1. Introduction
Mastery Capital BV, with registered office at Lindekensveldstraat 7, 3510 Hasselt, Belgium and company number 1005.130.430 (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in strict compliance with the applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and the Belgian Act of 30 July 2018 on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website at https://entrevest.be (the “Website”) or interact with us in connection with our investment fund activities.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy.
2. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Entrevest
Address: Lindekensveldstraat 7, 3510 Hasselt, Belgium
Email: info@entrevest.be
Website: https://entrevest.be
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at the details above.
3. Information We Collect
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you interact with us through the Website or otherwise, you may provide us with:
- Contact and identification information (name, job title, function)
- Business contact details (email address, phone number, company name)
- Financial and investment-related information submitted through our funding application form
- Correspondence and messages sent to us via the Website contact form or by email
- Information provided when registering for or accessing the investor portal
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain technical data, including:
- IP address and approximate geographic location
- Browser type, version, and operating system
- Pages visited, time spent on pages, and navigation paths
- Referring URL and exit pages
- Date and time of your visit
This data is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data only where we have a valid legal basis under the GDPR. The legal bases we rely on include:
- Contractual necessity: Processing required to take pre-contractual steps at your request or to perform a contract with you (e.g., evaluating a funding application, managing an investment relationship).
- Legitimate interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate business interests, including evaluating potential investments, managing investor relations, maintaining website security, and improving our services — provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Legal obligation: Processing required to comply with applicable Belgian and EU financial, regulatory, and anti-money laundering obligations.
- Consent: Where we rely on your consent (e.g., for certain marketing communications or non-essential cookies), you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to inquiries and communications submitted via the Website
- To evaluate and process funding applications from companies seeking investment
- To manage relationships with investors and provide investor portal access
- To conduct due diligence and investment analysis
- To comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and reporting obligations
- To operate, maintain, and improve the Website and our services
- To protect the security and integrity of the Website and our systems
- To send relevant updates, investment news, and communications to investors and stakeholders (where permitted)
- To analyze Website usage through analytics tools and improve user experience
6. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with the following categories of recipients only as necessary and with appropriate safeguards:
6.1 Service Providers
We engage trusted third-party service providers to support our operations, including IT infrastructure providers, hosting providers (WordPress/Elementor ecosystem), analytics providers (Google Analytics), and professional advisors (legal, tax, and accounting). These parties process data only on our instructions and are bound by confidentiality and data processing agreements.
6.2 Regulatory and Legal Authorities
We may disclose your information if reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government or law enforcement investigation or other legal requirements; (ii) to assist in the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law); or (iii) to protect the safety of any person.
6.3 Investment-Related Parties
In connection with investment activities, we may share information with portfolio companies, co-investors, legal counsel, and due diligence advisors, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations.
6.4 Business Transfers
In the event of a full or partial merger with, or acquisition of all or part of us, we may transfer your personal data to a third party. In such event, we shall require that third party to use any personal data strictly consistent with this Privacy Policy.
7. International Data Transfers
Our operations are primarily based in Belgium and the European Economic Area (EEA). Where we transfer personal data outside the EEA — for example, to cloud service providers — we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or adequacy decisions.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. In practice:
- Contact inquiries and correspondence are retained for a reasonable period to manage ongoing communications and potential follow-up.
- Funding application data is retained for the duration of evaluation and, if an investment is made, for the lifetime of the investment relationship plus applicable statutory retention periods.
- Investor data is retained in compliance with Belgian financial regulation, typically for a minimum of 10 years following the end of the investment relationship.
- Website analytics data is retained in accordance with our analytics provider’s retention settings (see Cookie Policy).
9. Your Rights Under GDPR
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, subject to applicable conditions and limitations:
- Right of access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to erasure: You may request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances (the ‘right to be forgotten’).
- Right to restriction of processing: You may request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: You may request a copy of data you provided to us in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object: You may object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
- Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données) at https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@entrevest.be. We will respond within 30 days and may ask you to verify your identity.
10. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration. These include secure server infrastructure, access controls, and regular security reviews. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to external websites operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an
updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Entrevest
Address: Lindekensveldstraat 7, 3510 Hasselt, Belgium
Email: info@entrevest.be
Website: https://entrevest.be