- INTRODUCTION
Acquisitions LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a strategic business advisory firm headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. We provide comprehensive services across the full business lifecycle — including business building, strategic acquisitions, growth scaling, and exit planning — through our flagship advisory practice and affiliated portfolio brands including Startup Business Bureau, Errandables, Flipany Business, Vendables, The Cleanables, Washables, Techvest, DriveX, Carvest, and Salaar Ventures.
This Privacy Policy governs how we collect, use, store, share, protect, and otherwise process your personal information when you visit our website at https://acquisitionsllc.com/ (the “Site”), contact us directly, engage our consulting or advisory services, subscribe to our content, access our Launchpad models, or interact with us in any other capacity (collectively, the “Services”).
We recognize that privacy is a fundamental right. Our approach is built on the principle of transparency — you deserve to know exactly what information we hold about you, why we hold it, and what choices you have with respect to it. This Policy is intended to give you that clarity in plain, accessible language.
By accessing or using our Site or engaging our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the practices described herein, please discontinue use of our Site and Services.
- SCOPE OF THIS POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to:
All visitors to https://acquisitionsllc.com/ and any subdomains operated by Acquisitions LLC; individuals who contact us via email, telephone, web forms, or social media; prospective, current, and former clients who engage our Build, Buy, Scale, or Exit advisory services; participants in our Launchpad business model programs; subscribers to our newsletters, updates, or marketing communications; individuals who book consultations through third-party platforms such as Topmate; and business contacts and partners in our professional network.
This Policy does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that we may link to or reference, including but not limited to Topmate (https://topmate.io/raheel_sheikh), Facebook, Instagram, or any co-branded partner platforms. Those platforms maintain their own independent privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them separately.
- INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information in three primary ways: information you provide directly to us, information collected automatically when you use our Site, and information obtained from third-party sources.
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you interact with Acquisitions LLC in any voluntary capacity, you may provide us with the following categories of personal information:
Identity and contact information, including your full legal name, business name, job title, professional role, email address, telephone number, and mailing or business address. This is collected when you fill out a contact or inquiry form on the Site, book a consultation, or correspond with us by email or phone.
Business and financial information, including the nature of your business, industry sector, stage of business development (early-stage, acquisition, growth, or exit), estimated revenue, investment capacity, funding requirements, ownership structure, and any other business details you choose to share in the context of seeking advisory or consulting services. This information is necessary for us to provide relevant, accurate guidance and is treated with a high level of confidentiality.
Transaction and engagement records, including records of services rendered, communications exchanged, agreements entered into, payment details, and outcomes arising from advisory engagements. To the extent payments are processed, such transactions may be facilitated through third-party payment processors, and we do not store your full payment card details on our servers.
Communications and correspondence, including the content of emails, messages, or inquiries you send us, feedback you provide, and records of conversations or consultations relevant to the delivery of our Services.
User-submitted content, including any documents, business plans, financial models, or presentations you upload or share with us in connection with a service engagement.
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our Site, certain technical data is collected automatically through standard web technologies, including:
Log data and device information: your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers, referring URL, pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, and the date and time of your visit.
Cookies and similar tracking technologies: our Site uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — as well as similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage objects. These may be first-party cookies set by us or third-party cookies set by service providers such as Google Analytics. Cookies serve several purposes, including maintaining session state, remembering your preferences, measuring site performance and traffic, and enabling certain Site features. You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings; however, doing so may affect the functionality of certain parts of the Site. Our cookie practices are further described in Section 9.
Analytics data: through tools such as Google Analytics, we collect aggregated and anonymized data about how visitors interact with our Site, including traffic sources, session durations, popular pages, and conversion paths. This data helps us improve the Site and understand the effectiveness of our content.
3.3 Information from Third-Party Sources
We may receive information about you from third parties in limited circumstances, including:
Publicly available professional profiles, such as LinkedIn, where you have made business information accessible, in the context of outreach or relationship-building activities.
Referral partners or affiliate contacts who recommend our services to you and share basic contact or business context information with us for introductory purposes.
