VON serves as a direct, transparent bridge — connecting entrepreneurs and growing businesses across all 50 U.S. states and territories directly to verified, official federal, state, and private funding channels — without making anyone feel rejected, ignored, or chased.

🔗 Live Portal: https://von-portal.val.run/

• Mission: Eliminate barriers, confusion, and fraud in business funding by providing a direct, transparent bridge to verified official federal, state, and private capital channels.
• Vision: Build the nation's most trusted, accessible, scam-free funding gateway.
• Core Values: Zero BS · Absolute integrity · Complete transparency · Empathy · High efficiency.
• Logo: Stylized "VON" lettermark with a shield / verified-checkmark icon.
• Palette: Deep Navy #0A192F · Emerald #10B981 · Crisp White #FFFFFF.

A full-stack VON portal with the new brand identity, taking U.S. applicants through the complete funding intake journey:

1. Free intake for everyone, zero pressure — registration is always free with no barriers for any state.
2. Automated welcome email — immediately after registration, an empathetic, transparent message lands in the applicant's inbox with their Application ID to track their package, noting that Debra Trommer will review directly via official VON channels (and that VON never guarantees approvals).
3. Verified Funding & Matching Hub — categorizes by state, NAICS code & capital need, matching against SBA, USDA, EDA, SBDC, SSBCI and state/private programs.
4. Human Officer Handoff — assigns the applicant to coordinator Debra Trommer for direct official review and outreach.

Route	Purpose
/	VON official landing page with values, mission, testimonials & fee schedule
/apply	U.S. Production Intake Form (all 10 steps, free)
/status	Application status lookup + package payment

Method & Route	Description
POST /api/apply	Free registration → returns { reference, status, fee } + sends welcome email
POST /api/status	Look up application, status & package fee by reference
POST /api/create-payment	Start package payment (Stripe Checkout, or internal fallback)
POST /api/confirm-payment	Confirm payment (Stripe session or internal) → moves to under-review

Capital Required	Package & Matching Fee
$10k – $50k	$700
$50k – $250k	$1,499
$250k – $1M	$3,999
$1M – $5M	$9,999
$5M – $10M	$19,999

Registration is always free; the package fee is only introduced when the applicant chooses to fully package & match their winning application.

Without a key, welcome emails are sent via Val Town's built-in email. To send from a custom von.us address, add a Resend API key and a verified sending domain:

• 👉 Add RESEND_API_KEY here: https://www.val.town/x/vonopportunity/von-us-portal/environment-variables?key=RESEND_API_KEY
• Optionally set RESEND_FROM (default VON U.S. <no-reply@von.us>). Requires verifying the von.us domain in Resend.

Without a key, package payments are recorded internally (self-managed). To collect real money, add your Stripe secret key:

• 👉 Add STRIPE_SECRET_KEY here: https://www.val.town/x/vonopportunity/von-us-portal/environment-variables?key=STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
• Applicants are redirected to a hosted Stripe Checkout page for the exact package fee, and the application moves to under-review on confirmed payment.

received (free) → under-review (after package payment) → matched → connected

main.ts        HTTP router (serves pages + delegates API)
api.ts         API handlers (apply / status / create/confirm payment)
db.ts          SQLite application store (project-scoped via std/sqlite)
email.ts       Welcome email — Resend if configured, else std/email
payments.ts    Stripe Checkout integration (fetch-based, with fallback)
index.html     Official government-style national portal landing page
apply.html     10-step U.S. production intake form (free)
status.html    Status tracker + scaled package-payment flow

Applicant data (name, contact, business profile, category, capital, status, payment, fee) is persisted in the val's project-scoped SQLite database and survives restarts.

View & remix this val on Val Town: vonopportunity/von-us-portal.