Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 1 June 2026

This is a working English translation. The binding version is the German AGB; in case of doubt, the German version prevails.

General

Cora is a platform for startup profiles, the Cora Score, community, matching and intro services between startups, investors and partners.

Cora establishes contacts and supports business initiation. The negotiation, review, signing and execution of investments or financings takes place outside the Cora platform.

Cora does not provide investment advice, financial advice, legal advice, tax advice, payment services or investment processing.

Mandatory statutory consumer rights remain unaffected.

1. Scope and operator

These terms apply to the use of the Cora website, the mobile or web-based app, the Cora platform, the registration forms and all associated functions.

The operators of the website, app and services are currently, until registration of the planned company:

Florian Müller Stuwerstraße 28/23-24, 1020 Vienna, Austria Email: contact@cora.community

Cora is in its formation phase. After registration of the planned Flexible Company (FlexKapG, "FlexCo"), the company details will be added. Additional conditions may apply to individual functions. These take precedence over these terms where they are more specific.

2. What Cora offers

Cora develops and operates a platform for structured startup due diligence, startup classification, startup scoring, matching, intro services, community building and innovation infrastructure.

The services may in particular include: registration, Quick Profiles, startup profiles, investor profiles, Cora Score, Cora Verified, Cora's Circle, matching, intros, pitches, updates, awards, insights and technical proof functions.

Cora is partly in a build-up, pilot or test phase. Functions may be limited, invitation-only, temporarily unavailable or not yet fully developed. There is no entitlement to registration, admission, a match, an intro, financing, investment, Cora Verified, an award or any other outcome.

3. Registration and user obligations

Certain functions require registration, an invitation, activation or match acceptance. Users must provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information and keep their access credentials confidential.

The following are not permitted, in particular:

• false or misleading statements about team, market, traction, financing, key figures, IP rights or company status;
• unlawful, discriminatory, offensive, fraudulent or otherwise impermissible content;
• infringements of copyrights, trademark rights, personality rights, data protection rights or trade secrets;
• scraping, automated access, attacks on systems, reverse engineering, spam, phishing or malware;
• impermissible public investment offers, securities offers, investment offers, credit offers or other regulated financial services via Cora.

Cora may remove content, restrict functions or block user accounts in the event of a breach of these terms, applicable law or the legitimate interests of Cora, other users or third parties.

4. Content, profiles and visibility

Users remain responsible for their profiles, pitches, updates, documents, key figures and other content. Cora does not fully check this content for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, legal admissibility or economic robustness.

Users retain their rights to their content. However, they grant Cora the rights necessary to provide the services. These include in particular storage, technical processing, display, classification, evaluation, presentation in the profile, matching and disclosure within the chosen visibility.

Depending on the function and visibility setting, profiles, pitches, scores, badges, updates, contact information or match information may become visible to selected investors, partners, experts, jury members or community members.

Please do not share confidential information, trade secrets or sensitive data if these should not become visible within the platform, matching or investor contacts. Using Cora does not replace a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

5. Cora Score, Cora Verified and Awards

The Cora Score serves for structured categorisation, comparability and orientation. It may be based on user input, AI-assisted classification and rule-based evaluation.

The Cora Score, Cora Verified, badges, classifications, awards and matching signals are not a guarantee of quality, success, financeability, investment worthiness, creditworthiness, legal admissibility or the economic development of a startup.

Cora may further develop or change the evaluation logic, criteria, scores, badges, award formats and presentations. There is no entitlement to a particular score, badge, nomination, award or particular visibility.

6. Matching, intros and external processing

Cora may connect startups, investors, experts, talent, partners and other participants with one another. A match or intro only means that, according to the respective criteria, a possible fit exists or Cora enables a business initiation.

The participating parties decide on their own responsibility whether to communicate, share information, negotiate or conclude contracts. Cora does not guarantee a conversation, financing, investment, cooperation or conclusion of a contract.

The negotiation, legal review, economic review, due diligence, contract drafting, signing and execution of investments, financings, holdings, cooperations or other transactions takes place outside the Cora platform and on the participating parties' own responsibility.

Cora does not become a party to such transactions, does not accept investor funds, does not hold client funds, does not execute payments, does not safeguard assets and does not take over the execution of holding, financing or investment contracts.

7. No advice and no regulated investment processing

Cora does not provide investment advice, financial advice, legal advice, tax advice, prospectus review, portfolio management, payment services, custody of funds or financial instruments, or any other regulated advisory or financial service, unless this is done expressly in compliance with the applicable statutory requirements and, where applicable, via authorised partners.

All content, scores, profiles, pitches, matches, intros and information serve for orientation, structuring and communication. Investment decisions, holdings, financings and contracts are made exclusively on the participating parties' own responsibility and, where applicable, with the involvement of qualified advisers.

8. Costs, data protection and communication

Use of the publicly accessible website and the registration form is free of charge unless expressly stated otherwise. Paid services arise only if users expressly order, accept or accept them in the match/intro process.

Information on the processing of personal data can be found in Cora's current privacy policy. Users are responsible for not transmitting personal data of third parties to Cora without a sufficient legal basis or authorisation.

Cora may communicate with users by email, via the platform or via other specified contact channels. Users should keep their contact details up to date.

9. Availability, changes and termination

Cora endeavours to provide stable and secure operation. However, uninterrupted availability is not guaranteed. Maintenance, technical malfunctions, security measures, failures of third-party providers or force majeure may restrict use.

Cora may change, expand, restrict, deactivate or discontinue functions where this is necessary for operation, security, development, product improvement, legal requirements or legitimate interests.

Users can delete their user account themselves, where technically available, or request deletion from Cora by email. Statutory retention obligations and legitimate proof or accounting interests remain unaffected.

Cora may change these terms where this is necessary due to legal changes, technical developments, new functions, security requirements or changes to the business model. Material changes will be communicated in an appropriate form; where consent is required, Cora will obtain it.

10. Liability and warranty

Cora is liable without limitation for damage resulting from intentional or grossly negligent conduct and for personal injury in accordance with statutory provisions.

For slight negligence, Cora is liable only in the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations and only for typical, foreseeable damage, to the extent permitted by law. Mandatory statutory claims, in particular of consumers, remain unaffected.

Cora is not liable for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of user information, for economic decisions, for the occurrence or non-occurrence of matches, investments, financings or cooperations, for content or actions of other users, and for external services or third-party content, to the extent permitted by law.

Where services are provided free of charge, Cora assumes no warranty for particular characteristics, permanent availability, freedom from defects or economic results, to the extent permitted by law. For paid services, the statutory warranty rights apply; mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

11. Applicable law, dispute resolution and final provisions

Austrian law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vis-à-vis consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that it does not deprive them of the protection of mandatory provisions of the state in which they have their habitual residence.

For disputes with entrepreneurs, the materially competent court in Vienna has jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by law. For consumers, the statutory places of jurisdiction apply.

Cora is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, unless there is a statutory obligation to do so.

Should individual provisions of these terms be or become invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. The statutory provision applies in place of the invalid or unenforceable provision. Side agreements, changes or additions must be made in text form, to the extent permitted by law.

The contract language is German. If these terms are also provided in another language, the German version prevails in case of doubt.