Cookie policy
The cookies we use on this website.
Welcome to www.uclventures.com (our Website).
UCL Ventures Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”) want you to have the best experience possible when using our Website. Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website and to provide you with a good experience when you visit our Website.
Our Website will ask for your permission before using cookies. By accepting the permission notice and continuing to use our Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described in this policy.
Cookies are small text files which are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the website.
There are a number of different types of cookies, which we may use:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our service. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our service, or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our service when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our service works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to access our service. This enables us to personalise our content for you, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your use of our service, the things you have clicked on, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our service and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies on our Website. These cookies are likely to be analytical/ performance cookies and targeting cookies. We have no control over these third party cookies – it is the external provider who will determine what type of information is stored and how it is used.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Name | Default Expiration Time | Description | More Information | Third Party Cookie? |
| Google Analytics | __utma | 2 years from set/update | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Link here | ✓ |
| Google Analytics | __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. | Link here | ✓ |
| Google Analytics | __utmb | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Link here | ✓ |
| Google Analytics | __utmc | End of browser session | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | Link here | ✓ |
| Google Analytics | __utmz | 6 months from set/update | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Link here | ✓ |
| Google Analytics | __utmv | 2 years from set/update | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Link here | ✓ |
| Vimeo | Vuid | 1 year | Used to track video analytics. | Link here | ✓ |
| YouTube | PREF | 1 year | Stores information such as a user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences like autoplay, shuffle content, and player size. | Link here | ✓ |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | Stores information such as a user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences like autoplay, shuffle content, and player size. | Link here | ✓ |
| YouTube | YSC | End of session | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | Link here | ✓ |
For the Google Privacy Policy visit:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
To opt out of tracking by Google Analytics visit:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You can delete and block cookies (including those set by third parties) using your internet browser settings. For further information please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that by deleting or blocking cookies, our Website may not function correctly and you may not be able to access certain areas of our Website.
All cookies will expire at different times from the end of the browsing session up to 2 years as per the above table.
If you have any questions please contact:
General Counsel
UCL Ventures Limited
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Thank you for visiting our Website.
UCL Ventures Limited is registered in England with the registered number 02776963 and our registered office is located at University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.
Last updated: 29 June 2026