WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last Modified: June 20, 2023

DIRECT FUNDER, LLC, (DBA: Tax Credit Funder)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Legal Agreement. Please read these terms and conditions (“Agreement”) carefully.  Your registration at www.directfunder.com (“Website”) for services and information (the “Services,” as more fully described below) offered by Direct Funder LLC (“Direct Funder, LLC”) and your acceptance of this Agreement by 1) clicking the “I accept” box on the registration page of the Website, 2) submitting any form found on any pages associated with Website, and/or 3) use of Website creates a binding, legal agreement between Direct Funder LLC and you (“you” or “your”). Such registration and acceptance date shall become the effective date of this Agreement (“Effective Date”).  This Agreement governs your use of the Services and the Website. If you choose to accept this Agreement, you must do so as written, without modification. If you do not accept these terms, you will not be allowed to receive the Services.  By using the Website, you accept the terms and conditions described in this Agreement.  You warrant and represent that you are at least 18 years of age and that you have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement as an individual or on behalf of your employer.  This Agreement incorporates the terms of Direct Funder, LLC’s Privacy Policy.  Direct Funder LLC and you are individually, a “party” and collectively, the “parties.”

2. Registration. By registering, you agree to provide the information requested on the registration page of the Website completely and accurately, and to update your information.  You are responsible for keeping your information current.  You are responsible for selecting and keeping your username and password confidential. You may not share or disclose your user name and password to anyone other than Direct Funder, LLC.  You understand that you are responsible for all uses of the Website through your user name and password. You must notify Direct Funder LLC immediately if you know of or suspect unauthorized use of your user name and password for this Website.

3. Services. Direct Funder LLC provides business planning, modeling and other predictive financial tools relative to small business to users of the Website (“Service”). The Service routinely maintains and updates personally identifying information which may include business and/or personal credit card accounts, bank accounts, other financial accounts, address information, telephone information, and email information. Further, the Service may require you to submit confidential information pertaining to your business including, without limitation, cash flow, balance sheets, budgets, and other reasonable confidential information as requested by Direct Funder LLC (“Customer Information”).  Direct Funder LLC will provide the Service in accordance with its then-current pricing, as set forth on the Website.  The Service is a tool to assist you in developing your business plan and other business planning tools; however, Direct Funder LLC makes no guarantees that your business plan will be successful.

Direct Funder LLC does not provide any materials with the intent that they will be used for the purpose of selling or offering for sale securities or raising money in any other way. None of Direct Funder, LLC’s materials are or shall be construed as a “private placement memorandum” or any other type of risk disclosure document. The use of any materials for such purpose is a material breach of these terms and conditions. Direct Funder LLC services are intended only as business-planning tools, and any other use of them is strictly prohibited.          

4. Updates. DIRECT FUNDER LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THE WEBSITE AND THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.  YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING SUCH SITES.  Direct Funder LLC may, but is not obligated to, offer upgrades, updates, and improvements to the Website and Services, and to add or discontinue any Services.

5. Limited License. Direct Funder LLC hereby grants to you during the Term (as defined below) of this Agreement a non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license (“License”) to use the Website and the Services for your business planning purposes (“Purpose”). You shall display all notices for trademarks, service marks, trade dress, patents, patents pending, and other intellectual property (the “Intellectual Property”) that we require.  You shall not copy or reverse engineer, in whole in or part, Direct Funder, LLC’s Website, Services, or Intellectual Property.  Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, Direct Funder LLC does not grant you any license or ownership rights, including in the Intellectual Property, and all rights not expressly granted by Direct Funder LLC to you under this Agreement are expressly reserved to Direct Funder, LLC.  To the extent you upload content in connection with the Service, including any and all communications that you make with Direct Funder LLC through the Service, you grant Direct Funder LLC a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable license, to copy, distribute, display publicly, make available to the public, adapt, sub-license, process and translate such content, combine such content with or incorporate such content into other content and modify and create derivative works of such content; in each case in connection with Direct Funder, LLC’s operation of the Website and/or Service, and in Direct Funder, LLC’s other media platforms, applications and services. You further waive and forever disclaim all rights of attribution with respect to the use of your content.

6. Prohibited Uses. Direct Funder LLC may temporarily or permanently deny, limit, suspend, or terminate the Service, remove content and take technical and legal measures to keep you off the Service at any time and for any reason.  You agree to the following prohibited uses:

(a)       You shall not use the Services to harass, embarrass, or threaten any person.

(b)       You shall not copy, publish, distribute, rent, or resell the Services, in whole or in part.

(c)        You understand and agree that we monitor usage on the Website and the Services and that we may share your use of the Website and Services with law enforcement agencies and officials in response to inquiries or if we have reason to believe that your use of the Website and Services is for an unlawful purpose.  We may also share your use of the Website and Services as required by law, a court order, a subpoena, or as Direct Funder LLC determines is necessary or advisable to protect its interests.

