Version effective as of February 16, 2026.
With this Privacy Notice we, BiomedVC AG and its affiliates, (together «BiomedVC», «we» or «us»), describe how we collect and further process personal data. This Privacy Notice is not necessarily a comprehensive description of our data processing. It is possible that other Privacy Notices, placement memoranda, partnership agreements, or similar documents are applicable to specific circumstances.
The term “personal data” in this Privacy Notice shall mean any information that identifies, or could reasonably be used to identify any individual.
If you provide us with personal data of other persons (such as family members, work colleagues), please make sure the respective persons are aware of this Privacy Notice and only provide us with their data if you are allowed to do so and such personal data is correct.
This Privacy Notice is aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation («GDPR») and the Swiss Data Protection Act («DPA»). However, the application of these laws depends on each individual case.
The “controller” of data processing as described in this Privacy Notice (i.e. the responsible person) is BiomedVC AG, Elisabethenanlage 11, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, unless we have informed you differently in certain cases. You can notify us of any data protection related concerns, irrespective of the concerned affiliate, using the following contact details: [info@biomedvc.com]. If possible, please specify which affiliate you refer to.
We primarily process personal data that we obtain from our investors, potential or actual portfolio companies and business partners as well as other individuals in the context of our business relationships with them or that we collect from users when operating our websites, apps and other applications.
Where permitted, we obtain personal data from public sources (e.g., debt, land, and commercial registers; press; internet) or from our affiliates, authorities, or other third parties.
Besides the data you provide directly, we may receive information about you from third parties. This includes, but is not limited to:
We primarily use collected data in order to conclude and process contracts with our investors, potential and actual portfolio companies, and business partners, and for the procurement of products and services from our suppliers and subcontractors, as well as in order to comply with our domestic and foreign legal obligations. You may be affected by our data processing in your capacity as an employee or other representative of such investor, potential and actual portfolio company, or business partner.
In addition, in line with applicable law and where appropriate, we may process your personal data and personal data of third parties for the following purposes, which are in our (or, as the case may be, any third parties’) legitimate interest, such as:
If you have given us consent to process your personal data for certain purposes (e.g., for newsletters), we will process it based on this consent, unless another legal basis applies. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect; see our contact details in Section 1. For withdrawing consent for online tracking, see Section 5. Upon receiving your withdrawal, we will cease processing your information for the consented purposes, unless another legal basis exists. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred prior to it.
Where we do not ask for consent, we process your personal data if it is required for initiating or performing a contract with you, or based on our or a third party’s legitimate interest. This particularly relates to pursuing the purposes outlined in Section 3 and implementing related measures, including compliance with legal regulations where this is not already a recognized legal basis under applicable data protection law.
If we receive sensitive personal data, we may process it on other legal bases, such as in the event of a dispute, for potential litigation, or for the enforcement or defense of legal claims. Other legal bases may apply in some cases, which we will communicate to you separately as necessary.
We use “cookies” and similar techniques on our websites to identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small text file sent to your computer and saved by your web browser when you visit our site. This allows us to recognize you upon your return, even without knowing your identity.
We use “session cookies,” which are deleted after your visit, and “permanent cookies,” which save user configurations (e.g., language, automated login) and other information for a set period (e.g., two years) to help us understand how you use our services. While most browsers are preset to accept cookies, you can configure your browser to reject them, save them only for one session, or delete them prematurely. However, blocking cookies may disable certain functions like language settings, shopping carts, or ordering processes. Some cookies are from us, others from our business partners.
In our newsletters and marketing e-mails, we may include visible and invisible image files. When retrieved from our servers, these files let us know if and when you opened the e-mail. This helps us measure, understand, and customize our offers. You can disable this feature in your e-mail program.
By using our websites and consenting to receive newsletters and marketing e-mails, you agree to our use of these techniques. If you object, you must configure your browser or e-mail program accordingly.
We may use Google Analytics or similar third-party services, such as Google Ireland Ltd. (relying on Google LLC in the U.S., both «Google», www.google.com), to measure andevaluate our website’s use on an anonymized basis. These services use permanent cookies. We have configured the service to truncate visitor IP addresses in Europe before forwarding them to the United States, preventing them from being traced back. We have also turned off the «Data sharing» and «Signals» options. While we assume the information shared with Google is not personal data for them, Google might be able to draw conclusions about visitors’ identities, create personal profiles, and link this data to their Google accounts for its own purposes. If you are registered with the service provider, they will know your identity, and the processing of your personal data will be governed by their data protection regulations. The provider only gives us data on website usage, not your personal information.
