Brand your portal

Branding is how your portal looks and reads to founders: your fund's name, logo, colours, font and words, plus links to your privacy notice and terms. You edit it in Settings → Branding with a live preview beside the form. Your edits stay in a draft until an Admin clicks Publish, so founders never see a half-finished change.

Publishing the branding doesn't open your portal by itself. To let founders apply, also turn on Open for applications. See Publish your portal.

Open the editor#

Click Settings in the sidebar, then Branding under Portal. The bar at the top shows where you are:

If nothing has been published, the editor starts from your fund profile: your fund name, the headline Apply to [your fund], your Focus in one line as the intro, Delsivo's default colours and the Inter font.

The form is on the left, in four tabs: Identity, Colours, Words and Legal. The preview is on the right. Switch it between Landing, Application and Email, between Light and Dark, and between desktop and phone. The preview always shows your unsaved changes.

Import from your website#

Instead of starting from scratch, let Delsivo read your fund's website and suggest your branding. Only Admins can do this.

1. At the top of the form, under Import from your website, check the address. It's filled in from your fund profile's website; type another one if you prefer, such as example.com.
2. Click Import from website. A tracker shows Reading the site, then Picking colours and logos, then Ready to review. It usually takes under a minute, and you can keep working on the page meanwhile.
3. A panel opens: Review what we found on example.com. Each row shows what your portal has Now beside what was found on your site, with a checkbox. Rows that would change something are ticked. A row marked Already yours has nothing new.
4. Untick anything you don't want and click Apply to draft.

What it can suggest:

The panel may also show Notes from the AI (for example, that a colour was converted or no dark logo was found) and a Not used list, such as an icon that's only an .ico file or too small. Upload those in the form instead.

After Apply to draft:

• You see Applied to your draft. Check the preview, then publish when you're ready. with Undo, which puts your draft back as it was. Founders see nothing new until you Publish.
• If any of the colours fail the contrast check, nothing is saved yet. The import opens in the editor as unsaved changes on the Colours tab, so you can take each suggested shade and then click Save draft.
• If another Admin changed the branding since you opened the page, nothing is overwritten. The panel says Someone changed the branding since you opened it. Click Reload and review again to see their changes with the import still ready to apply.

Some things to know:

• Import from website is off while you have unsaved changes. Save or undo them first.
• Delsivo reads only public pages: your home page and up to six of its stylesheets. Addresses inside private networks aren't allowed.
• Your fund can run 10 imports an hour. Each import is recorded in the activity log with the website's address only.
• The import uses AI, so it counts towards your fund's AI credits, or runs on your fund's own AI key if you've added one.

If your site can't be read you see why, for example Couldn't load example.com: it took too long to answer. Check the address, or that the site is public. Click Try again, or upload your logo and pick colours by hand.

What gets your branding#

The Delsivo sign-in step that founders pass through (accounts.delsivo.app) always uses Delsivo's brand, with your logo and name on the approval screen.

Identity#

Click Upload to add a file, Replace to swap it, or the remove button beside it. Delsivo checks every file by its contents, not its name. SVG files are cleaned of scripts and outside links, and PNG files are saved again without hidden metadata such as location data. PNG images can be at most 4096 pixels on a side.

Fonts are served by Delsivo, so founders' browsers never contact a font service.

Colours#

Under Dark mode you see Dark background, Dark text and Dark primary, marked Derived while Delsivo works them out from your colours. Set your own if you prefer; Use derived value goes back.

The contrast check#

Every pair below is checked in light mode and in dark mode as you type, and again on the server when you save or publish.

These are the WCAG AA levels. A failing pair is never adjusted for you. Instead:

• The Colours tab shows a count, and the bar at the top says, for example, 2 contrast problems (click it to jump to the tab).
• The field explains the problem, such as "Links in #00A3A3 on #FFFFFF are 3.10:1. They need 4.5:1." Dark mode problems start with "In dark mode".
• Click Use suggested shade to take the nearest shade of the same colour that passes. If no shade of that colour passes, you see No shade of this colour passes. Pick a different colour.
• Save draft stays off until every pair passes.

