Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions explain how Prickly Bits website content, studio-fit requests and communications work.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
A request through the website does not automatically create an assignment, partnership, advisory relationship or obligation to reply.
1. Business details
Prickly Bits is operated by Mean CEO.
- Legal entity: Mean CEO
- Trade name: Mean CEO
- Registration number: 96682426
- VAT number: NL005225131B76
- Public contact page: contact form
2. Website purpose
Prickly Bits provides information and contact routing for deep-tech startup studio questions, including productization, IP commercialization, technical risk and venture direction.
Website content is general information. It may not fit every technology, company, investor, partner, grant path or legal situation.
3. Requests and communications
Any paid work, formal engagement or service relationship must be confirmed separately in writing.
4. Scope boundaries
Prickly Bits may help frame productization, IP commercialization, technical-risk and venture-direction questions.
Prickly Bits does not provide formal legal advice, patent filing services, tax advice, accounting advice, investment advice, regulated technical certification or guaranteed funding.
5. No guarantees
Website content and communication do not guarantee funding, investment, grant success, commercialization, technical validation, customer adoption or partner acceptance.
Hard-technology decisions involve uncertainty. Visitors remain responsible for their own decisions and for seeking specialist advice where needed.
6. Confidential information
Do not send confidential technical details, unpublished patent claims, trade secrets or sensitive documents through the first contact form. If confidential material is needed later, the appropriate process must be agreed separately.
7. Website availability and changes
Prickly Bits may update website content, pages, forms, policies and services. The website may be unavailable at times due to maintenance, hosting, security or technical issues.
8. External links
The website may link to external resources where useful. Prickly Bits is not responsible for the content, availability or policies of external websites.
9. Privacy
Personal data is handled according to the Privacy Policy.
10. Complaints or questions
Use the contact form for questions about these Terms and Conditions.
11. Governing law
Dutch law applies unless mandatory law says otherwise. Disputes are handled by the competent Dutch court unless mandatory law gives another right or forum.