Who we are

Founders Alpha Limited, a Hong Kong company, runs foundersalpha.com. For anything about your data, email niklas@foundersalpha.com.

What we collect

When you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address, the time you signed up and the link you came from (for example a post on X).

When you apply for a seat in Hong Kong, we collect your name, email address, WhatsApp number, company website and revenue range, the time you applied, and whether you ticked the newsletter box.

When you contact us about advisory, we collect your name, email address and company website, what you are looking at, and the time you wrote to us.

This website sets no cookies and uses no analytics or advertising trackers. Its fonts are served from our own domain.

Why we use it

We use your email address to send you the newsletter you asked for: one email a week from Roman Khan, plus the occasional invitation or news about our events. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw it at any time with the unsubscribe link in every email, or by writing to us.

We use your Hong Kong application to review it, hold a screening call with you and arrange your seat. The legal basis is the steps you asked us to take before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). If you tick the newsletter box, we also add you to the newsletter, on the basis of that consent.

We use your advisory inquiry only to reply to you and to decide with you whether to work together. The legal basis is the same (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). It stays confidential: only the people working on your inquiry see it, and it does not put you on the newsletter.

Who processes it for us

• Kit (USA) stores our mailing list and sends our emails. See Kit's privacy policy.
• Google (USA) stores applications and advisory inquiries in Google Sheets. See Google's privacy policy.
• Vercel Inc. (USA) hosts this website and processes standard server logs, such as IP address and browser type, to deliver and secure it. To stop a form being flooded, our forms also hold your IP address in memory for about ten minutes.

These providers may process data outside the EU. Where they do, they rely on the safeguards the GDPR provides for such transfers, such as standard contractual clauses.

Who we share it with

If you apply for or attend a Founders Alpha event, we may share your name, company and contact details with the sponsors and partners of our events, so they can connect with you about the event and their services. They use your details under their own privacy policies. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in running and funding our events (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). You can object at any time by writing to us, and we will stop sharing your details. Advisory inquiries are never shared this way.

Your rights

You can ask for access to, correction or deletion of your data, ask us to restrict or stop using it, or ask for a copy of it. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority.