CrownThrive Terms of Service and Incubator Intake Agreement
Effective Date: December 13, 2025
Last Updated: December 13, 2025
This Terms of Service and Incubator Intake Agreement (this "Agreement") is a binding contract between CrownThrive, LLC ("CrownThrive," "we," "us," "our") and you ("you," "your," "User"). It governs your access to and use of any CrownThrive websites, applications, software, tools, platforms, memberships, programs, products, content, and services (collectively, the "Services").
By accessing or using the Services, creating an account, submitting an incubator application, purchasing, subscribing, listing, uploading content, or clicking an "I Agree" button, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Agreement.
Important: This Agreement is written to protect the whole CrownThrive ecosystem, including our proprietary systems, brand architecture, and incubation pathway. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
1) Who We Are
CrownThrive is a Convergent Ecosystem and hybrid incubator that provides infrastructure, platforms, programs, playbooks, and governed pathways to help individuals, professionals, creators, brands, and businesses build, launch, scale, monetize, and operate across multiple industries.
Our ecosystem includes, without limitation, platform and brand families such as: CrownThrive.com, CrownThrive IO, ThriveSeat, ThriveGather, ThrivePush, ThrivePeer, ThriveTickets, Thrive AI Studio, ThriveTools (including ThriveOpt and ThriveTools SEO), CrownLytics, CrownPulse, Kamora360, Collab Portal, CrownRewards, CrownFluence, Crown Affiliates, Crown Ambassadors, AdLuxe Network, FindCliques, NFTCliques, ChainCliques, Locticians (and Locticians TV), The Mane Experience, The Artful Mane Gallery, The TAME Gallery, Wearable Art (including storefront integrations such as Le Galeriste), Melanated Voices (including platform and TV properties), Melanated TV, Melanated Vault, Melanated Stock, CrownThrive Studios, CrownThriveU, ThriveAlumni, ThriveFund, Melanin Magic (including wholesale), Melanin Magic Suites (MM Suites), and additional current, pilot, beta, successor, renamed, or replacement offerings.
CrownThrive, LLC is headquartered in Gretna, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, United States.
2) Acceptance, Updates, and Version Control
2.1 Acceptance. Your continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of this Agreement.
2.2 Updates. We may modify this Agreement at any time. We will update the "Last Updated" date when changes are posted. Your continued use after changes become effective means you accept the revised Agreement.
2.3 Supplemental Terms and Addenda. Certain Services have additional terms ("Platform Addenda"), including program rules, posting requirements, payment terms, licensing terms, partner terms, and community standards. Those terms are incorporated by reference and may control for that specific Service.
2.4 Order of Precedence. If there is a conflict: (1) signed written agreement with CrownThrive, (2) Platform Addendum, (3) this Agreement.
3) Definitions
For clarity:
"Ecosystem" means the interconnected CrownThrive platforms, brands, services, and operational systems.
"Member" means a User enrolled in a CrownThrive membership tier or program.
"Partner" means an approved business, operator, sponsor, publisher, advertiser, creator, or collaborator with enhanced rights.
"Content" includes text, posts, listings, images, video, audio, files, designs, templates, data, metadata, and other materials.
"User Content" means Content you submit or make available.
"CrownThrive IP" means our trademarks, brands, names, logos, trade dress, domains, content, code, documentation, frameworks, models, engines, processes, playbooks, and proprietary know how.
"Incubator" means our programs, pathways, tiers, and systems for launching and scaling businesses and operators within the Ecosystem.
"Confidential Information" means non public information disclosed by CrownThrive or learned through access to internal systems, partner workspaces, playbooks, or program materials.
4) Eligibility and Authority
4.1 Age. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Services, unless a specific Service explicitly allows a different age threshold.
4.2 Authority. If you use the Services on behalf of an organization, you represent you have authority to bind that organization.
4.3 Compliance. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
5) Accounts, Identity, and Security
5.1 Accurate Information. You agree to provide accurate, current information and keep it updated.
5.2 Account Security. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and all activity under your account.
5.3 Unauthorized Access. Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access. We may suspend or restrict access to protect the Services.
5.4 Verification. Some Services require verification (identity, business, payment, compliance, or other). You agree to provide requested information and authorize reasonable checks to prevent fraud, abuse, or policy violations.
6) Incubator Intake, Applications, and Program Participation
This section is part of the Agreement because CrownThrive is not just a website. It is an incubator and operating system.
6.1 Applications and Screening. Submitting an intake form, application, or campaign submission does not guarantee acceptance. We may approve, deny, or request modifications at our discretion.
6.2 Program Rules. If you enter an incubator pathway (including ThriveFund, ThriveAlumni, MM Suites pathways, partner tiers, and operator pathways), you agree to any program policies, performance requirements, publication requirements, and compliance obligations.
6.3 No Guaranteed Outcomes. We do not guarantee results, revenue, traffic, fundraising success, sponsorship, distribution, brand growth, funding, or placement. You are responsible for execution and business decisions.
