Your fund portal
Your fund portal is the branded site where founders read your thesis, sign in and apply. What it holds, where it lives and who on your team can change it.
Your fund portal is the website founders use to find out what you invest in and to apply. It carries your fund's name, logo, colours and words, not Delsivo's, and it lives at its own address such as yourfund.delsivo.app. Your team keeps working in the Delsivo workspace at app.delsivo.com. The two never mix: the workspace can't be opened from a portal address.
The Delsivo team picks your portal address when it creates your fund. An Admin can change it, brand the portal and open it for applications.
What founders find on your portal
| Page | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Landing page | Your headline and intro, Our thesis, What we invest in, your stage and cheque size, and the buttons Apply to [your fund] and Already applied? Sign in |
| Sign in | Sign in to [your fund], with Continue with Delsivo. Founders use one Delsivo account on every fund's portal and get a 6-digit code by email, so there's no password |
| Apply | Your application intro. Until applications arrive, it says The application form opens soon and offers sign-in, so a founder's workspace is ready when it opens |
| Founder workspace | After sign-in: the founder's company and the tabs Application, Interview, Requests, Files and Updates. Each tab fills as those features arrive |
| Footer, on every page | Your footer text, a link to your privacy notice and your terms, How Delsivo handles your data, Report this portal and, unless your plan hides it, Powered by Delsivo |
The footer also says that your fund is responsible for what founders submit and that Delsivo runs the portal for you. Your fund is the controller of founder data; Delsivo processes it on your behalf.
Founders whose phone or computer is set to dark mode see the portal in dark colours. Delsivo works these out from your colours, and you can set your own. See Brand your portal.
Where you manage it
Click Settings in the sidebar. The Portal group holds three sections:
| Section | What it's for | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Branding | Names, logo, colours, font, landing and application words, legal links, social image and search engines, with a live preview | Brand your portal |
| Domains | Your portal address, the Open for applications switch and earlier addresses | Choose your portal address and Publish your portal |
| Directory listing | A preview of the Delsivo fund directory, where founders will search funds by stage, sector and region. It's marked Later and has nothing to set yet |
Home also has a Your portal card with the address, Copy address and, once the portal is open, Open portal. Its badge shows the state: Draft, Live or Suspended. Publish your portal is one of the steps in the setup checklist on Home.
The portal's three states
| State | On Home | On Settings → Domains | What founders see |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not open | Draft | Not open yet | A Not open yet page on every address of the portal, in your published branding if you have one. No sign-in and no application |
| Open | Live | Open | Your landing page, sign-in, the application and the founder workspace |
| Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | This portal is unavailable, with no fund name or branding. Only Delsivo can suspend or reopen a portal |
Delsivo suspends a portal only when something is wrong, for example when a portal is reported as being used for phishing. If yours is suspended, write to hello@delsivo.com.
Who can change the portal
| Admin | Partner, Analyst, Committee member | |
|---|---|---|
| See the branding, preview and version history | Yes | Yes, read only |
| Change and publish the branding, restore a version | Yes | |
| See the portal address and earlier addresses | Yes | Yes |
| Change the address, open or close the portal | Yes |
People without edit rights see the note Only a fund admin can change the branding. You can look at the preview. on Branding, and Ask a fund admin to change it. on Domains. See Team and roles.
Search engines and privacy
Only your landing page can appear in search results, and only if you turn on Let search engines find the landing page in Branding. It's off by default. Sign-in, the application, the founder workspace and every other portal page are never indexed.
Fonts and files are served by Delsivo, so founders' browsers don't contact outside font services when they open your portal.
Your own domain
On plans that include custom domains, an Admin can put the portal on an address such as apply.yourfund.com in Settings → Domains, under Your own domain. You add two DNS records, Delsivo checks them and issues the certificate, and you choose which address founders land on. See connect your own domain.
Frequently asked questions
Can founders see our team's workspace or other funds from the portal?
No. A portal address only opens portal pages. Your workspace, settings and other funds' portals can't be reached from it, and a founder signed in on your portal is signed in to your portal only.
Do founders need to create a password?
No. Founders sign in with a Delsivo founder account and a 6-digit code sent by email. The same account works on every fund's portal. The first time, they approve what your fund receives. See Signing in to a fund's portal.
Where do I get the link to share with founders?
Copy it from the Your portal card on Home, or with Copy link in Settings → Domains. Links in emails to founders always use your current address.
Can a Partner or Analyst change the portal?
No. They can look at the branding, the preview and the address, but only Admins can change or publish anything.
Can we list our fund in a directory of funds?
Not yet. The fund directory is planned for after the first release. Settings → Directory listing shows what a listing will hold, so you can prepare your answers.
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