ValenceYC W26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How Valence ranks

  1. 1.Valence70
  2. 2.Kalshi60
  3. 3.PredictIt60
  4. 4.Polymarket58
Fix Trust

Score over time

80706050403020Polymarket 62 on Apr 11 (Wayback)Polymarket 58 on Sep 22 (Live)Kalshi 60 on Sep 20 (Live)PredictIt 28 on Jun 16 (Wayback)PredictIt 30 on Aug 25 (Wayback)PredictIt 60 on Sep 22 (Live)Valence 70 on Sep 22 (Live)Sep 22

Trust

58Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Valence
Polymarket
Kalshi
PredictIt
Trust read
Valence"BACKED BY" Y Combinator badge alongside "1B+ CONTRACTS TRADED" and "99.9% UPTIME" stats
PolymarketLive market volume figures — "$7M Vol." on the NATO x Russia market and Hot Topics showing "$614K today" traded
KalshiLive market card showing "$11,050,553 vol" with a real-time price chart for WAS Commanders vs DAL Cowboys
PredictItLive market chart "Will crypto regulation be enacted in 2026?" with real-time price history and 192-market listing

CTA

68Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Valence

Problems

  • 'Request' feels gated, not value
  • conflicts with nav 'JOIN WAITLIST'
  • no payoff implied by the click

Value props

74Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Valence’s headline sellsSeamless cross-venue tradingTrade across prediction markets from one place. Valence gives you the tools, speed, and infrastructure to win — no matter how you trade.

Working

  • Names the category: cross-venue trading
  • 'One place' states the core benefit
  • 1B+ contracts and 99.9% uptime add proof

Could improve

  • 'Tools, speed, infrastructure' is vague
  • No hero image demonstrating the product
  • No specific venues or outcomes named

Information hierarchy

76Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture12
  1. Join Waitlist button — Second white-outlined CTA competes at near-equal weight with 'Request Access' and asks for a different action.
  2. Serif headline block — 'Seamless cross-venue trading' takes three viewport-tall lines, pushing the CTA to the very bottom of the scan path.

Mobile web

76Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Backed by block — "BACKED BY" wraps to two lines and the Y Combinator logo clips at the right edge.
  2. REQUEST ACCESS button — Stops at ~60% width to fit LEARN MORE beside it instead of going thumb-friendly full-bleed.
  3. Stat row baselines — "1B+" and "99.9%" sit at different vertical positions, making the row look broken.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop