Traffic figures from Google Search Console, trailing 28 days, August 2026. Search-only — excludes direct, social, and referral traffic.
What sponsors book
Two flagship formats. This is what they look like live.
All current inbound interest is for these two. Both put you on pages that already rank — all pricing is one-time, per placement.
[Your market], analyzed
By Value Add VC Editorial · 1,500+ words
Featured on the news desk
In the newsletter send
Posted to X
Flagship 01
Sponsored Deep Dive
Who it’s for: companies that want a permanent, credible analysis of their market living on a domain buyers already trust — an asset, not an impression.
- 1,500+ word editorial analysis on a topic in your space, written by our editorial process — not your marketing copy. That's why readers trust it.
- Permanent URL on valueaddvc.com, indexed on an established domain. The link and visibility compound for quarters.
- Topic collaboration. You bring the market and the angle you care about; editorial decides how to cover it.
- Fact-approval round before publish — nothing about your company runs inaccurate.
- Four distribution channels: featured on Value Add Pulse, the newsletter, @Trace_Cohen on X, plus organic search.
- Evergreen internal linking from related articles across 950+ posts, so it keeps earning traffic after launch week.
- Site search + category feeds. The piece surfaces everywhere our own content does.
- Clearly labeled Sponsored. Disclosure is the feature — readers extend the site's trust to what's honestly marked.
- Day 0Topic brief
- ~Day 7Draft delivered
- ~Day 10One revision round
- ~Day 12Live + distributed
What it is not
Not a press release and not ad copy. Sponsors approve facts; editorial keeps the pen. That separation is exactly why the format works.
Flagship 02
Ranking Page “Featured” Slot
Who it’s for: vendors — and agencies buying for clients — who want to be the first thing bottom-of-funnel searchers see on the page where they’re choosing.
- Labeled Featured card at the top of a relevant Best-of ranking or comparison page — logo, one-liner, and link.
- Bottom-of-funnel intent. Readers on these pages are actively choosing a vendor. This is not display advertising.
- Exclusive: one Featured slot per page at a time. When you hold it, no competitor can.
- Live in 2–3 days once your assets are in — no production cycle, no creative review committee.
- Agency swap-friendly. Change the client between purchases; same labeling rules apply.
- Placement report screenshot at the end of the 30-day run, plus the public URL to verify any day in between.
- Growing inventory. New ranking and comparison pages publish weekly — more pages to appear on every month.
- Never touches the ranking. The organic list below your card stays untouched — which is exactly what makes sitting above it credible.
- Day 0Pick your page
- Day 1Logo + copy in
- Day 2–3Placement live
- Day 30Report delivered
The bright line
Featured placement never affects the actual ranking — and that’s exactly why placement next to it is credible.
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logo
[Your Company]
One line on why buyers on this page should pick you.
Live inventory
Pages sponsors can appear on today
These are real, live ranking and comparison pages — click through and see exactly where your Featured card would sit. Inventory grows weekly as new pages publish.
Compare formats
Every format at a glance
| Format | Price | Duration | Placement | Best for | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking Featured SlotFlagship | $500–1,000 | 30 days | Top of a live ranking / comparison page | Vendors & agencies who want bottom-of-funnel buyers now | Live in 2–3 days |
| Sponsored Deep DiveFlagship | $1,500–2,500 | Permanent URL | Standalone editorial analysis + 4 distribution channels | Companies building durable authority in their category | ~2 weeks brief-to-live |
| Newsletter placement | $300–600 | One send | Primary sponsor slot in a Value Add VC send | Hitting the site's most engaged repeat readers | Next scheduled send |
| Quarterly report title sponsor | $3,000–5,000 | Evergreen (PDF + web) | “Presented by X” on a flagship data report | Brands that want to be cited alongside the data | Next report cycle |
All pricing is one-time. Final rates confirmed by email.
More formats
Also available
Newsletter placement
Primary sponsor slot or a dedicated send to the Value Add VC list via Beehiiv. You get the top placement in a send our readers actually open for the data — logo, 2–3 sentences of copy, and a tracked link. Newsletter readers are the site’s most engaged repeat audience, so this pairs well with a deep dive or Featured slot to hit the same buyers twice.
Finance newsletter CPMs run $80–180; final pricing on current list size.
Quarterly data report title sponsor
“Presented by X” on a flagship original-data report — AI revenue, IPO market — published as PDF and web. You get your name on the cover, a sponsor note inside, and your logo on every page of an asset that gets cited and shared for quarters, not days. Reports are evergreen backlink magnets: the sponsorship keeps surfacing long after the run ends.
Coming as we scale
Value Add Pulse “Presented by” takeover — front-page takeover slots on our real-time news desk open later this year. Email to get on the list.
Why now
The inventory is growing faster than the rate card
search clicks a month — and climbing. Every month you wait, the same placement reaches more buyers — and rates rise with it.
monthly search impressions. The site keeps compounding on commercial-intent queries in VC, SaaS, and startup tooling.
new ranking and comparison pages publish continuously — more Featured inventory in more categories every week.
Audience
Who you reach
The audience is people making or moving capital decisions: venture investors sizing up a market, founders benchmarking a raise, angels tracking the IPO pipeline, operators and retail investors researching private-company revenue. They come to this site to answer a specific question with a specific number — which means attention here is researched, not scrolled past.
The rules
Editorial independence
Sponsors never influence rankings, coverage, or takes. Sponsored content is always labeled as sponsored, and Featured placements never affect where anything ranks. That separation is exactly why placement here is worth buying — readers trust the numbers, so they pay attention to what runs alongside them.
Sponsor FAQ
Questions sponsors actually ask
Can I buy a ranking position?
No. Rankings are never for sale, at any price. That is not a limitation of the product — it is the product. Because readers know the list itself cannot be bought, the labeled Featured card sitting next to it carries real credibility. If positions were purchasable, your placement would be worth a fraction of what it is.
Do you work with agencies?
Yes. Agencies book Featured slots for clients all the time — the same labeling rules apply, and the slot is swap-friendly: run one client this month, a different client on your next purchase. Deep dives for agency clients work the same way.
What does the Sponsored labeling look like?
Exactly what you see in the mockups above: an amber FEATURED or SPONSORED chip directly on the placement. It is visible, honest, and — counterintuitively — good for conversion, because readers extend the site's credibility to placements that are clearly disclosed.
How do I know it ran?
Everything lives on a permanent public URL you can check any day of the run. Featured slots also come with a placement report screenshot at the end of the 30 days, and deep dives ship with links to every distribution touch (Pulse, newsletter, X).
What are the payment terms?
Simple: one-time payment by invoice. No subscriptions, no auto-renewals, no long-term contracts. If it works, you come back and buy again.
Can I suggest the topic?
For deep dives, yes — topic selection is collaborative. You tell us the market and the angle you care about; editorial decides how to cover it and keeps the pen. You get a fact-approval round before publish, so nothing about your company runs inaccurate.
The operator
Who runs this
Value Add VC is owned, edited, and run by Trace Cohen — 3x founder, 65+ angel investments, and Managing Partner at NYVP. Every sponsorship is handled directly by Trace: t@nyvp.com or @Trace_Cohen.
Get on the page your customers are already reading
Name the ranking page or topic you want, send your dates, and we’ll confirm availability within a day.