Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Valent (“Valent”, “we”, “us”) and govern your access to and use of our website, web app and related services (together, the “Services”).

By creating an account or using the Services you confirm that you have read and accept these Terms, our Privacy Policy and our Acceptable Use Policy. If you are using Valent on behalf of a company, you confirm that you are authorised to accept these Terms for it, and “you” includes that company.

• You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract.
• Startup accounts must belong to a real business or a team that is building one, and must be operated by people authorised to hire for it.
• You may not use the Services if we have previously suspended your account, or if doing so would break any law that applies to you.

Keep your account details accurate and your password secure. You are responsible for activity under your account. One person may not share an account with others, but a startup can invite teammates through the team features we provide.

Tell us immediately at support@valent.ng if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.

Valent is currently free for startups and candidates. Posting jobs, reviewing applicants, creating a profile and applying for jobs carry no charge.

We may introduce optional paid features in future. If we do, all prices will be shown in Nigerian Naira (₦), inclusive of any applicable VAT unless stated otherwise. We will give you at least 30 days’ notice before any feature you already use becomes paid, and we will never charge you for a period before the change took effect.

When you post a job on Valent, you agree that:

• the role is real, currently open, and you intend to hire for it;
• the job post includes an honest salary range in Naira and accurately describes the role, location, working arrangement and any equity;
• you will not ask candidates for any payment, including for applications, interviews, training, equipment, visas or onboarding;
• your hiring decisions comply with applicable employment, labour and anti-discrimination laws in Nigeria and wherever the role is based;
• you will use candidate information only to assess and communicate with candidates about roles at your company.

We review companies before their first job goes live and may ask for information to verify your business. We may edit formatting, decline, or remove job posts that do not meet these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy.

Your profile and applications must be truthful and must relate to you. When you apply for a role, you instruct us to share your profile and application with that startup. If you choose to make your profile discoverable, verified startups on Valent may view it and contact you about relevant roles. You can change this at any time in your settings.

Valent does not guarantee interviews, offers or employment, and does not verify every statement a startup makes. Use your judgement, and report anything suspicious to trust@valent.ng.

Valent provides a platform for startups and candidates to find each other. We are not a party to any employment, contracting or other relationship formed between users, we are not an employment agency, and we do not act as an agent for either side. Startups are solely responsible for their job posts, hiring decisions, offers and employment terms. Candidates are solely responsible for their decisions to apply for and accept roles.

You keep ownership of the content you submit, such as job posts, company pages, profiles, CVs and messages (“Your Content”). You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display, adapt (for formatting) and distribute Your Content for the purpose of operating, promoting and improving the Services. This includes publishing job posts on indexed job pages and sharing them with matching candidates.

This licence ends when Your Content is deleted from the Services, except where it has already been shared with other users (for example, an application you sent) or where we must keep it to meet legal obligations.

The Services, including our software, design, logos and the Valent name, belong to us or our licensors and are protected by law. These Terms do not give you any right to use our branding without our written permission. If you send us feedback, we may use it without any obligation to you.

The Services may link to or integrate with third-party services, such as calendar, video or sign-in providers. Those services are governed by their own terms, and we are not responsible for them.

You can stop using Valent and delete your account at any time from your settings or by contacting us.

We may suspend or terminate your access, remove content, or limit features if you breach these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy, if required by law, or if we reasonably believe your use puts other users or Valent at risk. Where appropriate we will tell you why and give you a chance to respond.

We work hard to keep Valent reliable and safe, but the Services are provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, and we do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free or that any user content is accurate.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Valent will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, revenue, data or goodwill, arising from your use of the Services or from any dealings between users.

Our total liability for any claim relating to the Services is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and ₦50,000. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018.

You agree to indemnify Valent against reasonable claims, losses and costs (including legal fees) arising from Your Content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If a dispute arises, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it informally within 30 days. If we cannot, the courts of Lagos State, Nigeria will have exclusive jurisdiction, without affecting any mandatory consumer rights you have.

We may update these Terms from time to time. If a change is material, we will notify you by email or in the app at least 14 days before it takes effect. Continuing to use Valent after that date means you accept the updated Terms.

Questions about these Terms? Email legal@valent.ng.