A startup product search engine I built

(Small recommendations) Visiting the landing page, for a search-engine site whose entire purpose is to search for startups, the search bar should not be mid-way down the page. It should be right in the header. Also, instead of the word "Go!" on the search, use a magnifying glass to again help identify it as a search input.

On search results, did you specifically opt not to display logos? It may actually be nice not to have them so focus is placed on mission statement / slogan, but I'd be interested if this omission was intentional.

Overall, seems like a site I'd use if it expanded to the U.S. and other countries. If this site is targeting people interested in products (rather than investors / job hunters) then maybe you could add a feature to subscribe by email for specific search terms. For example, what if I want to be alerted once a month if there are new companies posted that match the term "coffee"? This would be a great addition to help encourage users to return to your site.

I think the search relevance is not that great.

The perceived relevance is worth because I am not seeing any signaling on the home page that I will find anything of value to me. Some things that would help: substantiative content, testimonials, well-written value proposition as seen from my point of view.

I have mixed feelings about the descriptions of the companies. Sometimes I think these are the official blurbs they wrote. Some of them are succinct, other ones are buzzwordy, often I get no idea of where these people are in the process. These blurbs are the only way people are going to understand your search results, providing a unique viewpoint will people a reason to use it.

The URL for your site is not clickable in your post.

Going to the page, the two sites you currently feature look interesting, but only if you click on the small link at the bottom of the description that says "website". If you instead click on the big link with the name of the featured site at the top of the description, that instead takes you to medallia -- which is probably not where you want to be sending visitors right now.

I could see this as a site that is frequently visited, like producthunt -- once you get a bit more content.

Where I can see your site potentially adding value is when you're helping startups gain traffic and ultimately customers. The more you can funnel the right types of people to the startups so they can start gaining traction would be useful. Any content that helps validate that a startup is legit will also be great.

In my opinion you should show all the content by default with filter options. I don't want to search for anything specifically, so there's not much I can do with the site.