Third-party scheduling or consultation platforms (such as Topmate) through which you book an engagement with us and which transmit your contact and booking details to facilitate the appointment.
Integrated marketing platforms or CRM tools that may aggregate professional information for business development purposes, subject to their own terms and applicable law.
We will combine such third-party information with information we collect directly only where we have a legitimate basis for doing so and will handle the combined data in accordance with this Policy.
- HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use personal information collected through the Site and Services for the following purposes, each grounded in a legitimate legal basis:
4.1 Delivering and Performing Our Services
The primary use of your information is to provide you with the consulting, advisory, and business development services you have requested or engaged us for. This includes conducting business assessments, developing strategic recommendations, facilitating M&A transactions, supporting Launchpad model deployments, and delivering any other deliverable within the scope of an engagement.
4.2 Communication and Client Support
We use your contact information to respond to inquiries, confirm bookings, send you updates relevant to your engagement, notify you of important changes to our services or policies, and provide general client support.
4.3 Marketing and Business Development
With your consent or pursuant to our legitimate interests where permitted by applicable law, we may use your information to send you newsletters, thought leadership content, service announcements, event invitations, or other communications that we believe may be of value to you. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time as described in Section 12.
4.4 Site Improvement and Analytics
We use automatically collected data to monitor and analyze usage patterns, diagnose technical issues, improve Site performance, test new features, and enhance the overall user experience.
4.5 Legal Compliance and Protection
We may use or disclose personal information as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to lawful requests from government authorities, enforce our agreements and terms, protect the rights, property, or safety of Acquisitions LLC, our clients, or the public, and prevent fraud or other harmful activities.
4.6 Business Operations
We may use aggregated or de-identified data — which cannot reasonably be used to identify you — for internal business analysis, market research, performance benchmarking, and service development.
We will not use your personal information for purposes materially different from those described above without providing you with advance notice and, where required, obtaining your consent.
- LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING (FOR EEA, UK, AND OTHER GDPR-ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS)
Given that Acquisitions LLC operates internationally and serves clients across 45+ countries, including individuals located in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, we are mindful of obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent frameworks.
For individuals in GDPR-regulated jurisdictions, we process personal data on the following legal bases:
Contractual necessity: where processing is required to perform a contract you have entered into with us or to take pre-contractual steps at your request (e.g., preparing a proposal or conducting an initial assessment).
Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our Site, marketing our services to prospective clients, maintaining professional records, and operating our business efficiently — provided such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Consent: where you have given clear, informed, and freely given consent to a specific processing activity, such as receiving marketing communications. You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Legal obligation: where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable law.
Vital interests: in rare circumstances where processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of an individual.
- SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent it or trade it. However, we may share your information in limited, defined circumstances:
6.1 Service Providers and Subprocessors
We engage trusted third-party vendors to support our operations, including web hosting providers, email delivery platforms, customer relationship management (CRM) software, analytics tools, scheduling platforms, document management services, and professional support firms. These providers access personal data only to the extent necessary to perform their contracted functions and are bound by confidentiality obligations and data processing terms consistent with this Policy and applicable law.
6.2 Professional Advisors
In the course of delivering M&A, investment, or complex business advisory services, we may engage or collaborate with attorneys, accountants, financial analysts, or due diligence specialists. Information shared in this context is governed by professional confidentiality obligations and shared only on a need-to-know basis.
6.3 Affiliated Portfolio Brands
Acquisitions LLC operates and advises a portfolio of affiliated brands, including Startup Business Bureau, Flipany Business, Techvest, The Cleanables, Washables, Errandables, DriveX, Vendables, Carvest, and Salaar Ventures. Where relevant to a client engagement or referral, limited personal or business information may be shared internally across these affiliated entities. All such entities are expected to handle information in a manner consistent with this Policy.
6.4 Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of all or a portion of our assets, or similar corporate transaction involving Acquisitions LLC, personal information held by us may be transferred to the acquiring or surviving entity. We will provide notice of any such transfer and any material changes to privacy practices that may result.