Additionally, our websites use plug-ins from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, indicated by their symbols. These are disabled by default. If you activate them by clicking, the social network operators can record your presence and location on our website and use this information for their purposes. The processing of your personal data is the responsibility of the respective operator and is subject to their data protection regulations. We do not receive any information about you from them.
In the context of our business activities and in line with the purposes of the data processing set out in Section 3, we may transfer data to third parties, insofar as such a transfer is permitted and we deem it appropriate, in order for them to process data for us or, as the case may be, their own purposes. In particular, the following categories of recipients may be concerned:
together « Recipients».
Certain Recipients may be within Switzerland but they may be located in any country worldwide. Your data may also be transmitted to our service providers located in other European countries and the USA.
If a recipient is located in a country without adequate statutory data protection, we require the recipient to undertake to comply with data protection (for this purpose, we use the revised European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, which can be accessed here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?), unless the recipient is subject to a legally accepted set of rules to ensure data protection and unless we cannot rely on an exception. An exception may apply for example in case of legal proceedings abroad, but also in cases of overriding public interest or if the performance of a contract requires disclosure, if you have consented or if data has been made available generally by you and you have not objected against the processing.
We process and retain your personal data for the duration of our business relationship (from initiation to termination) to perform our contractual and legal obligations. We also retain data beyond this period in accordance with legal retention and documentation obligations (e.g., 10 years for business records under the Swiss Code of Obligations), for the period during which claims can be asserted against us or against our affiliates, or if legitimate business interests require it (e.g., for evidence). Shorter retention periods of no more than twelve months generally apply for operational data (e.g., system logs). As soon as your personal data is no longer required for these purposes, it will be deleted or anonymized where possible.
We have taken appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access and misuse such as internal policies, training, IT and network security solutions, access controls and restrictions, and encryption of data carriers and transmissions.
In the context of our business relationship you must provide us with any personal data that is necessary for the conclusion and performance of a business relationship and the performance of our contractual obligations (as a rule, there is no statutory requirement to provide us with data). Without this information, we will usually not be able to enter into or carry out a contract with you (or the entity or person you represent). In addition, the website cannot be used unless certain information is disclosed to enable data traffic (e.g. IP address).
We may partially process your personal data automatically with the aim of evaluating certain personal aspects (profiling). In particular, profiling allows us to inform and advise you about products possibly relevant for you more accurately. For this purpose, we may use evaluation tools that enable us to communicate with you and advertise to you as required, including market and opinion research. We do not currently engage in profiling that presents a high risk to the data subject’s personality or fundamental rights as per Art. 5 lit. f. DPA.
In establishing and carrying out a business relationship, we generally do not use any fully automated individual decision-making (such as pursuant to article 22 GDPR). Should we use such procedures in certain cases, we will inform you separately on this and advise you of your relevant rights if required by law.
In accordance with and as far as provided by applicable law (as is the case where the GDPR is applicable), you have the right to access, rectification and erasure of your personal data, the right to restriction of processing or to object to our data processing, in particular for direct marketing purposes, for profiling carried out for direct marketing purposes and for other legitimate interests in processing in addition to the right to receive certain personal data for transfer to another controller (data portability). Please note, however, that we reserve the right to enforce statutory restrictions on our part, for example if we are obliged to retain or process certain data, have an overriding interest (insofar as we may invoke such interests) or need the data for asserting claims. We will notify you in advance if exercising certain rights incurs any costs. We have already informed you of the possibility to withdraw consent in Section 4 above. Please further note that the exercise of these rights may be in conflict with your contractual obligations and this may result in consequences such as premature contract termination or involve costs. If this is the case, we will inform you in advance unless it has already been contractually agreed upon.
In general, exercising these rights requires that you are able to prove your identity (e.g., by a copy of identification documents where your identity is not evident otherwise or can be verified in another way). In order to assert these rights, please contact us at the addresses provided in Section 1 above.
In addition, every data subject has the right to enforce his/her rights in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The competent data protection authority of Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (http://www.edoeb.admin.ch).
We may amend this Privacy Notice at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the Privacy Notice is part of an agreement with you, we will notify you by e-mail or other appropriate means in case of an amendment.