ARAMHub is a brand, platform, and business initiative operated by ARAMHUB LLC (“ARAMHub,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Virginia limited liability company and a separate legal entity that is wholly owned by ARAMWAY GROUP LLC (the “Parent”). Every agreement, payment, transaction, service, membership, program, event, communication, and legal obligation described in this document is between you and ARAMHUB LLC. ARAMWAY GROUP LLC is not a party to this agreement and assumes no obligations to you under it; however, the protections, disclaimers, limitations of liability, releases, and indemnities in this document extend to ARAMHUB LLC, ARAMWAY GROUP LLC, and their respective affiliates.
1. Scope and Structure
These Partner & Sponsor Terms (“Partner Terms”) establish the baseline framework for relationships between ARAMHUB LLC and universities, government agencies, corporate partners, sponsors, investors, accelerators, incubators, and service providers (each, a “Partner”). Specific engagements — sponsorships, program collaborations, exhibitor packages, or service arrangements — will be documented in a signed order form, sponsorship agreement, memorandum of understanding, or statement of work (each, an “Engagement Agreement”) that incorporates these Partner Terms. If an Engagement Agreement conflicts with these Partner Terms, the Engagement Agreement controls. All Engagement Agreements are entered into by ARAMHUB LLC unless the signed agreement expressly names a different ARAM entity.
2. Independent Parties; No Agency
Partners are independent entities. Nothing in these Partner Terms or any Engagement Agreement creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, fiduciary, or agency relationship, and neither party may bind the other. Government-agency engagements may be subject to additional statutory or procurement requirements identified in the applicable Engagement Agreement.
3. Sponsorships and Benefits
Sponsorship packages (branding, booth space, speaking slots, digital placements, and similar benefits) are described in the applicable Engagement Agreement. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver stated benefits; if a specific benefit becomes unavailable, the Company will provide a substantially comparable substitute or a prorated refund or credit for the undelivered benefit, as the Partner's exclusive remedy. Sponsorship fees are due per the Engagement Agreement and are non-refundable once the sponsored event or placement has occurred or production has begun, except as stated in the Refund Policy or the Engagement Agreement. Sponsorship does not constitute endorsement by the Company, and Partners may not state or imply Company endorsement of their products or services without written consent.
4. Brand Use and Publicity
Each party grants the other a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to use its name and logo solely as needed to perform and promote the specific engagement, in accordance with the granting party's brand guidelines and subject to prior written approval of materials where required by the Engagement Agreement. All goodwill from use of a party's marks inures to the mark owner. All rights not granted are reserved; the ARAMHUB and ARAMWAY GROUP marks remain the exclusive property of ARAMWAY GROUP LLC (licensed to ARAMHUB LLC). Neither party will issue a press release naming the other without prior written approval.
5. Intellectual Property in Collaborative Programs
Unless the Engagement Agreement states otherwise: each party retains ownership of its pre-existing intellectual property and anything it develops independently; materials created solely by the Company for a collaborative program belong to ARAMHUB LLC; materials created solely by the Partner belong to the Partner, with a license to the Company as needed to deliver the program; and jointly developed materials will be owned as specified in the Engagement Agreement. Each party licenses the other only what is necessary to perform the engagement.
6. Data Protection
Where a Partner receives personal data of ARAMHub users (e.g., registrant lists for a co-hosted event), the Partner must: use it solely for the disclosed purpose of the engagement; process it consistent with the ARAMHub Privacy Policy, the VCDPA, and other applicable privacy laws; maintain reasonable security; not sell it or use it for unrelated marketing without the individuals' consent; and promptly notify the Company of any security incident affecting it. Data-sharing specifics, including any required data processing agreement, will be set out in the Engagement Agreement.
7. Compliance and Conduct
Partners must comply with applicable law, including anti-corruption, consumer protection, advertising (FTC endorsement and disclosure rules), securities, export control, and accessibility laws, and with the ARAMHub Community Guidelines and Event Terms when participating in ARAMHub spaces and events. Investor Partners acknowledge the Company is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser, does not verify participants or claims, and takes no transaction-based compensation; investment activity is solely between the investor and the counterparty. Accelerator, incubator, and service-provider Partners are solely responsible for their own offerings, and users' engagements with them are governed by the Partner's own terms.
8. Confidentiality
Non-public business information exchanged for an engagement and marked or reasonably understood as confidential must be used only for the engagement and protected with reasonable care for 3 years from disclosure (indefinitely for trade secrets), except for information that is public, independently developed, rightfully received from a third party, or required to be disclosed by law (with notice where lawful).
9. Term, Termination, and Cancellation
The term of each engagement is stated in its Engagement Agreement. Either party may terminate an Engagement Agreement for the other's material breach uncured within thirty (30) days of written notice, or immediately for insolvency or unlawful conduct. If the Company cancels a sponsored event, the sponsor receives a prorated refund or credit for undelivered benefits, as the exclusive remedy; force majeure cancellations are handled the same way. Sections on IP, confidentiality, data protection, indemnification, and liability survive termination.
10. Indemnification and Insurance
Each party will defend and indemnify the other against third-party claims arising from its own negligence, willful misconduct, violation of law, infringement of third-party IP by its provided materials, or breach of these Partner Terms. Partners participating on-site at events must carry commercially reasonable insurance (including general liability at limits stated in the Engagement Agreement) and provide certificates on request.
11. Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT FOR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, CONFIDENTIALITY BREACHES, AND IP INFRINGEMENT, NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AND EACH PARTY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER AN ENGAGEMENT IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE UNDER THAT ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, EXCEPT WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT LAWFULLY BE LIMITED.
12. Governing Law and Disputes
These Partner Terms and all Engagement Agreements are governed by Virginia law and applicable federal law. Disputes will be resolved per the dispute-resolution provisions of the applicable Engagement Agreement or, absent such provisions, in the state courts of Fairfax County, Virginia, or the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to whose jurisdiction the parties consent.
13. Contact | Partnerships
Partnership inquiries: ARAMHUB LLC, Partnerships, 1775 Tysons Blvd, FL 5, McLean, Virginia 22102; Email: info@aramhub.com; Phone: +1 (202) 860-8888.