Run every application window on your own portal
Open each application window on your own portal, give reviewers scoped access, and interview every shortlisted applicant on the same questions.
Apply with a PDF deck. Save and come back any time before the window closes.
- Public linkOn your website and social postsPilot
- Partner referral linkFor investors and corporate partnersPilot
- Alumni referral linkFor founders from past cohortsPilot
- Scout linksOne per scout, with attributionLater
Sample programme. The name and address are made up.
A whole cohort's applications in a few weeks
Accelerators get their applications in bursts, review them with a team that changes every cohort, and have to explain afterwards why some teams got in. That is a different job from a fund's steady inbound.
- One window, one branded portal
Publish the portal when applications open and unpublish it when they close. An unpublished portal can't receive applications, so late submissions don't slip in by email.
- Many reviewers, the same criteria
Your selection criteria are published as a rubric, so every reviewer sees each application checked against the same rules, with sources and reasons.
- The same interview for every shortlisted team
Shortlisted applicants pitch and answer the same questions in a live AI interview or a text interview, so selection rests on comparable answers instead of on who got a call.
An application window, end to end
Each step with the release it arrives in. Your programme team makes every selection decision.
- Pilot
Open the window on your portal
Your logo, colours and copy on a subdomain such as yourprogramme.delsivo.app, with the closing date in your own words on the landing page.
- Pilot
Hand out referral links
Private referral links for partners, alumni and investors, so you know where each application came from. Dedicated scout links with their own tracking are planned for later.
- Pilot
Screen against programme criteria
Eligibility as hard rules, what you look for as weighted preferences, and Unknown values turned into questions for applicants.
- Pilot
Split the work across your selection team
Analysts work the queue on the deals they are given. Every override and decision carries a reason.
- First release
Bring in mentors as guest reviewers
Named guests see only the applications and files you share, until their access expires.
- First release
Interview every shortlisted team the same way
One question set, live or in text, with timestamped transcripts your reviewers can cite.
Delsivo is at the design partner stage. Pilot features come first, first release features follow, and later features are on the roadmap. AI suggests and cites its sources; your team makes every decision.
Who reviews, and what each person sees
Selection involves your programme team, partners and often outside mentors. Each gets a role, and every page, search result, AI answer and export goes through the same permission check.
| Person | Role in Delsivo | What they see | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme manager | Admin | Settings, branding, the rubric and every application | Pilot |
| Selection team | Analyst | Applications they are given or permitted to see | Pilot |
| Managing director | Partner | Every application, and approves decisions and messages to founders | Pilot |
| Mentor or industry reviewer | Guest expert | Only the applications and files shared with them, until access expires | First release |
| Applicant | Founder | Their own application, interview and requests, never ratings or notes | Pilot |
Every shortlisted team answers the same questions
When some teams get a call with a partner and others get a junior reviewer, selection measures luck as much as the company. One live AI interview for the whole shortlist, taken whenever each team chooses, gives every team the same chance.
- One question set for the cohort, plus follow-ups drawn from each team's deck
- A screen-share pitch, then the AI asks your questions out loud, within the cap you set. A text interview under the same rubric is always available
- The AI assesses only the transcript, on substance and evidence; accent, fluency, polish, appearance and the video are excluded
- Timestamped transcripts, so reviewers cite the moment they rely on
- Your team decides who advances and can override any assessment with a reason
What you can explain after the cohort starts
Boards, funders and rejected applicants ask why. Everything needed to answer is on the record, written as the work happened rather than reconstructed later.
- Why each team was shortlisted
- Criteria met, mismatched and unknown, each with the slide or answer it came from.
- Who decided, and when
- Every stage change, pass and override is in the deal's audit history with the person and the reason.
- What changed between rounds
- Rubric versions are kept. Re-running a screen creates a new run and keeps the old one for comparison.
- What applicants were asked
- Every request and reminder sent through the portal, and what came back.
An eight-week application window
Sample timeline. Guest reviewers and interviews are first release features.
- Week 1
Publish the portal and send referral links to partners and alumni. Each application is read and screened as it arrives.
- Week 3
The queue shows each application against your eligibility rules. Teams outside your geography are marked Mismatch for a person to check, not rejected.
- Week 5
Applications close. You unpublish the portal, and the selection team splits the queue by sector.
- Week 6
Three mentors get guest access to the fintech shortlist, expiring at the end of week 7.
- Week 7
Every shortlisted team takes the same interview. Reviewers cite timestamps when they recommend a team.
- Week 8
Your programme team makes the selection. Each decision and its reason is on the record for the post-cohort review.
What programme teams ask us
Design partner pilot, then Fund workspace
Start the pilot with one application window: portal, referral links, screening and the selection queue. Guest reviewers and interviews come with the first release in the Fund workspace. Prices are agreed with each design partner.
Run your next application window on your own portal
Pilot with one window: we set up your branded portal and rubric with you, and your selection team keeps every decision.