Effective date: October 27, 2026
Last updated: October 27, 2026

1. Who We Are

Rupert is a provider of expert-managed investor research, investor matching, and personalized investor outreach services.

This Privacy Policy describes how The Night Ventures, LLC, doing business as Rupert (“Rupert,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit https://www.heyrupert.com/, contact us, book a call, or interact with our services.

Business address:
The Night Ventures, LLC
321 South Main Street, #543
Sebastopol, CA 95472
United States

Privacy contact: team@heyrupert.com

This Policy applies to website visitors, prospective clients, clients, their representatives, and individuals whose professional information we process in connection with investor research and outreach.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on your interaction with Rupert, we may collect the following categories of information.

Information you provide

  • Contact information: name, business email address, telephone number, company, job title, and other contact details.
  • Company and fundraising information: company description, business model, sector, fundraising stage, fundraising objectives, target raise, geographic markets, investor criteria, and related business information.
  • Fundraising materials: pitch decks, company profiles, financial projections, business plans, and other materials you choose to provide.
  • Communications: emails, contact-form submissions, meeting details, feedback, questions, and other correspondence.
  • Service information: engagement details, campaign preferences, approved investor targets, outreach instructions, and service-related records.

Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information or confidential third-party information unless it is necessary for the engagement and you are authorized to provide it.

Investor and professional contact information

In providing investor research and outreach services, Rupert may process professional information about investors and their representatives, including:

  • Names, professional roles, business email addresses, and other business contact details.
  • Investment firm, fund, sector, stage, geographic focus, and publicly available investment criteria.
  • Information from public professional sources and other sources used for investor research.
  • Outreach records, email correspondence, replies, follow-up history, and related engagement information.

This information helps Rupert assess investor fit and coordinate relevant outreach on behalf of clients.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, depending on the website configuration and your browser settings. This may include:

  • IP address and general location derived from it.
  • Browser, device, operating system, and technical identifiers.
  • Pages visited, referring pages, time spent on pages, and interactions with website content.
  • Diagnostic, security, and website performance information.

We use Google Analytics for website analytics. The information it collects is limited to website usage and the technical information described above.

3. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

  1. Respond to inquiries and meeting requests.
  2. Assess whether Rupert’s services are suitable for a prospective client.
  3. Understand a client’s company, fundraising objectives, and investor criteria.
  4. Research, identify, evaluate, and organize potentially relevant investors.
  5. Prepare personalized outreach and manage follow-up communications on a client’s behalf.
  6. Record investor responses, maintain campaign visibility, and report activity to clients.
  7. Provide, administer, improve, and support our services and website.
  8. Communicate about engagements, service changes, and relevant business matters.
  9. Protect our systems, prevent misuse, investigate incidents, and enforce contractual rights.
  10. Comply with applicable legal obligations and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

We do not promise that investor research or outreach will result in a response, meeting, investment, or completed financing.

Where applicable privacy law requires a legal basis for processing, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Rupert will rely on an appropriate basis depending on the circumstances.

These bases may include:

  • Contract: processing necessary to enter into or perform a contract with a client.
  • Legitimate interests: processing for legitimate business purposes, such as investor research, relevant professional outreach, service administration, security, and business development, where those interests are not overridden by applicable rights.
  • Consent: processing where consent is required or where we choose to rely on consent.
  • Legal obligations: processing necessary to comply with applicable law.

Where Rupert obtains professional contact information from public or third-party sources, it assesses the applicable legal basis and any notice obligations for the processing activity and jurisdiction concerned.

5. How We Share Information

We may disclose information in the following circumstances.

Service providers

We share information with vendors that help operate our website or deliver our services, only as needed for that purpose. These are:

  • Vercel: website and client portal hosting.
  • Google Analytics: website analytics.
  • Cal.com: scheduling calls booked through the website.
  • Supabase: database and file storage for the client portal.
  • Instantly: sending investor outreach emails from the client’s own inbox and receiving replies.
  • Resend: service and notification emails from the client portal.
  • Stripe: invoices and payments.
  • Anthropic: AI assistance in preparing research, outreach drafts and reply summaries, reviewed by Rupert.
  • Hunter: verifying investors’ professional email addresses.

