Key takeaways
- Deal flow software comes in a few kinds: spreadsheets and forms, general databases, relationship CRMs, all-in-one fund platforms and inbound review tools.
- CRMs are strong on relationships and activity. They rarely read a deck or apply a written thesis to it.
- Delsivo keeps the application, the deck, the facts cited to slides, the thesis check, claims and decisions in one deal record.
- It is not a CRM. Email and calendar sync and CRM import and export are planned for a later release.
- Delsivo is in design partner pilots. Nothing is generally available, and every feature is labelled with its release.
What VC deal flow software is for
A fund's deal flow is every company it hears about: inbound applications, introductions, scouts, events and its own sourcing. Software for it has three jobs. It records each company once, with who owns it and what stage it is at. It holds what the fund learned, from the deck to the call notes. And it shows the team what to look at next.
Funds rarely get all three from one tool. The question worth asking is which job costs your team the most hours today, and which kind of tool does that job well.
| Kind | Good at | Weak at |
|---|---|---|
| A form, a spreadsheet and a shared folder | Quick, flexible, cheap | Reading decks, applying the thesis the same way, keeping history |
| A general database such as Airtable or Notion | A tracker shaped to your process | Upkeep falls on the team; screening logic is self-built |
| A relationship CRM such as Affinity or Attio | Activity capture, relationships, pipeline | Founder intake and reading what founders submit |
| An all-in-one fund platform | Deal flow beside LP and back office tools | Depth on any one job |
| An inbound review workspace (Delsivo) | Branded intake, cited deck facts, thesis fit, claims | Relationships and email capture; it is not a CRM |
Our guide to the tools lists named products in each kind, with prices read on each vendor's own site.
Where Delsivo fits among VC deal flow software
Delsivo is built for funds where inbound is the bottleneck: a steady stream of applications, each with a deck, and a small team that has to read them, check them against the thesis and reply. It follows a deal from the application to the decision.
- 1A founder applies on your portal, on your own subdomain, and saves and resumes until they submit (Pilot).
- 2The PDF deck is read. Each extracted fact links to its slide, and slides that couldn't be read are flagged (Pilot).
- 3Your published rubric is applied. Each criterion shows Met, Mismatch or Unknown, with the value found and its source (Pilot).
- 4Claims are kept with their definition and sources and labelled founder reported, corroborated, disputed or unresolved (Pilot).
- 5Follow-up forms and file requests go to the founder through the portal (Pilot); interviews and data rooms arrive in the first release.
- 6Your team moves the deal, passes with a reason or takes it further. AI never changes a stage on its own.
Each step is explained on how it works, with the deck analyzer and thesis screening in more detail.
Three readings instead of one score
Many tools reduce a deal to one number. Delsivo shows three readings side by side, because they answer different questions. Thesis fit says how the company matches your published rubric. Evidence quality says how much of what matters is backed by a cited source rather than a bare statement. Diligence readiness says what is still missing before the next stage.
A company can fit the thesis well on thin evidence, or be well documented and outside your mandate. Keeping the readings apart lets the analyst see which, and decide what to do about it.
What Delsivo does not do
- It is not a CRM. It does not capture email or meetings, score relationships or map who knows whom. Relationship mapping, email and calendar sync and CRM import and export are planned for a later release.
- Its only integrations today are Slack and Google or Microsoft 365 calendars.
- It does no fund accounting, LP reporting or portfolio monitoring.
- It reads PDF decks first and works in English first. PowerPoint follows once extraction quality is measured.
- It never decides. People make every stage change, pass and investment decision.
If relationship coverage is your main need, read Delsivo vs Affinity. If you run deal flow in a sheet today, Delsivo vs spreadsheets and forms is the closer comparison.