6.4 Right to Remove or Exit. We may suspend, remove, or exit a participant from a program for violations, fraud, abuse, non compliance, reputational risk, or behavior that undermines the community.
6.5 Independent Parties. Unless a signed agreement states otherwise, you are an independent party. Nothing here creates employment, agency, joint venture, fiduciary duty, or guaranteed partnership.
7) Service Access, Plans, Trials, and Payments
7.1 Fees. Some Services are free; others require payment, subscription, sponsorship, promotion fees, listing fees, intake fees, or program fees.
7.2 Billing and Renewal. Subscriptions may renew automatically unless canceled before the renewal date. You authorize us and our payment processors to charge your payment method according to the plan terms presented at checkout.
7.3 Payment Processors. Payments may be processed by third parties (such as Stripe and PayPal). Your payment is also subject to their terms.
7.4 Taxes. You are responsible for any applicable taxes unless we state otherwise.
7.5 Refunds. Refund eligibility is governed by our refund policy and any product or program specific terms presented at purchase. Intake or nomination fees may be non refundable where disclosed.
7.6 Chargebacks. Unauthorized or abusive chargebacks may result in suspension, collections, and loss of access.
8) Acceptable Use and Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
Break laws or violate rights.
Post illegal, harmful, harassing, hateful, exploitative, or fraudulent content.
Attempt unauthorized access, bypass security, scrape, crawl, reverse engineer, probe, or disrupt the Services.
Use automated systems to create accounts, submit forms, spam, manipulate rankings, inflate analytics, or mislead users.
Impersonate others, misrepresent affiliation, or provide false business identity or credentials.
Upload malware or attempt to compromise data, systems, or users.
Use the Services for competitive intelligence, cloning, or building a substitute or competing ecosystem using our proprietary materials.
We may investigate and enforce violations, including suspensions, removals, reporting to authorities, and legal action.
9) Listings, Marketplace Rules, and Platform Specific Behavior
9.1 Listings and Claims. If you publish listings, services, campaigns, profiles, ads, offers, or events, you represent they are accurate and not misleading.
9.2 Moderation. We may edit, reject, de rank, remove, or restrict visibility of Content for quality, safety, compliance, fraud prevention, or brand protection.
9.3 Advertising and Promotions. Paid placements (including AdLuxe Network inventory, featured listings, sponsor packages, and boosted campaigns) are subject to approval, creative requirements, brand safety rules, and performance variability.
9.4 No Guarantee of Distribution. We do not guarantee reach, ad delivery, conversion, sales, sponsorship acquisition, media pickup, or earnings.
10) User Content, Ownership, and Licenses
10.1 Your Ownership. As between you and CrownThrive, you retain ownership of your User Content.
10.2 License You Grant to CrownThrive. You grant CrownThrive a worldwide, non exclusive, royalty free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, modify (for formatting and technical delivery), translate, perform, and otherwise use your User Content as necessary to operate, promote, secure, improve, and provide the Services, including across interconnected platforms in the Ecosystem.
10.3 Rights and Permissions. You represent you have all rights necessary to upload or publish your User Content and that it does not infringe others' rights.
10.4 Removal. You may remove certain User Content where the platform allows, but cached, archived, or distributed instances may remain for a period of time and may persist where required for legal, security, dispute, or audit reasons.
11) CrownThrive Intellectual Property, Trademarks, and Proprietary Systems
11.1 CrownThrive Ownership. CrownThrive, LLC owns and retains all right, title, and interest in CrownThrive IP, including all associated technology, documentation, frameworks, models, engines, workflows, taxonomies, training materials, playbooks, templates, schematics, designs, UI/UX systems, data schemas, and compiled knowledge.
11.2 Trademarks and Brand Assets. CrownThrive and all associated brand names, platform names, logos, slogans, and related identifiers are trademarks or service marks owned by CrownThrive, LLC, whether registered or protected by common law. You may not use them without our prior written permission, except as permitted by the Services for normal sharing and attribution.
11.3 Frameworks and Engines. Without limitation, CrownThrive asserts ownership of its proprietary frameworks and systems, including:
Convergent Ecosystem architecture
Cultural Imprint Engine (CIE)
Thrive Flywheel
CHLOM (Compliance Hybrid Licensing and Ownership Model)
CHLOM LEX (Licensing Exchange)
dS-CaaS (Decentralized Smart Compliance as a Service)
MM Suites (Melanin Magic Suites) model and operating framework
CrownThrive Identity Stack and domain sovereignty doctrine
Platform integration maps, workflows, and governance patterns
11.4 Limited License to You. We grant you a limited, revocable, non transferable, non sublicensable license to use the Services for your legitimate personal or business purposes, solely as permitted by this Agreement.
11.5 No Reverse Engineering. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to extract source code, models, or proprietary logic, except where prohibited by law.
11.6 No White Label or Repackaging. You may not rebrand, white label, resell, or republish CrownThrive IP or Services as your own without a signed agreement explicitly granting those rights.
