How we handle the data of entrepreneurs, investors, advisers and applicants.
TransEquity Network attaches great importance to the confidentiality of the data that entrepreneurs, investors, advisers and applicants share with us. This statement explains which personal data we process, why we do so and what rights you have.
TransEquity Network IV B.V.
Vughterstraat 98
5211 GL ’s-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 73 614 5937
Email: info@transequity.nl
TransEquity Network is the controller for the processing of personal data as described in this statement. We have not appointed a data protection officer. For any questions about privacy, please contact us at the email address above.
We only process data that you provide to us yourself or that we need to carry out our work. Depending on your relationship with us, this may include:
We process personal data exclusively for the purposes listed below, and always on the basis of one of the legal grounds in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Answering questions and maintaining contact | Legitimate interest: we want to be reachable and able to handle your question properly |
| Assessing a submitted investment proposal and holding discussions about it | Legitimate interest and, once a process starts, taking pre-contractual steps |
| Maintaining our network of entrepreneurs, advisers, accountants and bankers | Legitimate interest: deal flow and relationship management are at the core of our work |
| Handling a job application | Taking pre-contractual steps at your request |
| Managing participations in our funds and the related administration | Performance of the agreement and compliance with legal obligations |
| Keeping our financial and tax records | Legal obligation |
| Measuring and improving the use of our website | Your consent, which you can withdraw at any time |
We do not make decisions about individuals based on automated processing or profiling.
Our website places functional cookies that are needed for the site to work. We also use analytical and statistical cookies to see how visitors use our pages, as well as cookies placed by embedded YouTube videos.
For all cookies that are not strictly necessary, we ask for your consent via the cookie notice. As long as you do not give that consent, these cookies are not placed. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time via the link at the bottom of every page.
A complete and up-to-date overview of the cookies that may be placed on our website, including the retention period per cookie, can be found in our cookie policy.
We do not sell your data and do not provide it to third parties for commercial purposes. We only share personal data when necessary for the purposes described above, with:
Some of our suppliers are based outside the European Economic Area, in particular in the United States. In that case, data is only transferred on the basis of a valid transfer mechanism, such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission.
In an exploratory conversation, entrepreneurs and advisers often share sensitive company information with us. We treat that information as strictly confidential. We do not share it with third parties without your explicit consent, and within our team we limit access to the people involved in the process concerned. On request, we record this in advance in a non-disclosure agreement.
| Category | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Correspondence and contact details from our network | For as long as the relationship continues and up to two years afterwards |
| Submitted proposals that do not lead to a process | Up to two years after the last contact |
| Application data | Up to four weeks after the procedure ends, or up to one year if you give us permission |
| Data relating to a participation or investment | For the duration and thereafter for as long as the law requires |
| Financial and tax records | Seven years, under the statutory tax retention obligation |
| Cookies and analytics data | In accordance with the periods in our cookie policy |
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. Our website only works over a secure connection, access to systems is personal and limited to staff who need the data, and we keep our software up to date. If you have the impression that data is not properly secured, or there are indications of misuse, please contact us at info@transequity.nl.
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
Please send any request to info@transequity.nl. To avoid providing data to the wrong person, we may ask you to prove your identity. We will respond within one month of receiving your request. If your request is complex, we may extend that period by two months, in which case we will inform you in good time.
If you disagree with the way we handle your data, we would like to hear from you first so that we can resolve it together. You also always have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) via autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.
Our website contains links to the websites of portfolio companies and other organisations. This privacy statement does not apply to those websites. We recommend reading the privacy statement of the website concerned before leaving any data there.
We may amend this privacy statement, for example when our working methods or the legislation change. The current version is always available on this page. In the event of significant changes, we will actively inform those concerned.
This is an English translation of the Dutch privacy statement. In case of any discrepancy, the Dutch version prevails.
Last updated on 12 August 2026.