Terms of service

These terms apply to the website www.malchev.co, its waitlist, operated by Damyan Malchev, Austria (“we”). The company details are in the imprint. By using the website you accept these terms.

The website describes Malchev & Co. and the startup engine, and lets you join a waitlist. The plans and prices shown are what we intend to offer when the engine opens; they are information, not yet an offer to conclude a contract. Nothing on it is investment, legal or tax advice.

• Joining is free and creates no obligation for you: not to buy, not to use, not to stay.
• You get one email when the engine opens. You can leave the list at any time by writing to hello@malchev.co.
• Joining reserves the plan you chose and the price shown to you, for when early access opens. Nothing is charged, and you are free not to take the plan.
• A place on the waitlist is not a right to access or to a launch date. We may open the engine in stages, change it, or not open it at all.
• Join with an email address that is yours, and only once per person.

• Applying is free and creates no obligation, for you or for us: we choose which ideas we assess, and we may end the pilot at any time.
• An assessment is research and an opinion on what was found. It is not legal, tax, investment or business advice and not a forecast; what you decide on it is your decision.
• The sources are pages of third parties, read with the help of AI services. They can be wrong, change or disappear. Check the ones your decision rests on.
• Your idea stays yours. We do not publish it or your assessment and ask before we quote from either. We promise no confidentiality beyond that, so leave out what has to stay secret.
• An assessment reserves no place on the waitlist and no price.

When the engine or another product becomes available, its own terms, prices and, for consumers, the statutory right of withdrawal are shown before any order. These terms do not replace them.

Do not misuse the website: no automated sign-ups, no attempts to get around its protections or into the admin area, no overloading, and no use that breaks the law or the rights of others. We may block access that does.

The texts, design, logo, graphics and source code belong to Damyan Malchev or its licensors. You may view the website and quote from it with the source named. Any other copying, republishing or commercial use needs our written consent.

We keep the website running and correct with care, but it is provided free of charge and without a promise that it is always available, complete or free of errors. We may change or withdraw content at any time.

We are liable without limit for damage caused by intent or gross negligence, for personal injury, and wherever mandatory law such as the Austrian Product Liability Act says so. For slight negligence we are liable only for breaches of essential obligations, and then only for the foreseeable damage typical of the case; beyond that, liability for slight negligence is excluded. Your statutory rights as a consumer remain untouched.

Where we link to other websites, their operators are responsible for them. We have no influence on their content.

How we handle personal data is set out in the privacy policy and the cookie policy.

We may update these terms when the website or the law changes. The version in force is the one published here, with its date at the top. Changes never apply backwards.

Austrian law applies, without its conflict-of-law rules and without the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer living in the EU, you keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country you live in, and you can sue in the courts there. For businesses, the court with subject-matter jurisdiction at our seat in Austria is competent.

If one provision of these terms is or becomes invalid, the rest stays in force. Questions about these terms: hello@malchev.co.