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In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ben Zweig , CEO of Revelio Labs , a workforce intelligence platform that's raised $19 Million in funding, about why relying solely on the data companies provide can leave investors in the dark about what’s really going on. With a powerful software solution to collate and make sense of alternative data sources from all across the universe of...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Joe Schaeppi , CEO and Co-Founder of Solsten , a digital experience optimization platform that's raised $39 Million in funding, about creating incredible human-centered experiences that generate insights way beyond basic demographic descriptions. With an immersive offering to track adaptive behavioral patterns and individual psychology, Sol...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ishveen Jolly , CEO and Co-Founder of OpenSponsorship , a sports influencer marketing platform that's raised over $5 Million in funding, about why sponsorship is all about experiences that it feels like money can’t buy, and how this billion-dollar industry looks set to keep growing well into the future. By giving their clients access to a w...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with David Campbell , CEO and Co-Founder of Tropic , a software procurement platform that's raised $68 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Identifying a Market Need: David recognized a gap in...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ben Sesser , CEO & Co-Founder of BrightHire , an interview intelligence platform that's raised $36 Million in funding, about why business side of people is so important, and why this venture-backed SaaS startup was founded to find a better way to hire. With an innovative offering empowering their clients to make better hiring decisions, red...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Stephany Kirkpatrick , CEO and Founder of Orum , an API integration platform for instant payouts that's raised over $85 Million in funding, about why the future of financial services looks fundamentally different, with everyone given the freedom to build their potential. With fully-developed financial infrastructure enabling their customers...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Stephany Lapierre , Founder & CEO of Tealbook , a supplier data platform that's raised over $72 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Inspiration from Family Legacy: Stephany was inspi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kirby Winfield , Founding GP at Ascend VC , about his love for angel investing and the passion he feels in providing founder-friendly venture capital with genuine value to add to their partners’ offerings. By leaning into projects they have a genuine love for and interest in, Ascend gives so much more than just capital, forging a unique ide...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Brian Lozes , Founder & CEO of Kinemagic , an industrial immersive experience platform that's raised $3 Million in funding, about why virtual spaces for clients to review critical engineering solutions is the future of the industry, and how Kinematic is making it happen. By providing a fully immersive walkthrough experience for clients to r...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Eden Full Goh , Founder & CEO of Mobot , a mobile app testing platform that's raised over $17 Million in funding, about why realtime mobile testing is critical for the future of our app-driven lifestyles, and how Mobot positions itself as an indispensable tool in streamlining the process.  We also speak about her journey as a young entrepre...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Shane McRann ,  CEO at CHAMPtitles , a digital title management platform that's raised over $31 Million in funding, about why challenges of identifying ownership for key assets can have implications far beyond the sector they’re focused on, and how CHAMPtitles’ simplified, streamlined process helps get transfers and sales in motion. With an...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Craig Rupp , Founder & CEO at Sabanto , an AG tech company that's raised over $22 Million in funding, about why autonomy is the future of agriculture, and how Sabanto’s innovative offering is driving the next generation of farm tech. With a full stack of solutions covering practically every field in row-crop planted agriculture, Sabanto all...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Guilhem de Marliave , Co-Founder & CEO of Elistair , a tethered drone manufacturer that's raised over €8 Million in funding, about why a new generation of tethered drones fills a critical niche in the contemporary information economy. By eliminating the restrictions of short battery life and broadening the compliance with certain regulation...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ron Benegbi, Founder & CEO at Uplinq ,  a credit assessment and scoring platform for small business lenders that's raised over $5 Million in funding, about why small businesses the world over have been excluded from ethical credit servicing for so long, and why bringing them into the world of financial services is a great move for everyone...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Brian King , CEO of LODAS Markets , a marketplace for alternative investments that has raised $8.5 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Background in Marketplaces: Brian's extensive exper...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Devin Horsman , CTO & Co-Founder at Arcturus , a volumetric content platform that's raised over $22 Million in funding, about the growing gap between what technology is capable of and how most of us continue to access media today. A volumetric content platform working to bring the spatial reality of holographic recording to the vast volumes...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Omri Gazitt , CEO & Founder at Aserto , an authorization as a service platform that's raised over $5 Million in funding, about why authorization in the cloud-economy era is absolutely essential, and how Aserto is hoping to make this perennial problem a thing of the past. With a distributed systems architecture putting the right authorizatio...

  Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Rajat Mishra , Founder & CEO of Prezent , a presentation productivity platform that's raised over $24 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Personal Drive and Vision: Rajat's journey...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Nik Talreja , CEO & Co-Founder of Sydecar , a deal execution platform for venture investors that's raised over $16 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Identifying Inefficiencies: Nik...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sam Mallikarjunan , Co-Founder & CEO of OneScreen , an offline advertising platform that's raised $10 Million in funding, about why in an oversaturated marketplace confronted with regulatory limits and suspicion from the public, it might be time to take advertising back into the physical world. Bridging the digital divide by providing their...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we speak with Sid Jha , Founder & CEO at Arbol , a climate risk management platform that's raised over $20 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Sid’s early life in India and how he came to find himself f...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jeff Radke , Co-Founder and CEO at Accelerant, an insurance technology company that's raised over $500 Million in funding, about why empowering underwriters with cutting-edge technology helps everyone get access to the coverage they need. After years of dissatisfaction from industry veterans regarding the aging technology stacks the industr...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Sid Upadhyay , Co-Founder and CEO of Wizehire , a small business hiring platform that's raised over $37 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Bootstrap to Venture-Backed: Sid discusses Wiz...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Hala Borno , Founder and CEO of Trial Library , an evidence-based platform for improving patient recruitment and diversity in oncology clinical trials, about why a more representative candidate pool is key to the future of better health for everyone. Trial Library partners with study sponsors to recruit candidates from a wide range of backg...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Iain Cooper , CEO of SeekOps Inc. , an emission monitoring company that has raised $23 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Iain’s journey from Scotland, to England, and...