Velvet operates entities (the “Entities”) that own Shares, either directly or by virtue of holding instruments relating to shares such as options, futures contracts, or interests in holding companies that own Shares and the Site facilitates the sale of ownership in the Entities to “Investors” who contemplate gaining investment exposure to Shares through acquiring an ownership interest in the Entities. You may access the Site as an Investor or as an advisor to an Investor, or both. If you are not a potential Investor or an advisor to a potential investor, but wish to examine the Platform as a student, researcher, scholar, analyst, journalist, auditor, investigator, private equity broker, or in some other role, your access to certain Site and Service functionality will be limited or blocked, including among other things the ability to place Transaction requests or close Transactions.
