Actioning Party shall start the implementation of the Suggestion within 60 days of the target amount being achieved.

Starting Implementation of a Suggestion

By marking a Suggestion as "Started," the Actioning Party is indicating that the implementation of the Suggestion has started, in accordance with the Actioning Party's obligation to start implementation within 60 days of the target amount being paid to Co-Funded. The Actioning Party may also mark a Suggestion as "Started" at any time prior to reaching the target amount. If the Actioning Party chooses to mark a Suggestion as "Started" prior to reaching the target amount, the Actioning Party shall be entitled to a minimum of the amount of funds paid at the time that the suggestion was marked as Started, less all applicable fees.

Obtaining Funds after Implementation

By marking a Suggestion as "Completed", the Actioning Party is indicating that it has completed the implementation, and is ready to submit the improvement to Co-Funders for their approval, pursuant to the voting procedure ("User Acceptance”). If less than 30% of the total possible votes indicate that the implementation was unsatisfactory, then the Actioning Party will be entitled to receive the Actioning Party's target amount less all applicable fees, whichever is appropriate. If more than 30% of the total possible votes indicate that the implementation was unsatisfactory, the Actioning Party will have another 30 days to rectify the issue. After this period, a second vote occurs in which all Co-Funders may re-vote. The same rules as the first vote apply. If this vote also fails, the process repeats one more time. If it still fails, it indicates that the Actioning Party was unable to rectify the issues. If the Actioning Party believes that they have fulfilled the proposal fully and that the fail vote is due to vote rigging in order to not have to pay for the implementation, the Actioning Party may appeal to Co-Funded to investigate. In this case, Co-Funded will have the final say on whether the vote passes and the decision will be made with legal counsel. If the Actioning Party agrees that the implementation was unsatisfactory, then Co-Funded will release the payment of those Co-Funders who voted against the implementation in the final vote, and any funds remaining after this reduction and after any applicable fees will be paid to the Actioning Party.

Once the voting process is completed, Co-Funded will mark the Suggestion as "Completed," and within 30 days of being marked as "Completed", the funds will be released from escrow and sent to your account.

Actioning Party Verification and Tax Information

In order for the Actioning Party to accept suggestions or receive any funds, the Actioning Party must be verified by following the merchant application process and agreeing to the Braintree Payments terms. In addition, if requested, Actioning Party must provide Braintree Payments or Co-Funded with any necessary tax information in order to allow Braintree Payments and Co-Funded to properly report any payment made to Actioning Party to the United States Internal Revenue Service and/or other appropriate tax authorities. The Actioning Party agrees to pay all taxes, fees, and other expenses levied on the Actioning Party in connection with or incident to the receipt of any funds from Co-Funded or Braintree Payments and otherwise to comply with all applicable laws.

Compliance with the Patriot Act

Co-Funded and Actioning Party will comply with the Patriot Act and any other applicable rules and regulations that require Co-Funded, Braintree Payments and/or, Actioning Party to take additional steps to verify funds received from any individual or entity outside of the United States or funds being sent to any individual or entity outside of the United States. Actioning Party agrees to fully comply with any requests for information from Co-Funded or Braintree Payments to carry out such verification process.

No Securities Offered or Sold

Actioning Party agrees and acknowledges that no securities or any other type of equity or ownership interest is being offered or sold on Co-Funded's website.

 

How Co-Funded is Compensated

Co-Funded receives 5% of the total amount raised for any completed and approved Suggestion. Actioning Parties should include Co-Funded's fee and the estimated transfer fee, if applicable, into the target amount it determines is required to implement the Suggestion. A calculator is available to assist the Actioning Party determine the target amount.

Website Terms of Use

Last Modified: Jan 9th, 2015

 

Acceptance of the Terms of Use

Welcome to the website of Co-Funded, L.L.C. ("Company," "we" or "us"). These terms and conditions, together with the Privacy Policy, "How Co-Funding Works" and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference (collectively, the "Terms of Use") govern your access and use of www.co-funded.com (the "Website"), including any content, functionality, services offered, or transactions conducted through the Website, whether as a guest or a registered user. The terms and conditions found in "How Co-Funding Works" are binding on your use of the Website and are incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, "How Co-Funding Works" and our Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, "How Co-Funding Works" or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

This Website is offered and available to users who are 13 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.


Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page each time you access this Website so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.

Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including but not limited to the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with a token, code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:

Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.

You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.

You may print or download pages of the Website for reproduction, publication or distribution as long as they are not modified and contain a reference and link to the original page.

If we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.

If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

You must not:

Modify copies of any materials from this site.

Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.

Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company.

you acknowledge and agree that any post you make, including an improvement, change, or alteration to a third party company, group, or individual's ("Actioning Party") website, service, store, software, product or business ("Suggestion") on the Website, is made in a public forum. You waive and disclaim any and all intellectual property rights or proprietary rights that might otherwise accrue in any Suggestions you make on the Website. Further, you agree to transfer any intellectual property rights that might accrue in your Suggestion to us. Co-Funded will transfer any intellectual property rights that might accrue in your User Contribution or Suggestion to the Actioning Party.

Suggestions should not contain anything that is copyrighted, patented or legally owned by another party.

If you wish to use any material on the Website for a purpose excluded by these Terms of Use, please contact us via the contact page on the Website.

Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use or authorized by us is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks

The Company name, the Company logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).

For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.

To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out below in these Terms of Use.

To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail", "chain letter" or "spam" or any other similar solicitation.

To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing).

To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.

Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website without including a link or reference back to the original page(s).

Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other unauthorized purpose without including a link or reference back to the original page(s).

Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.

Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.

Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.


User Contributions

The Website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contribution that you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and nonproprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns.

All of your User Contributions must comply with these Terms of Use.

You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have fully responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.

We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

Remove or refuse to post any User Contribution for any or no reason in our sole discretion.

Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for the Company.

Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.

Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.

Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.

Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.

Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.

Be likely to deceive any person.

Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.

Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.

Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.

Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.


Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any User Contribution violates your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.


Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.


Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.


Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part.

This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.

Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.

Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.

Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.

Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.

Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.


Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in user posts. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.


Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the state of Louisiana in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Braintree Payments

If you wish to accept suggestions and receive funding, you must also agree to the following terms

Co-Funded uses Braintree, a division of PayPal, Inc. (Braintree) for payment processing. In order for you to use Braintree's payment processing services, you must enter into the Commercial Entity User Agreement (CEA) with Braintree and its sponsoring bank. The CEA is available at www.braintreepayments.com/agreements/merchant. By accepting this Agreement, you agree: (a) that you have downloaded or printed the CEA, and (b) that you have reviewed and agree to the CEA. Please note that Co-Funded is not a party to the CEA and that you, Braintree and Braintree's sponsoring bank are the three parties to the CEA and that Co-Funded has no obligations or liability to you under the CEA. If you have questions regarding the CEA, please contact Braintree at 877.434.2894.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.


Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, employees, contractors, directors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, claims, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees and other legal costs) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use, including but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Website.


No Securities Offered or Sold

You agree and acknowledge that no securities or any other type of equity or ownership interest is being offered or sold on the Website.


Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Louisiana without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Louisiana or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Louisiana in each case located in the City of New Orleans, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.


Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.


Waiver and Severability

No waiver of by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.


Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.


Your Comments and Concerns

Please send your feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Website to us via the contact page on the Website or email at contact@co-funded.com.

Thank you for visiting the Website and taking the time to read these Terms of Use.