By signing below, you (the Recipient) acknowledge and agree to the following terms with Gittelson Ventures LLC (GV).

1. Confidential Information

All materials accessed through this page, including the investor deck, investor memo, financial information, acquisition pipeline data, target company identities, and any related documents, constitute confidential and proprietary information of GV and its sources.

2. Permitted Use

Recipient will use the Confidential Information solely to evaluate a potential investment relationship with GV. Recipient will not disclose, reproduce, distribute, or use the Confidential Information for any other purpose.

3. Permitted Disclosures

Recipient may share the Confidential Information only with direct advisors who have a clear need to know, who are bound by confidentiality obligations no less protective than these terms, and for whom Recipient accepts responsibility.

4. Seller and Target Confidentiality

Recipient acknowledges that materials may be subject to separate confidentiality obligations to brokers, sellers, and target companies. Recipient will not contact any disclosed target, its owners, employees, customers, or vendors without GV's prior written consent.

5. Standard of Care

Recipient will protect the Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care it uses for its own confidential information, and in any case no less than reasonable care.

6. Term

These obligations remain in effect for two (2) years from the date of acceptance. Trade secret obligations continue for so long as the information remains a trade secret under applicable law.

7. Exclusions

Confidential Information does not include information that is publicly available through no breach by Recipient, was already known to Recipient without a confidentiality obligation, is independently developed by Recipient without use of the Confidential Information, or is rightfully received from a third party without a confidentiality obligation.

8. No Commitment

Nothing in this agreement grants any license, ownership right, or commitment to enter into any further agreement. GV may withdraw access at any time.

9. Remedies and Governing Law

Breach may cause irreparable harm warranting injunctive relief in addition to other remedies at law or equity. This agreement is governed by the laws of California, with exclusive jurisdiction in Los Angeles County. Recipient consents to the use of electronic signatures under the federal E-SIGN Act and California UETA.

10. Recording of Acceptance

Recipient's acceptance of this agreement is recorded with full legal name, email address, firm or affiliation, IP address, browser identification, timestamp, and the version of this agreement at the time of acceptance.