BUILDERS

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Benjamin Wilms , CEO and Co-Founder of Steadybit , a chaos engineering platform that's raised $7.8 Million in funding, about why resilience is everything in the modern software economy, and why so many companies struggle to build it into their more complex systems. Working with a small team of dedicated engineers, Steadybit wants to move be...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Yingjun Wu , CEO and Co-Founder of RisingWave Labs , a SQL stream processing platform that's raised $40 Million in funding, about why it’s time for a better way to leverage the potential of their data. Offering real-time insights, simplified with advanced SQL processing, RisingWave Labs helps their clients make actionable decisions based on...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Martin Einemo , CEO and Co-Founder of Insurely , an open insurance platform that's raised €22 Million in funding, about why so many of us lack true understanding of how the insurance industry operates, and why that’s a problem for both providers and their customers. By empowering insurance customers to access their data from the companies w...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Michael Konialian , Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Life , a tech-enabled insurance brokerage that’s raised over $15 Million in funding, about how a lack of clarity and access to information in the life insurance space can leave people at a loss, and how Modern Life is hoping to bring a better model of insurance brokerage to the sector. By par...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Taylor Lint , CEO and Founder of Swantide , a go to market technology platform that's raised $7 Million in funding, about why so many companies find managing their CRM such a headache, and how Swantide plans to make every aspect of the process simpler and more straightforward. With processes designed with engineering and sales operations be...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andreas Cleve , CEO and Co-Founder of Corti , a patient consultations platform that's raised $32 Million in funding, about why so much important information from patient consultations is underutilized and ultimately wasted, and how Corti plans to change all that. By activating the data produced by every patient-provider interaction via a bl...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andrew Scheuermann , CEO of Arch Systems , a machine data and analytics company that's raised $25 Million in funding, about the struggles people all over the world face with accessing the tools and resources necessary to build truly smart solutions. Powered by rich machine data, the Arch Systems FX Platform has been developed to automatical...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Robert Kozikowski , Chief Product Officer of Tensorflight , a property intelligence platform that's raised nearly $7 Million in funding, about why having eyes in the sky is providing critical value insights for people working in the property sector. Having honed their offering from drone analytics for agriculture to a more focused offering...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we chat with Reed Switzer , CEO of Hopscotch , an all-in-one B2B payments platform. Reed talks about his unconventional start in the B2B payments space, and how Hopscotch enables customers to achieve a frictionless payment experience by streamlining invoicing, bill pay, and cash flow management. Reed also shares his thoughts on the growth and traction th...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Mollie Breen , CEO and Co-Founder of Perygee , an IoT/OT security platform that's raised $6.4 Million in funding, about why so many security teams often find themselves making critical decisions about their IoT and OT device security using imperfect information, and the vulnerabilities that can ultimately cause for companies. With an innova...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Godard Abel, Co-Founder and CEO of G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace tracking over 2100 software categories. Topics Discussed: The founding story of G2 The problems with traditional analyst firms How G2 has built a foundation on trust How categories are created at G2 How G2 is leveraging AI and what’s coming next...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Rak Garg , Principal at Bain Capital Ventures , a $10 Billion venture capital firm, investing primarily in early-stage cybersecurity or artificial intelligence companies, about why investing in every stage of the developer cycle is building a more efficient software ecosystem for all of us. With verticals in everything from national securit...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Brett Calhoun , Managing Director and General Partner at Scale VC , about why investing in extraordinary founders is front and center of their business model, and what they can bring to the table to give them a boost. With an industry-agnostic, idea-to-pre-seed stage funding focus, in everything across a broad spectrum of hardware and softw...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ryan Janssen , CEO and Co-Founder of Zenlytic , a business intelligence tool for commerce brands that's raised $5.4 Million in funding, about why siloed data can obscure all kinds of critical business insights, and how automation with a human touch can help everyone get a better idea of what’s going on. With an easy-to-access portal for dee...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Roei Ganzarski , CEO of Alitheon , a company that builds solutions for authentication, identification, and traceability of parts, products and people, about how counterfeiting and piracy have emerged as a global challenge for businesses across almost every sector, and the new tools needed in the fight against them. By protecting their clien...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andy Mowat , CEO and Co-Founder of Gated , a communication platform that's raised over $3 Million in funding, about why articulating your personal and professional priorities is all but essential in an increasingly noisy digital world. Forming a first line of focus-oriented defense around your online presence, Gated helps people connect wit...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Marcin Wyszynski , Co-Founder of Spacelift , an IAC management platform that's raised over $22 Million in funding, about how coming across a market-winning idea led him to embark on an entrepreneurial journey in SaaS. Providing a streamlined, flexible and transparent environment for development operations, Spacelift is facilitating a whole...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sohaib Zahid , CEO and Co-Founder of Railz , an accounting data platform that's raised over $15 Million in funding, about why the future of finance needs access to data, and how they make sense of it for their customers. By connecting to major accounting, banking, and eCommerce platforms to provide quick access to normalized and analyzed fi...

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 James Evans , Co-Founder & CEO of CommandBar , a developer tool that's raised $24 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Importance of Open-Ended Questions: James emphasizes the value o...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Virginia Klausmeier , CEO and Founder of Sylvatex , a renewable nanochemistry platform that's raised more than $15 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Growing up in Asia and Virginia’s unique insights into the diversity and difference which makes us what we are Virginia’s inspirational father, and what admiration for her family gave her i...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kevin Busque , CEO and Founder of Guideline , a 401K platform for small business that's raised $339 Million in funding, about why so few employees in the US have access to a retirement plan for their autumn years, and their mission to make them more accessible and effective for everyone involved. Covering everything from payroll integration...

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 Michael Brown , CEO & Founder of Skyline Robotics , a window cleaning technology company that has raised $10 Million  in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Identifying the Opportunity: Michael...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Carlos Eduardo Espinal , Managing Partner at Seedcamp , a European based seed stage fund that invests everything from Angel Rounds all the way to Seed capital, about being an ‘OG’ in the European tech economy, and how it has emerged as a leading hub of innovation on the world stage. Carlos talks about the differences in access to and availa...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Spike Lipkin , CEO and Co-founder of Newfront , a modern insurance platform that's raised $310 Million in funding, about why the insurance industry has been so slow to move with the times, and the new generation of insurance solutions delivering better outcomes for their customers. By empowering experts in risk management with the latest di...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jason Martin , Co-Counder and Co-CEO of Permiso Security , a cloud identity detection response platform that's raised $10 Million in funding, about the importance of knowing exactly who (or what) is trying to breach your security barrier, and building the right kind of response in real-time. With instant identity-to-event attribution, Permi...