Effective Date: 9 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to The CapTop (https://thecaptop.com/), a premium business and startup media platform covering business, entrepreneurship, technology, finance, and innovation.
The CapTop is part of IndyaStory, a media and digital publishing venture founded by Prosenjit Barman, Founder and CEO of IndyaStory.
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of The CapTop website, its articles, features, publications, and other content or services made available through the website.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the website.
2. Purpose of the Website
The CapTop publishes news, articles, analysis, explainers, interviews, founder stories, funding updates, company announcements, and other content relating to business, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, finance, and innovation.
Our content is intended for general informational and educational purposes. We aim to provide useful and relevant information to readers, but we do not guarantee that every item of information will always be complete, current, or suitable for every purpose.
3. Eligibility and Acceptable Use
You may use The CapTop for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.
When using the website, you agree not to:
- Violate applicable laws or regulations.
- Interfere with the website’s operation, security, or availability.
- Attempt unauthorised access to website systems, accounts, or infrastructure.
- Introduce malware, malicious code, or other harmful material.
- Use automated systems to scrape, collect, or reproduce website content in ways that violate applicable law or our rights.
- Misrepresent your identity or affiliation when communicating with us.
- Submit unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, misleading, or infringing material.
- Use the website to distribute spam or conduct unauthorised commercial activity.
- Circumvent technical measures designed to protect the website or its content.
We may take reasonable measures to protect the website and respond to misuse, subject to applicable law.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, the original content published by The CapTop, including articles, written material, branding, logos, graphics, design elements, and other original materials, is owned by or licensed to the relevant rights holder and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
The CapTop name, its branding, and its signature section names may be protected by applicable intellectual property rights.
You may access and share links to publicly available articles for personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes, provided that you do not misrepresent the source or imply an endorsement that does not exist.
You must not reproduce, republish, redistribute, sell, modify, or commercially exploit our content without appropriate permission, except where permitted by applicable law.
Nothing in these Terms of Use limits rights or exceptions that cannot legally be excluded, including applicable fair dealing or other statutory exceptions.
Third-party trademarks, images, quotations, and materials remain the property of their respective owners.
5. Editorial Content and Accuracy
The CapTop strives to publish accurate, relevant, and responsible business journalism. However, business conditions, market information, company announcements, regulations, and technology developments can change.
We do not warrant that all website content is complete, error-free, or continuously updated.
Content may contain opinions, estimates, projections, interpretations, or information obtained from external sources. Such material should be assessed in its appropriate context.
If you identify a factual error or believe an article requires correction, please contact our editorial team at [email protected] and include the article URL and details of the issue.
We may review correction requests and update content where appropriate under our editorial practices.
6. No Financial, Legal, or Professional Advice
Content published by The CapTop is provided for general informational and educational purposes. It does not constitute financial, investment, legal, tax, accounting, medical, or other professional advice.
References to investments, funding rounds, companies, financial markets, securities, business opportunities, or financial performance should not be interpreted as recommendations to buy, sell, hold, or invest in any financial product or business.
You should conduct your own research and consult an appropriately qualified professional before making financial, legal, commercial, or other consequential decisions.
Investment involves risk, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
7. User Submissions and Communications
You may contact us with news tips, press releases, story suggestions, feedback, corrections, advertising enquiries, or partnership proposals.
By submitting material to The CapTop, you confirm, to the extent applicable, that:
- You have the right or permission to provide the material.
- Your submission does not knowingly violate another person’s rights.
- Your submission is not unlawful, fraudulent, or intentionally misleading.
- You have not included confidential or sensitive information without an appropriate basis to disclose it.
Submitting material does not guarantee publication, acknowledgement, or a response.
Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, submitting material does not create an employment relationship, agency relationship, partnership, or obligation to publish or compensate you.
We will handle personal information submitted to us in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
8. Advertising and Sponsored Content
The CapTop may publish advertising, sponsored articles, branded content, promotional announcements, or other commercial material.
Where applicable, paid or sponsored content should be appropriately identified to help readers distinguish commercial material from editorial reporting.
The appearance of an advertisement, company profile, or sponsored article does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or guarantee of the advertiser, company, product, service, or investment opportunity.
Commercial arrangements are subject to separate agreements where applicable.
9. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, company websites, reports, or other third-party resources.
These links are provided for convenience and informational purposes. The CapTop does not control all third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, products, services, or privacy practices.
Visiting an external website or engaging with a third-party service is at your own discretion and is subject to the applicable third party’s terms and policies.
10. Website Availability and Changes
We may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any part of the website, its content, or its features at any time, subject to applicable law.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, error-free operation, or continuous availability of the website.
We may also update articles, correct errors, revise website features, or change the organisation of our content as our editorial and operational requirements evolve.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
We do not make warranties that the website will always be available, secure, accurate, complete, or free from errors, harmful components, or interruptions.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes any warranty, guarantee, or right that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The CapTop, IndyaStory, and their respective owners, operators, contributors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from the use of, or inability to use, the website or reliance on its content.
This may include losses relating to business decisions, investments, lost profits, lost opportunities, data loss, or interruption of business, where such exclusions are legally permissible.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including any liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
You remain responsible for independently evaluating information before relying on it.
13. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for losses, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the website, your material violation of these Terms of Use, or your infringement of third-party rights.
This provision does not apply to the extent a claim arises from our own conduct for which liability cannot lawfully be excluded or transferred.
14. Privacy and Cookies
Your use of the website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and disclosed.
The website may use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, analytics, security, or advertising where applicable. Where required by law, appropriate consent will be obtained for non-essential technologies.
Please review our Privacy Policy for further information.
15. Suspension and Restriction of Access
We may take reasonable steps to restrict or suspend access where we believe that use of the website violates these Terms of Use, threatens website security, infringes rights, or creates legal or operational risks.
Any action will be subject to applicable law and any rights that users may have under that law.
16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are intended to be governed by the laws of India, subject to applicable conflict-of-law principles and mandatory legal requirements.
Any dispute relating to these Terms of Use will be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in India, with the appropriate forum determined in accordance with applicable law.
Nothing in this section removes any mandatory rights or protections available to users under applicable law.
17. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our website, business operations, services, or legal requirements.
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Where required by law, additional notice or consent will be provided.
Your continued use of the website after updated terms are published will be subject to applicable law and the legal effect of the revised terms.
18. Contact Information
If you have questions about these Terms of Use, intellectual property, website content, or other legal matters relating to The CapTop, contact us at:
The CapTop — Part of IndyaStory
General Enquiries: [email protected]
Editorial & Newsroom: [email protected]
Founder’s Office: [email protected]
Office Address:
IndyaStory
Dhaloguri No. 5, Bokalir Math
Cooch Behar, West Bengal – 736133
India
Website: https://thecaptop.com/
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