Terms of Service — Venture Validation

Last updated: 11 November 2026

1. Provider and scope

These Terms govern the use of "ScalePoint Startup OS · Venture Validation" at ideas.scalepoint-ventures.com (the "Service"), provided by ScalePoint Ventures Oy, Almavägen 26, 65610 Mustasaari, Finland, Business ID 3620767-9, info@scalepoint-ventures.com ("ScalePoint", "we"). They apply to the free Quick Scan and to the paid Validation Report. Deviating terms of customers do not apply.

2. The Service

Quick Scan (free). You describe a business idea and receive an automated, AI-assisted first assessment: a viability score, verdict, key risks, closest competitors and first validation steps. We may limit the number of free scans per person, per day or in total, and may queue or refuse scans to protect the Service.

Validation Report (paid, one-time). An in-depth, AI-assisted validation report for one business idea, delivered as a PDF by email and as a private online report. Content may include market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitor analysis, risk assessment, frameworks such as Lean Canvas, Porter's five forces and a VC scorecard, pivot suggestions and a validation plan. The exact structure may vary with the idea and the available sources.

The Service is produced with the help of artificial intelligence and third-party research and analysis providers acting on our behalf.

3. Contract

Submitting the Quick Scan form creates a free usage relationship under these Terms. A contract for a Validation Report is concluded when you complete the payment at checkout. The contract language is English. We store the contract data; you receive a payment receipt by email.

4. Prices and payment

The Validation Report costs €99 as a one-time price, including statutory VAT, unless a different price or a promotion code is shown at checkout. Payment is processed by Stripe. There is no subscription and no automatic renewal.

5. Delivery

The Validation Report is generated after payment and is typically delivered within 15 minutes, in exceptional cases within one business day. If we cannot deliver within five business days for reasons within our control, we refund the price in full. The private online link is personal; anyone with the link can view the report, so please share it only with people you trust.

6. Right of withdrawal for consumers

If you are a consumer in the EU/EEA, you generally have a 14-day right to withdraw from a distance contract. For digital content that is not supplied on a tangible medium, the right of withdrawal expires once delivery has begun, if you have expressly requested immediate delivery and acknowledged that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal (Art. 16(m) Directive 2011/83/EU and its national implementations). Before checkout we ask for exactly this request and acknowledgement. If you do not give it, we cannot start delivery. Your statutory rights in case of defective digital content remain unaffected.

To exercise a withdrawal that still applies, send a clear statement (e.g. by email to info@scalepoint-ventures.com) to ScalePoint Ventures Oy, Almavägen 26, 65610 Mustasaari, Finland, before the period expires.

7. AI and data disclaimer

Quick Scans and Validation Reports are AI-assisted decision-support content. They are generated by AI systems from third-party and public sources, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and the outputs may contain errors, omissions, inaccurate figures or gaps. Market sizes, financial projections, competitor data and scores are estimates. The Service does not constitute legal, financial, tax, accounting or investment advice, nor an offer, recommendation or solicitation to invest, and it does not replace professional advice or your own due diligence. You remain solely responsible for independently validating the content before acting on it or relying on it, including when you share it with investors, partners or other third parties. Sharing a report does not create any obligation of ours towards those third parties.

8. Your responsibilities

You may only submit content you are entitled to use and that does not infringe the rights of others or applicable law. Do not submit special categories of personal data or confidential third-party information. You must not abuse, overload, scrape, reverse-engineer or automate the Service, or create multiple identities to obtain additional free scans.

9. Confidentiality and rights

Your idea remains yours. We process it only to provide the Service, to communicate with you about your results and, where you agreed, to send you founder insights. We do not publish or sell your idea. You receive a non-exclusive, perpetual right to use your report for your own purposes, including sharing it with co-founders, advisors and potential investors. All rights in the Service, its methodology, templates, design and software remain with ScalePoint and its licensors.

10. Warranty

To the extent permitted by law, the Service and its outputs are provided "as is", without warranty that they are complete, accurate, error-free or suitable for a particular purpose, and without guarantee of uninterrupted availability. Mandatory statutory rights of consumers regarding the conformity of digital content remain unaffected.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) our aggregate liability arising from or in connection with the Service is limited to the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim (for the free Quick Scan: zero); (b) we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, investment, funding, business opportunity or data; (c) we are not liable for decisions you or third parties take on the basis of the outputs. These limitations do not apply to liability for intent or gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, or where liability cannot be limited under mandatory law (including mandatory consumer law).

12. Data protection

See our Privacy Policy.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Finland, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence. For business customers, the competent court is the District Court of Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaan käräjäoikeus), Finland. Consumers may also refer disputes to the Finnish Consumer Disputes Board (kuluttajariita.fi) or, for cross-border EU disputes, contact the European Consumer Centre. We are not obliged and generally not willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board, except where mandatory.

14. Changes

We may update these Terms for future use of the Service. The version accepted at the time of your order applies to that order.

15. Contact

ScalePoint Ventures Oy · info@scalepoint-ventures.com