6.5 Legal Requirements and Safety
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal process, such as a court order, subpoena, or regulatory inquiry. We may also disclose information to protect the rights, safety, or property of Acquisitions LLC, our clients, or others when we believe such disclosure is necessary and appropriate.
6.6 With Your Consent
In situations not described above, we will share personal information only with your explicit consent.
- INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Acquisitions LLC is based in the United States, and our primary data infrastructure operates within the United States. If you are located outside the United States — including within the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other regions with distinct data protection laws — please be aware that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection standards may differ from those in your home jurisdiction.
For transfers involving EEA or UK personal data to the United States, we rely on appropriate safeguards as permitted under applicable law, including standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or equivalent mechanisms. Where required, we will implement additional technical and organizational measures to protect transferred data.
By using our Site or Services from outside the United States, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
- DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, to comply with our legal and contractual obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements.
The specific retention period for your data depends on several factors, including the nature of the information, the purpose for which it was collected, applicable legal retention requirements, and whether an ongoing client relationship exists. As a general guide:
Client engagement records and related business information are retained for a minimum of seven years following the conclusion of an engagement, in line with standard business and tax record-keeping obligations.
Contact and inquiry records are retained for up to three years from the date of last interaction, to facilitate potential re-engagement and maintain relationship continuity.
Website analytics data is retained in aggregated or anonymized form indefinitely; any personally identifiable analytics data is subject to the retention settings of the applicable analytics platform.
Marketing communication records are retained until you opt out of communications, following which your opt-out preference is recorded and maintained.
When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymize it.
- COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze traffic, and support our marketing activities. This section explains our use of these technologies in detail.
9.1 Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the Site to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to protected areas. These cookies do not require your consent and cannot be disabled.
Performance and analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use our Site — which pages are visited most often, how visitors arrive at the Site, and whether they encounter error messages. This data is aggregated and used to improve how the Site works. These cookies may be provided by third parties such as Google Analytics.
Functional cookies remember choices you make (such as your language or region) to provide a more personalized experience. These are not essential but improve usability.
Marketing and targeting cookies track your browsing activity across our Site and may be used to deliver advertising relevant to your interests, or to measure the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. These cookies may be set by third-party advertising networks.
9.2 Managing Cookies
You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, alert you when a cookie is being set, or delete existing cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may impair the functionality of our Site.
- SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction, or loss. These measures include encryption of data in transit using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, access controls limiting data access to authorized personnel on a need-to-know basis, regular review of our data handling practices and security posture, and contractual commitments from service providers regarding data security.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that poses a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and, where required, the relevant supervisory authorities, in accordance with applicable law.
We strongly encourage you to use strong passwords, exercise caution when sharing information electronically, and promptly notify us at support@acquisitionsllc.com if you suspect any unauthorized use of your information or any security incident involving our Site.
- YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights with respect to the personal information we hold about you. We are committed to honoring these rights promptly and without undue burden to you.
11.1 Rights Under GDPR (EEA and UK Residents)
If you are located in the EEA or the United Kingdom, you have the following rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR:
Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, along with information about how it is being processed.
Right to rectification: you may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): in certain circumstances, you may request that we delete your personal data — for example, where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or where you withdraw consent.
Right to restriction of processing: you may request that we restrict the processing of your data in certain situations, such as where you contest its accuracy or have objected to processing.
Right to data portability: where processing is based on your consent or contractual necessity, you may request that we provide your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format so you can transfer it to another controller.
Right to object: you may object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including profiling and direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Right to lodge a complaint: you have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection supervisory authority if you believe we have not handled your data in compliance with applicable law.
11.2 Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) / CPRA (California Residents)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
Right to know: you may request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources from which it was collected, the purposes for which it is used, and the third parties with whom it is shared.
Right to delete: you may request that we delete the personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to correct: you may request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
Right to opt out of sale or sharing: we do not sell personal information. If this practice changes, we will update this Policy and provide an opt-out mechanism.
Right to limit use of sensitive personal information: to the extent we process sensitive personal information (as defined under the CPRA), you may request that we limit its use and disclosure.
Right to non-discrimination: we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.
To exercise any of the rights listed above, California residents may submit a verifiable consumer request to support@acquisitionsllc.com.
