Terms of Engagement

VERSION 1 — JULY 2026

Who these terms cover

These terms govern founding-team engagements between VenturePressure, operated by [FULL LEGAL NAME / TRADING NAME] ("we", "us"), and the client team ("you"). By confirming an engagement, you accept them.

What an engagement is

A founding-team engagement comprises: the VenturePressure assessment for each participating founder (typically 2–4 people); individual pressure profiles; the team map (coverage, concentrations, absences, motivational geometry); a written report; and a 45-minute team debrief. Delivery is normally within ten working days of the last founder completing the assessment.

What it is — and what it is not

The assessment maps structural exposure — never failure prediction. It is an assessment and alignment tool, not a clinical, medical, or statistically validated predictive psychometric instrument; its current validation status is published openly at /evidence. Findings are professional judgment structured by explicit rules, delivered with their evidence and reasoning so you can inspect and challenge them.

Prohibited use: outputs must not be used for employment selection, adverse employment action, or the automated exclusion of any person. In investment contexts, outputs may inform governance conversations, diligence questions, and mitigation terms — never the sole basis of a funding decision. This clause survives the engagement.

Your part

Each participating founder completes the assessment personally, in one sitting where possible, answering as themselves. Each founder consents individually before starting; we cannot assess anyone who hasn't. You attend the debrief as a team.

If a founder withdraws consent

Consent belongs to each founder individually and may be withdrawn at any time, regardless of who paid. If a founder withdraws before delivery: where at least two consented founders remain, the engagement completes on the remaining team; where it cannot (fewer than two), the fee is refunded in full or credited, your choice. If a founder withdraws after delivery: withdrawal is not retroactive — the delivered report stands — but we erase that founder's identifiable data from our systems, including their name within stored findings and report copies, on request. Any founder may also request a copy of their own data at any time; the engagement deliverable remains the company-level report.

Price and payment

The engagement fee is as agreed in writing at confirmation (current pricing: /pricing). Payment is due before assessment links are issued, unless agreed otherwise in writing. Prices exclude VAT unless stated.

The guarantee

If the engagement does not show your team at least one finding you recognise as true and had not previously named, tell us at the debrief and we will refund the engagement fee in full. The guarantee is claimed once per engagement, at the debrief, by the team; it lapses if the debrief is declined or not scheduled within 30 days of report delivery.

Confidentiality and your data

Your report and profiles are confidential to your engagement. Individual profiles are shared within your team only as agreed at consent. Our handling of personal data — including retention, pseudonymised AI-assisted drafting, and your rights — is set out in the privacy notice, which forms part of these terms.

Intellectual property

The instrument, its items, scoring, and frameworks remain our property. Your report is licensed to you for your team's internal use, including sharing with your board and investors; it may not be resold or used to build a competing instrument.

Liability

Decisions you take remain yours: the report informs judgment, it does not replace it, and we are not liable for business outcomes, investment decisions, or team decisions made following an engagement. Our total liability arising from an engagement is limited to the fee paid. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited (including for fraud, or death or personal injury caused by negligence).

Cancellation

You may cancel before any founder begins the assessment for a full refund. After assessments begin, the fee is due, subject to the guarantee above.

General

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, with the courts of England and Wales having exclusive jurisdiction. If part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stands. Changes to these terms don't affect engagements already confirmed.