Words#

Write plain text. Links work and open with nofollow. HTML, CSS and scripts aren't allowed.

Legal#

The footer always links to How Delsivo handles your data, Delsivo's notice as your processor.

Save, publish or undo#

• Save draft keeps your changes for later. You see Draft saved. Founders still see the published version.
• Undo changes throws away what you've changed since the last save.
• Discard draft drops a saved draft. Confirm in Discard the draft? with Discard draft. The editor goes back to the published version.
• Publish opens Publish this branding? Add a note under What changed (for your team, optional) and click Publish. You see Version 3 is live on your portal. Founders see it on your portal and in emails straight away. You don't need to save first: unsaved changes are saved as part of publishing.

If something is missing, the dialog is titled Not ready to publish and lists every problem, for example Add a link to your terms. Each one is also marked in the form. Fix them and click Publish again. If nothing has changed since the live version, Publish is off.

If you try to leave the page with unsaved changes, Delsivo asks first.

Your brand in the workspace#

Your team can see your brand inside Delsivo as well, not only founders on your portal. At the top of Settings → Branding, turn on Use your brand in the workspace. It's off until an Admin turns it on.

When it's on, everyone on your team sees:

• Your logo at the top of the sidebar, light or dark to match their theme, and your mark when the sidebar is collapsed. A small on Delsivo line sits at the foot of the sidebar.
• Your primary colour on buttons, links, active tabs and highlights.

Pages, cards, text and status colours stay as they are, so deal tables, boards and memos read the same in every fund, and AI suggestions keep their own lilac label. If your primary colour is too light to read as link text, Delsivo uses the nearest darker shade (or lighter, in dark mode) that passes the contrast check.

The workspace always uses your published branding, never a draft, so publish first. The switch is off until there's a published version. Turning it off brings back the Delsivo look straight away. Each change is recorded in the activity log.

The fund switcher at the top of the workspace shows each fund's mark whether or not this setting is on: your Mark, or your favicon, or your logo, in that order. A fund without any of these shows its initials. If you belong to several funds, each one shows its own mark, and only to people on that fund's team.

Partners, Analysts and Committee members see the setting read only.

Restore an earlier version#

1. Click History in the top bar. Version history lists every published version, with who published it, when, and their note. The live one is marked Live.
2. Click Restore on the version you want. You see That version is now your draft. Check the preview, then publish it.
3. Check the preview and click Publish.

Restore is off while you have unsaved changes. Save or undo them first.

Who can change the branding#

Only Admins can edit, save, publish and restore. Partners, Analysts and Committee members open the same page read only, with the preview and history, and the note Only a fund admin can change the branding. You can look at the preview. Each publish and restore is recorded in the activity log.

If two Admins edit at once, the second to save sees Someone else changed the branding since you opened it. Reload to see their changes, then make yours again. Nobody's work is overwritten without warning.

Messages you might see#

Frequently asked questions#

Does publishing the branding open our portal?#

No. Publishing makes the new branding live, but founders can only apply once an Admin turns on Open for applications in Settings → Domains. See Publish your portal.

Does importing from our website change the portal straight away?#

No. The import fills your draft only after you review it and click Apply to draft, and founders see it only when an Admin clicks Publish. Undo puts the draft back as it was.

Can we add our own CSS or code?#

No. Branding uses your colours, font, logo and words only. Custom CSS and scripts could expose founder data on pages that hold their documents, so they aren't offered.

Why can't I pick any font?#

Fonts come from a short list that Delsivo serves itself. Loading a font from an outside service would tell that service which founders visit your portal.

Why was my brand colour refused?#

One of the pairs that uses it is too low in contrast for some readers. Take the suggested shade, which keeps the same colour family, or pick another colour. Your accent colour is never refused: it is used only where contrast allows.

Can our team see our brand inside Delsivo?#

Yes. An Admin turns on Use your brand in the workspace at the top of Settings → Branding. Your team then sees your logo in the sidebar and your primary colour on buttons and links. See Your brand in the workspace.

Can I undo a publish?#

Yes. Open History, click Restore on the earlier version and publish it.