Key takeaways
- Pass reasons, deck versions, claims and fit runs stay on the deal record (Pilot).
- A returning founder is suggested as a possible duplicate, and an analyst confirms the merge.
- Re-running the rubric on a new deck creates a new run beside the old one, so you can compare.
- Milestones and reminders for revisiting are planned for later. Your retention settings decide how long anything is kept.
Planned feature: not in Delsivo yet, and details may change before it ships.
Why passed deals get lost
Most passes are not a no forever. They are not yet: too early, round too small, a claim that couldn't be checked. Months later the company comes back, or a partner hears about it again, and nobody can find the original deck or remember the reason. The fund either repeats the first review or, worse, passes again for a reason that no longer holds.
What stays on the record after a pass
| Item | What is kept | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Decks | Every version, with the original file | Pilot |
| Extracted facts | Each with its slide citation and any founder correction | Pilot |
| Claims | Each with its label, sources and earlier statements | Pilot |
| Fit report | Every run and the rubric version it used | Pilot |
| The pass | Who passed, when and the reason | Pilot |
| Interview | Transcript with timestamps, under your retention settings | First release |
When the founder applies again
- 1The new application arrives and Delsivo suggests it may match the earlier deal, by company domain and founder identity.
- 2An analyst confirms the match, and the new submission joins the existing record.
- 3The new deck becomes a new version. Citations to the old deck keep working.
- 4Re-run the rubric. The new run sits beside the old one, so you see which criteria changed result.
- 5Compare claims: where the founder's numbers changed, both statements are on the record with their sources.
How to revisit passed startups on purpose
Waiting for founders to come back only catches the ones who do. Planned for a later release, a Revisit stage lets you note the milestone that would change your mind, such as paid conversion of pilots or a lead investor, and set a reminder to look again. Until then, write that milestone into the pass reason, so whoever reopens the deal knows what to look for.
Founder data and retention
Your fund is the controller of the data founders submit, and Delsivo processes it on your behalf. Funds set retention for decks, recordings and transcripts, and deletion removes previews, search indexes and derived copies. If your retention deletes a passed deal's deck after six months, there will be nothing to revisit, so choose retention with that in mind and say so in your notice to founders.