Cookies Policy

Indian VCs (www.indianvcs.com), operated by DealQuick Labs Private Limited

Last updated: 16 September 2026

What cookies are

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. Websites also use similar storage such as localStorage and sessionStorage. This policy covers all of them. We call them cookies for short.

How we ask

When you first visit we show a small notice with Accept all, Only necessary and Manage for a per-category choice. Nothing except essential cookies is set until you choose. If you ignore the notice it closes on its own after a short while and only essential cookies are used; we ask again after 30 days. If you accept, we remember that for up to 400 days and renew it each time you visit, so you are not asked again. If you choose only necessary, we ask again after 30 days. You can change your choice at any time via Cookie settings in the footer of every page. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal we treat marketing cookies as declined.

If you visit from the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland we never set analytics or marketing cookies without your acceptance, and we may count page views without cookies or identifiers.

Essential

These keep the site working and are set without consent because the site cannot run without them.

  • ivc_consent (indianvcs.com): Remembers your cookie choice and which version of this policy you saw. Lasts: 400 days if you accept, 30 days otherwise.
  • loaderSeenPages (indianvcs.com (localStorage)): Stops the intro animation replaying on pages you have already opened. Lasts: Until you clear browser storage.
  • __cf_bm, cf_clearance (Cloudflare): Bot protection and security for the site. Lasts: Up to 30 minutes.
  • _cfuvid (Cloudflare): Tells apart visitors who share an IP address, for rate limiting and security. Lasts: Until you close the browser.

Analytics

Set only if you accept analytics. Used to see which funds, cities, searches and tools people use, so the directory improves. If you decline, we still count page views anonymously with no cookie and no identifier that can be traced to you.

  • ph_phc_..._posthog (PostHog): Recognises your browser across visits and records the pages you visit. Lasts: 1 year.
  • ph_..._window_id, ph_..._session_registered_properties, ph_..._primary_window_exists (PostHog (sessionStorage)): Groups the pages of one visit into a session. Lasts: Until you close the tab.
  • PostHog session replay (PostHog): Records mouse movement, scrolling and clicks on a page to find usability problems. Text you type is masked. Lasts: Sent during the visit; kept 12 months.
  • _ga (Google Analytics): Distinguishes visitors for traffic statistics. Lasts: 2 years.
  • _ga_MENJ7R4YSW (Google Analytics): Keeps the session state for our Google Analytics property. Lasts: 2 years.
  • _clck, _clsk (Microsoft Clarity): Keep a pseudonymous Clarity ID across visits and join the pages of one visit into a single recording. Lasts: 1 year for _clck, 1 day for _clsk.
  • CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SM (Microsoft, on clarity.ms and bing.com): Identify your browser across Microsoft sites, which Microsoft also uses for analytics and advertising, and keep that ID in sync. Lasts: Up to 1 year.
  • Microsoft Clarity recordings and heatmaps (Microsoft Clarity): Record mouse movement, scrolling and clicks, and build heatmaps, to find usability problems. Text you type into forms is masked. Lasts: Sent during the visit; recordings kept 30 days, heatmaps up to 13 months.

Marketing

Set only if you accept marketing. Used to measure whether our LinkedIn posts bring people to the site and to show our posts to people who visited.

  • li_adsId (LinkedIn (localStorage)): Ad measurement identifier. Lasts: Until you clear browser storage.
  • bcookie, lidc, li_sugr, UserMatchHistory, AnalyticsSyncHistory (LinkedIn): LinkedIn Insight Tag cookies for conversion measurement and audience matching. Lasts: 1 day to 1 year.

Payments

If you buy something, Razorpay sets its own cookies during checkout to process the payment securely. They are described in Razorpay's cookie policy.

Managing cookies in your browser

You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the site working, for example the site may show the intro animation on every page.

Questions

Email [email protected]. Our Privacy Policy at /privacy-policy explains your rights, including how to withdraw consent and how to complain.

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