Manalang Ventures LLP, trading as First500days
Last updated: 1st September, 2026
Manalang Ventures LLP (“we”, “us”, “our”), a limited liability partnership registered in India under LLPIN ACJ-6750, trading as First500days, is the controller of the personal data described in this policy. Our registered office is New Delhi, India, 110015.
We are a venture-building and business consulting firm. We work with founders in India, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the UAE, Singapore, Canada and elsewhere, which means we handle personal data across borders and under more than one privacy law. This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and what you can do about it.
3.1 Information you give us
Enquiry and consultation data. Name, email address, phone number, country, company name, website, your role, your idea or business, sector, stage, and what you want help with.
Client engagement data. Everything needed to deliver the services: business and financial information, market and customer data, product plans, team details, and correspondence with us.
Founder visa engagement data. Where we support a founder or startup visa case, this is more extensive and more sensitive. It can include: your full name and any former names, date and place of birth, nationality and citizenship, passport and travel document details, current and past visa and immigration history including any refusals, addresses and residence history, education and employment history, qualifications, professional memberships, marital status and details of your partner and children where they are part of your plans, financial information including bank statements, funding, savings and evidence of maintenance, and tax residence.
Special category and equivalent data. Some of the above may reveal, or include, information treated as sensitive under privacy law — for example information revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious belief, health information where a route or application requires it, and information about criminal convictions or offences where a route requires a declaration. We collect this only where it is genuinely necessary for the engagement you have asked us to carry out, and we ask you not to send us sensitive information we have not requested.
Programme and event data. Registration details, attendance, and submissions for Academy cohorts, workshops and webinars.
Recruitment data. CV, work history, education, right-to-work information and interview notes.
3.2 Information we collect automatically
IP address, approximate location derived from it, device and browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, time on page, links clicked, and similar analytics — collected through cookies and comparable technologies where you have consented. See our Cookie Policy.
3.3 Information from other sources
Publicly available sources such as LinkedIn, company registries and company websites; referrals from clients, partners or mentors; and information from advisers you have asked to work with us.
Where UK or EU data protection law applies, we rely on the bases below. Where Indian law applies, we rely principally on your consent, or on legitimate uses permitted by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have considered whether those interests are overridden by your rights, and you may object at any time — see clause 10.
Immigration advisers and lawyers. Where you ask us to, or where you engage an adviser we introduce you to, we share what is needed for them to advise and act. They are independent controllers of the data you give them.
Endorsing bodies, designated organisations and authorities. Where an engagement involves preparing an endorsement or support application, documentation containing your personal data is submitted to the relevant body — by you, or by your adviser, or by us on your written instruction.
Professional and commercial partners. Accountants, company formation agents, banks, trademark and IP agents, and similar, where an engagement requires it.
Professional advisers and authorities. Our own lawyers, accountants and insurers; and regulators, courts or law enforcement where we are legally required to disclose.
Business transfer. If our business or part of it is reorganised, sold or merged, data may transfer to the acquirer under confidentiality obligations.
We use AI-assisted software in parts of our work — for example in research, drafting and analysis. Where we do, we use business or enterprise arrangements that do not permit the provider to train public models on client content, and we do not put client-identifying or sensitive personal data into consumer AI tools. Human review sits behind every deliverable. If you would prefer we did not use AI tools in your engagement, tell us and we will accommodate it where practicable.
We are established in India, with teams and offices in India, the UAE and Singapore. If you are in the UK or the EU, your personal data will be transferred outside your country — including to India — and accessed by our teams there.
India, the UAE and Singapore have not been the subject of a UK or EU adequacy decision. Where we transfer personal data from the UK or the EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and, for UK transfers, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum, together with a transfer risk assessment and additional technical and organisational measures where required.
You can request a copy of the safeguards we use by emailing [email protected].
We review retention periodically and delete or anonymise data that is no longer needed. Where you ask us to delete sensitive visa data earlier and we have no legal reason to keep it, we will.
Depending on where you are, you may have the right to:
To exercise any of these, email [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity. We respond within 30 days, and will tell you if we need longer. There is no charge unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
Complaints. You can complain to us first — we would prefer that — via the Grievance Officer above. You may also complain to:
We send marketing only where we are permitted to. Every marketing email carries an unsubscribe link, and you can opt out of WhatsApp or SMS by replying STOP or writing to us. Opting out of marketing does not stop necessary communications about a live engagement or an application in progress.
We use cookies and similar technologies. Non-essential cookies are set only with your consent, which you can change at any time via Cookie settings in the footer. See our Cookie Policy for the full list.
We use access controls, encryption in transit, role-based permissions, confidentiality obligations for staff and contractors, and vetted providers. Visa engagement files, which contain identity and financial documents, are held in restricted-access storage available only to the team working on that engagement.
No system is completely secure. If a breach occurs that is likely to result in a risk to you, we will notify you and the relevant regulators within the timeframes the applicable law requires.
Please do not send passports, bank statements or other identity documents by ordinary email or WhatsApp. We will give you a secure upload method.
Our services are for adults and our website is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. Where a founder visa engagement involves dependent children, we process only what the route requires, on the instruction of their parent or guardian, and we apply the verifiable parental consent requirements of applicable law. If you believe a child has given us data, contact us and we will delete it.
Our website links to third-party sites and platforms, including LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp. Their privacy practices are their own and this policy does not cover them.
We update this policy as our services, tools and obligations change. The “last updated” date shows when it last changed. Where changes are significant, we will tell clients with an active engagement directly.
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