# Your fund's own place for founders to apply

> A branded application portal in Delsivo is your fund's founder-facing site on its own subdomain, such as yourfund.delsivo.app (a placeholder domain). It carries your logo, colours, fonts and copy on the landing page, application form, founder workspace and founder emails. An unpublished portal can't take applications. Planned for the pilot release; custom domains follow in the first release. Delsivo is at design partner stage.

Source: https://delsivo.com/features/branded-subdomain · Updated 2026-11-06 · Planned, not available yet

## Key takeaways

- Every fund gets a subdomain; your own domain is an upgrade planned for the first release.
- Brand the landing page, application form, founder workspace, interview screens, guest pages and founder emails.
- Colours are contrast-checked on save; a failing pair is refused with the reason.
- No custom CSS or JavaScript, by design, because these pages hold founder documents.
- Your landing page is indexed only if you choose; applications and founder pages never are.

## What the branded application portal includes

Branded surfaces

| Surface | Who sees it | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Landing page | Founders and the public | Your thesis summary, what you invest in, stage and cheque size, and the Apply button |
| Application form | Founders | Company, team, stage, sector, traction, raise, consent and deck upload, with save and resume |
| Founder workspace | Signed-in founders and teammates | Application, requests, files and updates in one place |
| Founder emails | Founders | Receipts, requests and reminders with your name, logo and colours |
| Referral links | People you give them to | Private links that tag where an application came from |

Interview screens and guest room pages use the same branding once those features arrive in the first release. The investor workspace stays on Delsivo's own app address and is never served on your portal's address.

## Setting up your portal

1. Pick a slug at set-up, such as northwind, for northwind.delsivo.app. Lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 3 to 40 characters.
2. Upload your logo in light and dark versions, and choose primary, accent, background and text colours.
3. Choose a font from the allow-list and write your landing copy, application intro and thank-you text.
4. Add links to your fund's privacy notice and terms. They are required, because your fund is the controller of founder data.
5. Preview the portal, then publish. The portal accepts applications only once published.

Branding is published as a version, so a half-finished edit never reaches founders, and you can restore the last published version.

## Rules that protect founders and your brand

- Colour pairs are checked for readable contrast when you save. A failing pair is refused with the reason, not silently adjusted.
- SVG logos are cleaned of scripts and external references; PNGs are re-encoded with location data removed.
- Fonts come from a self-hosted allow-list, so founders' browsers never call a third-party font server.
- Custom CSS and JavaScript aren't offered. Arbitrary styles or scripts could read founder documents.
- Reserved slugs such as admin, login and support are refused, and every portal footer has a link to report misuse.

## Search engines and what stays private

You choose whether your landing page appears in search results. It is off by default. Application pages, the founder workspace and file pages are never indexed and never listed in a sitemap.

Founders sign in with a one-time code by email. Their session is tied to your portal's address, so it can't be replayed on another fund's portal. After the first release, a [Delsivo founder account](https://delsivo.com/features/founder-account) is planned to work on every fund portal, while each portal still keeps its own session.

## Subdomain now, your own domain later

Every plan includes a subdomain. Using your own address, such as apply.yourfund.com, is planned for the first release on the upgrade plan, after a DNS ownership check. A "Powered by Delsivo" badge appears in the footer and can be removed on a higher plan. See [custom domains](https://delsivo.com/features/custom-domains) and [white-label portals](https://delsivo.com/white-label-portals).

## Frequently asked questions

### Can we use our own domain instead of a subdomain?

Custom domains are planned for the first release on the upgrade plan. The pilot uses a subdomain such as yourfund.delsivo.app, a placeholder name.

### Can we add our own CSS to match our website exactly?

No. Custom CSS and JavaScript aren't offered, because these pages hold founder documents. You brand with logos, colours, fonts from a list and your own copy.

### Will our application form show up in Google?

No. Application and founder pages are never indexed. Only the landing page can be, and only if you turn that on.

### Is the branded application portal live?

Not yet. It is planned for the pilot release. Delsivo is at design partner stage with nothing generally available.

## Related pages

- [White-label portals](https://delsivo.com/white-label-portals)
- [Custom domain application portal](https://delsivo.com/features/custom-domains)
- [For founders](https://delsivo.com/founders)
- [Pricing](https://delsivo.com/pricing)