Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

In this policy, "Impel Group", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Impel Group, an investment and operating holding company headquartered in Hyderabad, India, together with its subsidiaries, portfolio ventures, the School of Entrepreneurship and Impel Capital (collectively, the "Group"). Each group company acts as a separate controller for the personal information it collects.

2. Information we collect

• Identity & contact data — name, title, employer, email, phone and postal address you provide via forms, email, events or onboarding.
• Investor & counterparty data — KYC, AML, source-of-funds, accreditation, beneficial-ownership and tax information collected from prospective or existing investors and business counterparties.
• Programme data — application, cohort, attendance and assessment information for School of Entrepreneurship programmes.
• Technical data — IP address, device, browser, pages visited, referring URL and similar log data collected automatically when you use our websites.
• Marketing data — preferences, subscriptions and engagement with our updates and events.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18 through our websites.

3. How we use information

• To respond to enquiries, applications, pitches and partnership requests.
• To evaluate, execute and administer investments, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestments — including legal, tax, financial, regulatory and reputational due diligence.
• To comply with applicable law, including KYC, anti-money-laundering, anti-bribery, sanctions screening, securities regulation and tax reporting.
• To operate, secure and improve our websites, programmes and services.
• To send relevant updates about the Group, our ventures and our events where permitted by law.

4. Legal bases

Where required by law, we rely on one or more of the following bases to process personal information: performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, our legitimate interests as an investment and operating group (including evaluation, risk management and protection of our businesses), and your consent where consent is required (for example, for certain marketing communications).

5. Sharing of information

We may share information with: (i) other group companies and portfolio ventures on a need-to-know basis; (ii) professional advisors (legal, audit, tax, banking); (iii) co-investors, lenders, brokers and transaction counterparties; (iv) service providers acting on our behalf under contract; and (v) regulators, courts and government authorities where required by law. We do not sell personal information.

6. International transfers

Information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than your own. Where required, we put in place appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses) to protect such transfers.

7. Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out above, to comply with legal, regulatory, tax and accounting requirements, and to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

8. Security

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, update, restrict, port, object to or request deletion of your personal information, and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing. To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

10. Cookies

Our websites use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, analytics and, where applicable, marketing. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

12. Contact

Questions, requests or complaints about this policy can be sent to privacy@impelgroup.co or by post to the Corporate Office address in our website footer.