BUILDERS

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Gaurav Oberoi , CEO and Co-Founder of Lexion , a company that has raised $35 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Gaurav’s background in computer sciences and engineering Why contract management is usually a chaotic area The main tools Lexion provides to simplify contract management How Gaurav first had the idea of helping people who are b...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sammy Singh , CEO and Co-Founder of WurkNow , a digital staffing platform that's raised $15 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Sammy’s ethnic, geographical and educational background  How WurkNow gives power to hourly workers, helps staffing agencies recruit, match and place individuals, and makes it easier for those agencies to follow c...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Paul Monasterio , CEO and Co-Founder of Kalepa , an insurance underwriting platform that's raised $16 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Paul’s background growing up in Venezuela, coming to the US for college, being a nuclear physicist and working in big data analytics How Kalepa's AI-powered Copilot software enables underwriters to focu...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ty Allen , CEO of SocialClimb , a healthcare marketing platform that's raised $12 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Ty’s background as an entrepreneur, and why starting SocialClimb was less about a lucrative market than a personal passion The personal experience of healthcare shortcomings that led Ty to the healthcare marketing space Br...

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 Jack Oslan , Founder & Executive Chairman of Diamond Age , a construction robotics platform that has raised $58 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Robotics for Affordable Housing: D...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Zach Lloyd , CEO and Founder of Warp , a Rust-based terminal that's raised $70 Million in funding, about why writing code in your terminal shouldn’t feel like 1978, and the need for an up-to-date solution for people working at the cutting edge of software innovation. Topics Discussed: Zach’s background in software engineering, including sti...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Paul Stovell , CEO and Founder of Octopus Deploy , a deployment automation tool for DevOps that's raised over $170 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Paul's background as a software engineer and the influence of other entrepreneurs on his business mindset Octopus Deploy’s mission to automate software deployments and make the process stre...

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 Mousa Yassin , CEO & Founder of Pixaera , an immersive learning platform that has raised $5.7 million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from the conversation: Pixaera's Mission: Pixaera bridges the gap between g...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Liam Randall , CEO and Founder of Cosmonic , a company that has raised $8.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Liam’s background as a hustler immigrants’ child How working with something you are passionate about will help you through tough times, and why it’s healthy to keep some discomfort in our lives Side effects of entrepreneurship w...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Philippe Petitpont , CEO and Co-Founder of NewsBridge , a cloud media hub platform that's raised €12.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Phillippe’s career background, and the unorthodox journey that took him from rocket engineering to management of media content An overview of NewsBridge’s cloud media hub platform, and its relevance fo...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Alan Shreve , CEO and Founder of Ngrok , a unified ingress platform that has served over 6 million developers worldwide and raised $50 Million in funding.  Topics Discussed: Alan’s background and lessons from his first job What a unified ingress platform is, and why it’s crucial for developers The secrets for attracting 6 million users Whet...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Max Bruner , CEO and Founder of Anzen Insurance , a platform that is saving insurance brokers and companies thousands of hours and tons of stress, that has raised $10 Million in funding.  Topics Discussed: Max’s early background — which was unrelated to tech — and his experience in the insurance industry The surprising place of the insuranc...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Arik Shtilman , CEO and Co-Founder of Rapyd , a Fintech as a service platform that's raised over $800 Million in funding, about why today’s global economy needs a new generation of payment solutions. Offering powerful fintech solutions to collect, hold and send funds across countries and between currencies with ease, Rapyd makes sure their cust...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ravi Parikh , CEO and Co-Founder of Airplane , a developer platform for internal tooling that's raised over $40 Million in funding, about why an increasingly differentiated digital economy needs a more agile toolkit for developing solutions to specific tasks. Enabling their clients to develop internal UIs with just a few lines of code, coor...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Zamir Shukho , CEO and General Partner of Vibranium VC . Topics Discussed: Zamir's background working with startups and building acceleration programs, and what he learned about what business leaders need Vibranium VC’s focus on Silicon Valley software companies, with a particular interest in B2B SaaS, sales, marketing, fintech and media so...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Craig Unger , CEO and Founder of Hyperproof , a security assurance and compliance operations platform that's raised over $22 Million in funding, about the central role of security in developing critical cloud services, and how a trust deficit can derail even the most promising plans for the future. Hyperproof is fully committed to helping c...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dan DeMers , CEO of Cinchy , a data collaboration platform that's raised over $24 Million in funding, about why the time has come for an alternative to rigid data contracts and the integration-heavy approach to business unit collaboration. By evolving isolated data silos into meshed products where data is well-governed white being freely av...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Hanna Asmussen , CEO and Co-Founder of Localyze , an HR platform for talent mobility that's raised over $48 Million in funding, about why today’s global economy needs a new way of connecting and hiring staff from all over the world. By taking care of every aspect of the administrative process for bringing in international staff, from up-to-...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Axel Bichara , Co-Founder and General Partner of Baukunst , a VC fund that backs creative technologies, about the key criteria they look for in prospective partners before making that ever-important early stage investment. From identifying extraordinary individuals to making sure there’s a market to be exploited, Baukunst focuses on the spa...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Mark DeSantis , CEO of Bloomfield , a Pittsburgh based AgTech startup that's raised $8.5 Million in funding, about why visual plant-level health and performance assessments are fundamental to specialty crop farming. No matter how well trained and highly motivated, visual crop assessment is subjective, but Bloomfield’s automated analysis pro...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jon Carter , CEO and Founder of Prado , an e-commerce operating platform that's raised $5.7 Million in funding, about the challenges of chasing efficiency in the meal-plan industry, and how data can help transform the space. With a one-stop software solution covering everything from web hosting and customer fulfilment to automation for kitc...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Daniel Liebeskind , CEO and Co-Founder of Topia , a metaverse platform that's raised $6 Million in funding, about why digital worlds are the future of everything from webinars, branded content and corporate meetings tools, and how Topia is positioning themselves at the center of the next big thing. Built on allowing people to access tools a...

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 Chris Golec , CEO & Founder of Channel99 , a B2B marketing platform that has raised $5 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early Career Shifts: Chris transitioned from chemical engin...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Patrick Woods , CEO and Co-Founder of Orbit , a community growth platform that's raised over $22 Million in funding, about why, in an economy where software is ‘adopted’ more than ‘sold,’ a sense of community can be a genuine driver of growth. Providing in-depth knowledge and powerful insights about sentiment, company size and almost everyo...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Finnur Pind , Co-Founder and CEO of Treble , a next generation simulation technology platform that's raised $10 Million in funding about how a new generation of sound-simulation technology is set to help build a better sounding world. Treble's Acoustic Simulation Software generates interactive, real-time, immersive auralizations of acoustic...