Investor outreach

When Rupert conducts an outreach campaign for a client, we may use relevant company information and approved messaging to contact prospective investors. Information shared with an investor may include the client’s identity, company description, fundraising context, pitch materials, or other information approved for that outreach.

We aim to share only information reasonably necessary for the intended outreach. Clients should not provide materials for external distribution unless they have authority to do so.

Client access and communications

Rupert may share campaign activity, investor information, messages, and replies with the relevant client so that the client can monitor the campaign and manage investor relationships.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to valid legal process, protect rights and safety, investigate suspected misconduct, or support a merger, financing, acquisition, or transfer of our business, subject to applicable legal requirements.

We do not sell personal information for money. We do not disclose investor contact lists to unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes as a business offering.

6. Cookies and Analytics

Rupert uses Google Analytics to understand website usage and improve website performance.

Analytics technologies may use cookies or similar identifiers to collect information about website visits and interactions. This information is processed by Google under its applicable terms and privacy practices.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential analytics technologies are used, Rupert will implement an appropriate consent mechanism.

Blocking cookies may affect some website functionality.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including delivering services, maintaining campaign and business records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and meeting legal obligations.

Retention periods may differ by category. For example:

  • Prospect and inquiry information may be retained while needed to respond to inquiries and manage prospective relationships.
  • Client company information and campaign records may be retained during an engagement and for an appropriate period afterward.
  • Investor contact and outreach records may be retained as needed to manage campaigns, respect contact preferences, maintain client records, and comply with applicable requirements.
  • Technical and analytics information may be retained according to the settings of the relevant systems.

Where information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or otherwise handle it in accordance with applicable law.

8. Data Security

Rupert uses reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

No website, email system, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Clients should avoid transmitting highly sensitive information through ordinary email unless appropriate safeguards have been considered.

9. International Data Transfers

Rupert serves clients in the United States and Europe. Information may be processed in countries other than the country where it was collected, depending on the location of Rupert, its service providers, and the systems used to deliver services.

Where applicable law restricts international transfers of personal information, Rupert will implement an appropriate transfer mechanism and safeguards.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate information.
  • Request deletion of personal information.
  • Request restriction of certain processing.
  • Object to certain processing, including direct marketing where applicable.
  • Request a portable copy of certain information.
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
  • Lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection authority.
  • Appeal certain decisions or exercise other rights provided by applicable state privacy laws.

These rights are subject to applicable exceptions and limitations.

To submit a request, contact team@heyrupert.com with the subject line Privacy Request. We may need to verify your identity or authority before acting on a request.

We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

Marketing and investor outreach preferences

If you receive outreach from Rupert on behalf of a client and no longer wish to receive similar messages, you may use the unsubscribe mechanism in the message, where provided, or contact the sender using the details in the message.

Rupert and its clients must handle opt-out requests in accordance with applicable law. A request to stop marketing outreach does not necessarily require deletion of records that must reasonably be retained to honor that request or comply with legal obligations.

11. California Privacy Information

California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy law, depending on whether the relevant law applies to Rupert and the processing in question.

Where applicable, these rights may include the right to know about personal information collected, used, disclosed, or sold or shared; request deletion or correction; receive information in a portable form; opt out of certain sales or sharing; and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

Rupert will not discriminate unlawfully against individuals for exercising rights that apply to them.

To make a request, contact team@heyrupert.com with the subject line California Privacy Request.

12. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website or communications may link to third-party websites and services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Policy.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties except to the extent required by applicable law.

13. Children’s Privacy

Rupert’s website and services are intended for business users and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through the website.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact team@heyrupert.com so we can assess and address the matter.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our services, technology, or legal obligations change. We will post the revised version on this page and update the “Last updated” date.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.

15. Contact Us

For questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or Rupert’s handling of personal information, contact:

The Night Ventures, LLC d/b/a Rupert
321 South Main Street, #543
Sebastopol, CA 95472
United States

Email: team@heyrupert.com