(d)       You shall not use the Services as the basis for making decisions to consumers or businesses concerning loans, credit, insurance, employment, leasing, or other decisions.  The Services are not to be relied upon by any person, including you, for any purpose. You are solely responsible for all decisions you make in any way utilizing the information generated as a result of using these services.

7. Other Websites. The Website may contain links other websites. Direct Funder LLC may or may not own, operate or monitor these websites, their services or content.  The information and content posted on other websites may not be compatible with your requirements, you may object to their content, or find such content to be objectionable, improper, unlawful or immoral. By linking to another website, Direct Funder LLC does not endorse, or sponsor their content, or confirm their accuracy, credibility, authenticity, validity, integrity or legality.  Direct Funder LLC assumes no responsibility or liability for any third party services or contents, or their availability.  The Service and/or the Website may include paid advertisements, sponsored links and commercial information (“Advertisements”). By clicking the Advertisements you may be transferred to a service of an advertiser or receive any other messages, information or offers from the advertiser and from others. Direct Funder LLC is not responsible for any of the Advertisers’ practices, including their privacy practices, or for the content of their services, information, messages or offers.

8. Term and Termination.The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and continue until terminated as expressly provided in this Agreement (the “Term”).   You may terminate this Agreement at any time by delivering an e-mail to [email protected] or by calling Direct Funder, LLC’s Customer Service Center at the telephone number listed on the Website. Direct Funder LLC may immediately terminate this Agreement as required by law or due to your breach of any provision of this Agreement in Direct Funder, LLC’s determination. Termination will become effective immediately.  Upon termination, all license rights granted herein shall immediately terminate, and you will not be allowed to use the Website or purchase Services.  You shall be permitted to use the Services you purchased before termination, provided that your continued use will be subject to the terms of this Agreement.  The following provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason:  4, 5, 6, and 10 – 18.

9. Independent Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall create an employer-employee, partner, joint venturer or agent relationship between Direct Funder LLC and you.

10. Indemnification. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Direct Funder LLC  and their employees, managers, members, officers, shareholders, directors, agents, representatives, consultants, contractors, insurers, attorneys, successors, and assigns from and against all claims, demands, judgments, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, fees, expenses, including attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising out of your (a) unauthorized use of the Website or Services or (b) breach of this Agreement.
11.   Disclaimer of Warranty. DIRECT FUNDER LLC: (A) PROVIDES THE SERVICES “AS IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEES, (B) MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, AND (C) SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, and any warranty against NON-infringement of any INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT of any third party. Direct Funder, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THEIR CONTENT OR METHOD OF DELIVERY WILL BE FREE OF ERROR (INCLUDING FACTS, STATEMENTS, retention, deletion, disclosure or any other use or loss of your content on the service or website, SERVICE LEVELS, DOWNLOAD SPEED, AND WI-FI, HOTSPOT, OR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY), OR THAT DEFECTS THEREIN SHALL BE CORRECTED. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN EFFECT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

12. Limitations of Liability.   SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR LOST PROFITS, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.   THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN EFFECT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  DIRECT FUNDER, LLC’S TOTAL LIABILITY, AND YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO DIRECT FUNDER, LLCIN THE MONTH IN WHICH A CLAIM GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY HEREUNDER OCCURS.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN EFFECT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

15. Compliance with Applicable Law. You shall comply with all applicable international, federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations in your use of this Website and the Services.

16. Notice. All notices provided for herein shall be effected either by recognized international express courier, postage pre-paid, or by First Class United States Mail, postage pre-paid, to the address listed on the Website in our case, and to the address you listed in you registration page in your case.  Notice shall be deemed received two days following tender to such courier and three days following posting by Mail.

17. Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to any applicable conflicts or choice of law provisions.  You hereby agree to waive any right you may have to participate in any class, group, or representative action or proceeding, and further hereby agree to waive any right you may have to a trial by jury.  In Direct Funder LLC’s discretion, the parties hereto irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of (a) the federal and state courts of competent jurisdiction located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the parties hereby waive any objection that venue in such courts is inconvenient, or (b) binding arbitration in Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the parties hereby waive any objection that venue in such city is inconvenient.   Neither the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) nor the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (“UCITA”) shall apply. In any action at law or in equity or arbitration to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to collect from the non-prevailing party, in addition to any damages and injunctive relief, whether at law or in equity, all reasonable costs, fees, and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, expert witness fees, deposition transcript fees, postage, long-distance telephone charges, and travel costs.
18. Complete Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes any and all other agreements, whether oral or in writing, between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof.  Any modification of this Agreement shall be effective only if in writing signed by the parties.
19. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
20. Assignment. You shall not assign or sublicense any part of this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Direct Funder, LLC.