12) Confidentiality, NDA Layer, and Protected Materials
12.1 Confidentiality Obligation. You agree to keep Confidential Information confidential and to use it only for authorized participation in the Services.
12.2 What Counts as Confidential. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: internal documents, playbooks, templates, code, private roadmaps, pricing models, partner discussions, operational procedures, internal dashboards, governance logic, system architecture, proprietary methods, unpublished brand strategy, and any non public information marked confidential or reasonably understood as confidential.
12.3 No Sharing or Leakage. You may not disclose Confidential Information to third parties without written permission.
12.4 Separate NDA. Certain programs, partner activations, vendor relationships, and internal tools may require a separate NDA (Mutual NDA or Unilateral NDA). If required, you agree that such NDA is incorporated into your participation and is enforceable in addition to this Agreement.
12.5 Injunctive Relief. Unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information may cause irreparable harm. You agree we may seek injunctive relief in addition to other remedies.
13) AI Tools, Automation, and Model Outputs
13.1 AI and Automation. Some Services use AI, automation, and predictive tooling (including content generation, analytics, moderation assistance, and workflow automation).
13.2 No Guarantee of Accuracy. AI outputs may contain errors. You are responsible for reviewing outputs before relying on them.
13.3 No Professional Advice. Nothing in the Services constitutes legal, tax, medical, financial, or investment advice.
13.4 Training and Improvement. We may use aggregated and de identified usage data to improve service performance, security, and quality, subject to our privacy practices.
14) Health, Wellness, and Product Disclaimers
Certain ecosystem brands may provide wellness, skincare, personal care, supplements, or related products. You acknowledge:
Product information is for general informational purposes.
Statements have not necessarily been evaluated by the FDA.
Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Consult a licensed professional for medical concerns.
15) Third Party Services, Links, and Integrations
The Services may integrate with or link to third party services (including hosting providers, streaming tools, payment processors, ad servers, and social platforms). We do not control third party services and are not responsible for their content, policies, performance, or availability.
16) Copyright, IP Complaints, and DMCA
If you believe content on the Services infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice. We will respond to valid notices and may remove content or terminate repeat infringers where appropriate.
If we maintain a registered DMCA agent, the agent information and submission method will be posted in our Help Center or legal pages.
17) Termination, Suspension, and Enforcement
17.1 Your Choice. You may stop using the Services at any time.
17.2 Our Choice. We may suspend or terminate access immediately for violations, fraud, security risk, legal compliance, platform integrity, or brand safety.
17.3 Effect of Termination. Upon termination, your rights to access the Services end. Certain sections survive (including IP, confidentiality, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and dispute terms).
18) Disclaimers
18.1 As Is. The Services are provided "as is" and "as available".
18.2 No Warranties. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non infringement, and that the Services will be uninterrupted, error free, or secure.
18.3 Beta Features. Some Services are experimental, pilot, or beta. Features may change or be discontinued.
19) Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, CrownThrive will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, lost goodwill, business interruption, or procurement of substitute services.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim relating to the Services will not exceed the amount you paid to CrownThrive for the specific Service giving rise to the claim during the 12 months before the event, or $100 if you paid nothing.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations. In those jurisdictions, liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted.
20) Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CrownThrive and its officers, directors, contractors, and affiliates from claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the Services, your User Content, your violation of this Agreement, or your violation of any law or third party rights.
21) Dispute Resolution, Governing Law, and Venue
21.1 Good Faith Resolution. Before filing a claim, you agree to contact us and attempt to resolve disputes informally.
21.2 Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict of law rules.
21.3 Venue. You agree that legal proceedings will be brought in the state or federal courts located in or serving Pittsylvania County, Virginia, unless a signed agreement or mandatory law requires otherwise.
21.4 Time Limit. Any claim must be brought within one year after the claim arises, unless prohibited by law.
Optional arbitration notice: If CrownThrive adopts arbitration or class action waiver terms, they will be presented clearly and incorporated with an updated effective date.
22) Electronic Communications and Signatures
You consent to receive notices and communications electronically (email, platform notifications, posted notices, or other electronic means). Where permitted by law, your electronic assent, clicks, submissions, or signatures have the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.
23) Miscellaneous
23.1 Severability. If any part of this Agreement is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
23.2 No Waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
23.3 Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement without our consent. We may assign it as part of corporate restructuring, asset transfers, or successor operations.
23.4 Force Majeure. We are not liable for delays or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
23.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with incorporated policies and addenda, is the entire agreement regarding the Services.
24) Contact
CrownThrive, LLC
Headquarters: Gretna, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, United States
Email: contact@crownthrive.com
Phone: 434-483-3555
Website: crownthrive.com
Help Center: help.crownthrive.com
Collab Portal (official partners): portal.crownthrive.com
Legal Note
This Terms page is a platform policy document. For enterprise, partner, investor, IP licensing, or confidential relationships, CrownThrive may require additional written agreements (including NDAs, licensing agreements, incubator agreements, brand leasing agreements, sponsorship agreements, and platform specific addenda).
