Startup Club — Privacy Policy

Account. Your email address. Signing in works with one-time email codes — we never see or store a password.

Profile. What you choose to add: name, handle, location, bio, avatar image, social links, and your GitHub username if you connect it.

Startup details. Startup names, links, taglines, logos, and revenue figures. Revenue is self-reported unless you connect a verification source (see "Revenue verification" below).

Community content. What you post for other members: chat messages (text, GIFs, and voice notes), forum topics and replies, network-board listings, launch-calendar events, and reactions. Live chat shows a rolling 7-day window; older messages are no longer visible in the app. Voice notes are stored in private storage and playable only by signed-in members.

Tasks and progress. Your tasks, standups, streaks, day plans, and goals sync privately to your account so they follow you across devices. Other members never see them.

AI features. Some features are powered by artificial intelligence. See the "AI features" section below for exactly what is shared, who receives it (Rork and Groq), and the consent controls.

Support and feedback. Bug reports, feature requests, and any screenshot you choose to attach (screenshots are stored privately and visible only to the founder).

Purchases. Subscriptions bought in the app are processed by Apple or Google; website subscriptions are processed by Stripe. We receive subscription status (active/expired, plan, store), never your card details.

Usage analytics. We run our own first-party analytics (no ad networks, no data brokers): a random device identifier, event names like "app opened" or "task completed", platform, and app version. We use this solely to understand and improve the product. We do not track you across other companies' apps or websites, and we do not sell or share personal data for advertising.

If you connect a revenue source (for example Stripe) to display verified revenue, we fetch summary metrics (such as monthly recurring revenue) through that connection. You control whether the number is shown to other members or kept private, and you can disconnect at any time.

If you connect GitHub, we fetch your public contribution counts to display your activity graph. We never access your code.

Some Startup Club features are powered by artificial intelligence: the daily standup coach, the AI day planner, "ask the club" post drafts, advisor chats, and voice-note transcription in club chat.

Who receives the data. Two named providers process AI requests on our behalf:

• Rork — our AI gateway. It receives the context needed to generate standup-coach, day-planner, post-draft, and advisor replies.
• Groq — our transcription provider. It receives the audio of voice notes you send while AI features are enabled and returns the text.

What is shared. When you use one of these features, the app sends only the context needed to generate the response. Depending on the feature, this may include:

• startup names, links, taglines, and revenue figures you added or connected;
• open tasks, day-plan notes, and standup notes;
• the founder background you provided during setup, including your situation, skills, and goals;
• messages in an advisor conversation; and
• the audio recording for a voice note you send while AI features are enabled.

Your consent. Before any of this data is sent to these providers, the app asks for your explicit permission with a consent screen that lists what may be shared and who receives it. You can withdraw or re-grant permission at any time in Settings → AI Features. If you decline, coaching features use built-in offline alternatives and voice notes remain sendable without transcription.

How it is used. Shared context is used only to generate the requested response or transcript. We do not sell it, use it for advertising, or use it to build profiles. Rork and Groq act as data processors on our behalf, are required to protect your data to the same standard as this policy, and do not use your data to train their models.

What is not shared. Community content such as text chat messages, forum posts, and listings is not sent to AI providers. The exception is audio from a voice note you send while AI features are enabled, as described above.

Community content (chat, forum, listings, events, profile) is visible to signed-in club members. Anonymous Mode masks your identity on rankings and community surfaces while keeping your stats counted. Verified revenue is only shown if you share it.

We use a small set of processors to run the service: Supabase (database, authentication, file storage), RevenueCat (subscription management), Apple App Store and Google Play (in-app payments), Stripe (website subscriptions and revenue verification you initiate), GitHub (public contribution data you connect), Klipy (GIF search), logo.dev (startup logos), Rork (AI gateway — generates coach, planner, draft and advisor replies), and Groq (voice-note transcription). Each receives only what is needed for its function.

Members can report content and block other members. Reports include the reason and a snippet of the reported content, and are reviewed by us within 24 hours. Blocking hides all of a member's content from your account.

Your data is kept while your account exists. You can delete your account in the app (Settings → Delete account): this permanently and immediately erases your profile, startups, tasks, standups, community posts and replies, chat messages, voice notes, listings, events, feedback, analytics trail, and the account itself. It cannot be undone. Deleting your account does not cancel an active subscription — manage that in your App Store or Google Play settings (or on our website for Stripe subscriptions). You can also email contact@startupclub.community and we will delete your account for you.

Depending on where you live (including the EU/EEA, UK, and California), you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. Email contact@startupclub.community and we will honor valid requests. We do not sell personal data and we do not use it for targeted advertising.

Data is encrypted in transit. Database access is enforced with row-level security so members can only read what they are entitled to. Voice notes and screenshots live in private storage buckets accessible only through short-lived signed links.

Startup Club is not directed at children and is not for anyone under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from children; if you believe a child is using the service, contact us and we will remove the account.

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the date above and note the change in the app or by email.

contact@startupclub.community
YONG VENTURES PTE. LTD., Singapore