Privacy notice
This notice explains how GENTIS Partners collects, uses and protects personal data. It is provided to meet our obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, "GDPR") and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection ("FADP").
1. Who we are
GENTIS Partners AG is the controller of personal data collected through this website and in the course of the firm's activities. GENTIS Partners AG is a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) incorporated under Swiss law, entered in the commercial register of the Canton of Zug under CHE-283.846.366, with registered office c/o Caminada Treuhand AG, Alpenstrasse 14, 6300 Zug, Switzerland.
GENTIS Partners AG forms part of the wider GENTIS Partners group. Other entities within the group act as controllers in their own right in relation to particular relationships and investment vehicles. Where that is the case, the relevant entity identifies itself and provides its own privacy information at the point that relationship begins.
If you have any questions about this notice, or wish to exercise your rights, please write to us at enquiries@gentispartners.com.
We have assessed our obligations under Article 37 GDPR and concluded that we are not required to appoint a Data Protection Officer. All data protection enquiries should be directed to the address above.
2. The data we collect
We collect personal data from the following groups of individuals:
- Visitors to this website. This is a static site with no analytics, no tracking, no cookies and no third-party scripts. We do not record visits, place cookies or otherwise collect technical information about visitors. The only personal data we receive through this website is your email address, and anything you choose to include, when you write to us.
- Investors and prospective investors. Where you are an investor or prospective investor, or a representative of one, we process identification and contact data; professional and eligibility data; the financial information needed to establish and operate the relationship, including subscription, funding and distribution details; know-your-client, anti-money-laundering and sanctions screening data; and correspondence, meeting notes and, where you have been notified, call recordings.
- Company contacts and counterparties. For individuals at companies we invest in or evaluate, and at intermediaries, advisers and other counterparties, we process identification and business contact data, professional information, and transaction-related correspondence and notes.
- Service providers and advisers. For individuals at our service providers, advisers and other third parties, we process the contact and professional data needed to operate the relationship.
3. How we use your data, and our legal basis
We process personal data for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries you send us — on the basis of our legitimate interests and, where you have asked for information with a view to a possible contractual relationship, on steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.
- To manage relationships with investors and prospective investors, including communications and reporting — on the basis of our legitimate interests, performance of contract, and legal obligations.
- To source, evaluate, monitor and realise investments — on the basis of our legitimate interests and performance of contract.
- To meet anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing, sanctions, tax and regulatory obligations — on the basis of legal obligations under Swiss, Luxembourg and EU law.
- To operate our systems, maintain information security and meet record-keeping obligations — on the basis of our legitimate interests and legal obligations.
- To engage and manage service providers and advisers — on the basis of our legitimate interests and contractual necessity.
We do not carry out automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects on you.
4. Who we share data with
We share personal data only where necessary, with the following categories of recipient:
- Service providers acting as processors on our instructions, including our client relationship management platform, email and document storage, AI assistant, virtual data room and website host. Each is bound by a written data processing agreement.
- Other entities within the GENTIS Partners group, where necessary for the purposes set out above.
- Regulated financial services providers engaged in connection with our investment activities — including managers, administrators, depositaries and banks — each acting as a separate controller, or where applicable a joint controller, under its own regulatory and contractual obligations.
- Our legal, tax and other professional advisers, acting as separate controllers under their own professional obligations.
- Public authorities and regulators where we are legally required to disclose data, including the competent authorities in Switzerland, Luxembourg and other relevant jurisdictions.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not share data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
5. International transfers
We are established in Switzerland. The European Commission has recognised Switzerland as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data, and Switzerland has in turn recognised the states of the European Economic Area, so personal data moves between Switzerland and the EEA without the need for additional safeguards.
Some of our service providers are located in the United Kingdom and the United States. Where personal data is transferred to a country that has not been recognised as providing adequate protection, we rely on appropriate safeguards — typically the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, together with the Swiss and UK addenda where applicable.
6. How long we keep data
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out above and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. In particular:
- Client identification and anti-money-laundering records — the duration of the relationship and a minimum of ten years thereafter under Swiss legislation, and a minimum of five years where Luxembourg legislation applies.
- Accounting and tax records — ten years.
- General correspondence — for the duration of the relevant relationship, reviewed periodically.
- Enquiries sent through this website — only for as long as needed to respond and follow up.
7. Your rights
Subject to the conditions set out in the applicable legislation, you have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- obtain correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
- request erasure of your data in certain circumstances;
- request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests;
- request data portability where applicable;
- withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please write to enquiries@gentispartners.com. We will respond within one month, although that period may be extended by a further two months for complex requests.
If you are in the European Economic Area, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority, or with the Luxembourg Commission nationale pour la protection des données (CNPD) where Luxembourg law applies. If Swiss data protection law applies to you, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) in Bern.
8. Changes to this notice
We will update this notice when our processing activities change. The date at the top of the notice will reflect any changes.
Legal notice
This notice is provided pursuant to applicable Swiss legislation and to information society services legislation in the jurisdictions where this website is accessible, including the EU E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC as transposed in the relevant jurisdiction.
| Publisher | GENTIS Partners AG |
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| Legal form | Company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) under Swiss law |
| Registered office | c/o Caminada Treuhand AG, Alpenstrasse 14, 6300 Zug, Switzerland |
| Commercial register | Canton of Zug — CHE-283.846.366 (CH-170.3.052.927-3) |
| Share capital | CHF 100,000 |
| Responsible for content | The board of directors of GENTIS Partners AG |
| Contact | enquiries@gentispartners.com |
| Hosting provider | Netlify, Inc., 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94104, United States — netlify.com |
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| Domain registrar | GoDaddy.com, LLC, 2155 E. GoDaddy Way, Tempe, AZ 85284, United States — godaddy.com |
Intellectual property
The content of this website — including text, graphics, logos, the GENTIS wordmark and tree emblem, page layout and design — is the property of GENTIS Partners AG and is protected by Swiss and international intellectual property law. Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, transmission or alteration of all or part of this site, by any means and on any medium, is prohibited without express prior written authorisation.
Liability
The information on this website is provided for general information only. While we take reasonable care to ensure that information is accurate at the time of publication, we make no warranty or representation as to its completeness, accuracy or suitability for any particular purpose.
Nothing on this website constitutes an offer, invitation or solicitation to buy or subscribe for any security or investment product, or to enter into any transaction, nor does it constitute investment, legal or tax advice. Any such offering would be made only through formal documentation, by the entity authorised to make it, to eligible investors and only in jurisdictions where it is permitted.
External links
This website may contain links to third-party websites. GENTIS Partners AG has no control over those websites and accepts no responsibility for their content, availability or privacy practices.
Governing law
This legal notice and the use of this website are governed by Swiss law. The ordinary courts at the registered office of GENTIS Partners AG in Zug have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising in connection with this website, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protection rules.
For any question regarding this legal notice, please write to enquiries@gentispartners.com.