Vator describes itself as “the place for emerging companies to showcase and market themselves.” While I hadn’t heard too much over the last year, the traffic numbers on Vator seem to have exploded, and a few tech companies told me that have gotten great value/visibility from listing their company and providing updates. As with any community, the value you get is going to be proportionate to the amount of effort that you put into it–but it does seem like Vator is a directory where a lot of tech companies are participants, and that there are legitimate opportunities for visibility via this channel