I am a start-up with a great product or service I want to talk to you about

Great stuff. Let’s understand your start-up a bit more. Firstly lets explain our process. We try and make it as quick and easy as possible so that we don’t waste each others time:

Step 1

Complete the online application form.

Step 2

V-Accelerator will get back to you via email in 1-2 working days if we believe that the idea is worth taking further.

Step 3

We sign an NDA. It is not an onerous one but there are a lot of cool things happening in the lab that sometimes we like to keep quiet.

Step 4

We will have a meeting in the labs and discuss it. If the initiative has potential, V-Accelerator will present the most appropriate business model for the initiative. This could be a model involving co-marketing, collaboration, venture funding or simply providing incubation space.

Step 5

Depending on the nature of the relationship, V-Accelerator will allocate the appropriate resources to the initiative. This will be for a fixed term period.

Step 6

Appropriate agreements are signed.

Step 7

The initiative ‘graduates’ out of V-Accelerator. This means that the initiative leaves V-Accelerator as a product or service, ready for marketing, as per the commercial agreement.

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Terms and Conditions Governing the Submission and Review of Third Party Submissions (“Terms and Conditions”)

Thank you for making contact with Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (“Vodacom”). Vodacom does not enter into any idea sharing with any third party without a formal written agreement in place. It is specifically recorded that any and all agreements entered into by Vodacom, must be duly signed by the authorised Vodacom representative.

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the term Submission means any information that you have sent to Vodacom by e-mail, printed document, instant message or any other communication medium. These Terms and Conditions must be accepted and signed in order to submit your Submission to Vodacom and enter into any discussions with Vodacom.

If you choose to make a Submission to Vodacom, Vodacom will review the Submission to determine whether it may be of benefit to Vodacom’s range of products or services. Vodacom will not typically enter into any confidential discussion either through a Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) or otherwise. Vodacom may consider confidentiality only once it has gained sufficient understanding of the proposal, in terms of your Submission.

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  1. You acknowledge that your Submission to Vodacom is unsolicited and Vodacom is not liable in any manner whatsoever due to its receipt of any Submission.
  2. You warrant that the proposal and ideas in your Submission are your own, and that by using and/or implementing your proposal, Vodacom will not be infringing on the rights of any third party.
  3. The disclosure of any information in the Submission will not be treated in a confidential manner.
  4. Vodacom makes no guarantee that it will use any information contained in any Submissions in any manner whatsoever.
  5. Vodacom is under no obligation to respond to a Submission within any time period.
    6. Engaging with Vodacom
  6. Any interactions between yourself and Vodacom does not imply that Vodacom is not already contemplating same or engaging, either directly or through a partner or third party, in an idea which is similar to or contained in any form, in your Submission.
  7. Vodacom may have already implemented or can already be in the process of implementing or developing, either directly or via a partner or third party, an idea which is specified, similar and/or related to your Submission. Vodacom will not be liable in any manner whatsoever if this situation arises.
  8. Any response or lack of response from Vodacom does not imply any action from Vodacom or put Vodacom under any obligation whatsoever.
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  9. If you believe that your Submission contains any Intellectual Property (IP) which you have developed or devised, then you are required to secure these IP or patent rights, at your own cost, before engaging with Vodacom.
  10. Disclosure of any features of an idea or invention prior to filing for IP or patent protection may subsequently invalidate any patent or IP protection you seek after the date of disclosure.
  11. Any existing protected rights must be disclosed to Vodacom at the time of your Submission.
  12. You are strongly advised to seek independent professional advice as to the possibility of safeguarding any potentially inventive element contained within your Submission, prior to submitting your Submission to Vodacom.
    13. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions
  13. Following your signature of these Terms and Conditions and your Submission to Vodacom:
  14. Vodacom will at its discretion engage with you regarding this Submission.
  15. These Terms and Conditions will apply to any prior communications and interactions you may have had with Vodacom or its representatives related to any ideas or information contained in or related to this Submission.
    16. Rejecting of these Terms
  16. In the event that you are not prepared to accept these Terms and Conditions, then you should not make any Submission to Vodacom.
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