Real-time validation
Submit an idea and start collecting live signal immediately — interest, objections, and willingness to pay from people who actually match your target user.
Now in early access
Stop guessing.
Stop guessing.
Validate your idea in real time.
ValwithProof turns a raw startup idea into evidence — live demand signals, structured feedback from real people, and a matched mentor who has already solved the problem you're staring at.
Free for founders during early access. No credit card.
Idea under test
“A booking layer for small clinics that cuts no-shows.”
Proof Score0
Demand signal — landing page intent+31
42 target-persona responses+27
Willingness to pay — unproven−12
3 mentors matched to this problem space
~90%of startups fail — most build what nobody wanted
Daysnot months, to your first real signal
1:1mentor matching by problem space, not job title
0cost to validate during early access
The problem
Most ideas die because nobody checked
Founders spend months building on a hunch, ask friends who say “that's cool,” and only learn the truth at launch. ValwithProof compresses that loop into days — and replaces opinion with evidence.
A Proof Score, not a vibe
Every idea gets a transparent score built from weighted signals — demand, problem severity, differentiation, and pricing evidence — so you know exactly what's still unproven.
Mentors who've been there
We match you with operators by problem space and stage — not by follower count — so the advice you get is specific enough to act on this week.
Structured feedback loops
Guided prompts stop you from asking leading questions. You get comparable, structured responses instead of a pile of unusable “sounds great.”
Kill it or fund it, faster
The best outcome is often an early no. Clear evidence lets you drop a dead idea in two weeks instead of two years — and defend the live one to investors.
A shareable proof report
Export everything into one clean document — signals, quotes, score history, mentor notes — ready to put in front of a cofounder, an accelerator, or an investor.
How it works
From hunch to evidence in four steps
No workshops, no 40-page templates. Just the shortest path between what you believe and what's actually true.
Describe the idea
One paragraph on the problem, who has it, and what you'd build. We turn it into testable assumptions.
Collect real signal
Your idea goes live to matched respondents and a demand test. Responses stream in as they happen.
Read the Proof Score
See what's validated, what's shaky, and exactly which assumption to attack next.
Talk to a mentor
Get matched with someone who has shipped in your space and pressure-test the result with them.
Who it's for
Built for both sides of the table
For founders
Know before you build
You have conviction. What you need is proof — fast, cheap, and honest enough to change your mind.
- Test demand before you write a line of code
- Feedback from your target user, not your group chat
- A mentor matched to your actual problem
- Evidence you can show investors and accelerators
For mentors
Give advice that lands
Skip the generic coffee chat. Come into every conversation already knowing the data.
- Matched only to founders in your domain
- See the validation data before the first call
- Set your own availability — sessions, not obligations
- Early line of sight on companies worth backing
The team
The people building ValwithProof
A founding team that got tired of watching good people spend years on ideas that a two-week test would have killed.
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Abhishek Jyothi
Founder & CEO
Sets the product vision and leads how ValwithProof turns raw ideas into evidence founders can act on.
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Jeshwanth Sampath
Co-Founder
Works across product and platform, shaping how validation signals are captured and scored.
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Bhanu Prasad Mangalapally
Co-Founder
Focused on the mentor network — how operators are sourced, matched, and kept engaged.
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Harish Arabaka
Co-Founder
Builds the systems behind real-time signal collection and keeps the experience fast and reliable.
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Chandra Reddy Gangasaani
Co-Founder
Drives go-to-market and founder growth — getting ValwithProof in front of people at idea stage.
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Lokesh Yadav
Co-Founder
Owns design and the founder experience, from first idea submission to the final proof report.
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