11.3 Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any privacy right, please contact us at support@acquisitionsllc.com with the subject line “Privacy Rights Request.” Include your full name, contact information, and a description of the right you wish to exercise. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law — generally within 30 days, though complex requests may take up to 60–90 days where permitted. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
- MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND OPT-OUT
Where we send you marketing or promotional communications, we do so only where we have a legitimate basis to do so — either your prior consent or our legitimate interests in maintaining professional relationships, subject to your right to object.
You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by:
Clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email we send you; emailing us at support@acquisitionsllc.com with the subject line “Unsubscribe”; or contacting us by phone at +1 276-400-0051.
Please note that even after you opt out of marketing communications, we may continue to send you transactional or service-related communications (such as engagement confirmations, policy updates, or legal notices) as these are necessary to our relationship with you and are not subject to opt-out.
We honor all opt-out requests within a commercially reasonable time, and no later than 10 business days of receiving your request.
- CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Site and Services are intended exclusively for business professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and other adults engaged in commercial activities. We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or process personal information from children under the age of 13 (or such higher age as required by applicable law in your jurisdiction).
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at support@acquisitionsllc.com. We will take prompt steps to delete such information from our records.
- THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
Our Site may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites, platforms, tools, or services — including but not limited to Topmate, Instagram, Facebook, Google, and external business resources. These third-party properties are not operated by Acquisitions LLC and are not subject to this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, data collection activities, or content of any third-party site or service. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party platform before submitting personal information to them.
The presence of a link on our Site does not imply our endorsement of the linked website or service.
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXTERNAL PLATFORMS
Acquisitions LLC maintains a professional presence on social media platforms including Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/acquisitionsllc/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/acquisitionllc). Interactions you have with our social media pages — such as liking, commenting, messaging, or sharing our content — are governed by the privacy policies of those respective platforms. Information you post publicly on those platforms is visible to other users and subject to the platform’s terms of service.
If you contact us through a social media platform’s direct messaging feature, we may retain a record of that correspondence to the extent necessary to respond to your inquiry and maintain a record of our interactions.
- BUSINESS-SPECIFIC CONFIDENTIALITY
Given the nature of our advisory services — which frequently involve sensitive, non-public information relating to business valuations, acquisition targets, financial models, strategic plans, and investor details — we treat all information shared with us in a professional engagement context as strictly confidential.
Information shared in connection with M&A advisory, investment analysis, due diligence support, Launchpad program customization, or E-2 Treaty Investor Visa consulting will not be disclosed to any third party except as expressly authorized by the client, required for service delivery (subject to appropriate confidentiality agreements), or required by law.
We maintain reasonable internal access controls to ensure that sensitive client business information is accessible only to personnel directly engaged in the relevant service delivery.
- AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AND PROFILING
We do not currently use fully automated decision-making processes — meaning processes that make legally significant or similarly significant decisions about individuals without any human review — in connection with our services.
Where we use data analytics or profiling activities (for example, to assess market fit for a Launchpad model or to tailor advisory recommendations), these tools are used to support — not replace — human judgment, and our advisors retain final decision-making authority in all client interactions.
- CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in applicable law, our data practices, or our Services. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Policy and, where appropriate, notify you by email or through a prominent notice on our Site.
We encourage you to review this Policy periodically to stay informed of how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of our Site or Services following the posting of an updated Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.
- GOVERNING LAW
This Privacy Policy and any disputes arising from or relating to it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. To the extent additional rights are afforded by applicable federal laws of the United States or the data protection laws of your home jurisdiction, those rights are preserved alongside those described in this Policy.
- CONTACT US
For questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using any of the following channels:
Acquisitions LLC
Attn: Privacy Compliance
14325 Willard Rd, Suite 100A
Chantilly, VA 20151, USA
Email: support@acquisitionsllc.com
Phone: +1 276-400-0051
Website: https://acquisitionsllc.com/
We are committed to resolving privacy concerns in a prompt, fair, and transparent manner. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to escalate your complaint to the relevant supervisory authority in your jurisdiction.