Accounts and access.
Sign-in identifies the account that owns your application. The platform stores your email and account identifier. Resend delivers one-time sign-in codes to your email address. Codes expire after ten minutes, and sign-in attempts and resend frequency are limited. A secure, HTTP-only session cookie keeps you signed in for up to seven days; signing out revokes it. Founder details entered by an applicant are self-reported. Entering a cofounder’s email does not verify that person or give them account access.
Drafts saved to your account.
Draft answers are saved in the platform’s hosted database and can be resumed from the same account. This includes company information, founder profiles, previous work, traction, recognition and funding details. Draft saving does not submit your application for review.
Application text is not saved to this browser’s local storage by the current application. Keep your account secure, sign out on shared devices and only include information you are authorized to share.
Private files and submitted versions.
Decks, business plans and founder pitch videos are stored privately. The service checks supported file formats and size limits; these checks do not constitute a malware scan or verification of the claims in a file. Files are accessible to the application’s account and authorized Oakvale reviewers through access-checked links.
Submitting creates a dated version of your answers and attachments. Later draft edits and file replacements do not overwrite that submitted version. Submitted versions remain available to Oakvale for review. Clearing a draft does not withdraw an existing submission. Contact the team about withdrawal or deletion requests.
Oakvale’s review workspace.
Authorized reviewers can read submitted applications, view founder profiles and materials, and record private notes, questions, classifications and review statuses. Notes retain their author, dates and edit history. Internal review information is not returned to applicant accounts. Applications are not published as portfolio companies and do not imply investment.
Hosting and retention.
This website uses Cloudflare hosting, database and private file storage. Email verification and sessions are handled by this application. Resend processes email delivery. Public pages and private account information have separate access controls. Drafts, uploads and submitted versions are retained to support the application and review process. Contact Oakvale to ask about access, correction or deletion of information. Your application, uploaded files and submitted versions require a verified account and remain protected by access checks.
Ask Oakvale uses public information.
When you send a question, it is sent to this site’s server. When AI answers are available, the question and up to six recent question-and-answer exchanges are forwarded to OpenAI to generate an answer using reviewed public Oakvale information. Do not enter confidential information, applicant documents or sensitive personal details in chat. Application drafts and selected files are not sent to the question service.
Conversation history is held in this page’s memory. Clear chat removes it from the page and future requests; reloading also clears it. Clearing the page does not erase information already processed by the service. The application code does not save or log your questions, but hosting and OpenAI may process operational data under their own policies. Requests ask OpenAI not to store response objects; this is not a promise of zero retention.
AI answers can make mistakes. Check the linked sources and contact invest@oakvaleinvest.com for current terms or decisions. If the AI service is unavailable, the tool clearly labels its local website-guide answers.
You choose when an email is sent.
The contact form prepares an email in your own email application. It does not send a message itself. You can review the draft and choose whether to send it. The contact form does not save its message to the application database.
Links and media use other services.
Links to Tennsa, LinkedIn and publishers open services with their own privacy practices. If you open the brand film, YouTube handles the connection and playback information under its own practices.
Questions about your information?
Contact invest@oakvaleinvest.com about information held by Oakvale or the live application. This notice describes this platform and does not replace the policies of linked services.
Request deletion review.
Verified applicants can record a request before or after submission. Oakvale tracks a 30-day deadline to review personal records and documents. Shared company records, cofounder information and retention obligations need individual review. A confirmed action applies only to its exact record or file; it does not mean all copies have been erased.
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