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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 Dave Copps , CEO & Co-Founder at Worlds , an industrial metaverse platform that has raised $31 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early AI Innovations: Dave discusses his early invo...

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 Kenneth Herschel , CEO & Co-Founder at Viggo , a sustainable mobility platform that has raised nearly $6 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origins in Electric Ride-Hailing: Kennet...

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 Jag Lamba , CEO & Founder at Certa , a third-party management platform that has raised $52 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origins in Consulting and Engineering: Jag's transitio...

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 Julio Martinez , CEO & Co-Founder at Abacum , an FP&A platform that has raised $40 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Sabbatical Inspirations: Julio started with his transforma...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sundeep Ravande , CEO and Co-Founder of Innovapptive , a connected worker platform that has raised $42 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Sundeep’s background in management consulting, and why he decided to start Innovapptive Working with Fortune 500 companies, and how Innovapptive helps front-line workers connect with each other and wi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Josh Merrill , CEO of Confirm , a data-driven performance management platform that's raised over $11 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Josh’s background in other enterprises before Confirm, and the reason why he decided to join Carta Why Josh considers Carta's founder to be an inspirational figure Lessons Josh learned from being an ang...

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 Kyle Kiser , CEO of Arrive Health , a healthcare technology platform that has raised over $40 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Inspiration from Personal Experience: The company's orig...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Harry Xu , CEO and Co-Founder of Breeze ML , an AI governance platform that's raised $4.6 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Harry’s background as a professor of computer science Some common misconceptions people have about academia and being an academician Why it’s difficult for companies to comply with AI regulations, and how Breeze ML...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Patrick Visintainer , CEO and Co-Founder of REPOWR , a commercial trailer marketplace that's raised roughly $13 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Patrick’s background, his philosophy on life goals, and the importance his wife has in his professional life The founders Patrick most admires, and a book he finds inspirational The 3 main pr...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ben Borodach , CEO and Co-Founder of April , an embedded tax solution that's raised $40 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Ben’s background in fintech and cybersecurity, starting his first company when he was at NYU, and working at Deloitte Founders who inspire Ben How April offers taxpayers an embedded service that helps them leverage...

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 Austin Ogilvy , Founder of Thoropass , a continuous compliance and audit management platform that's raised $98 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origins of Thoropass: Austin shared how...

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 Dan Forman , CEO & Co-Founder of Copper Labs , an energy technology company that's raised $13 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early AI Ventures: Dan's journey began in 2001 with...

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 Pukar Hamal , CEO & Founder of SecurityPal , a security reviews platform that's raised $21 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Addressing a Critical Pain Point: SecurityPal was born...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Costa Tsaousis , CEO and Founder of Netdata , an infrastructure monitoring platform that's raised over $30 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  How a Reddit post by Costa spurred thousands of people to start using his newly-created platform How Costa built Netdata, the difficulties he faced developing it, and why Netdata is outstandingly...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sarah Lehman , CEO of Zartico , a destination operating system that’s raised $24.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  How Zartico helps tourism bodies and airports leverage big data to give visitors better experiences and give locals a better quality of life What it’s like working with governmental organizations and getting investors to...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Anish Dhar and Ganesh Datta , Co-Founders of Cortex , an internal developer portal that's raised over $52 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Anish and Ganesh’s backgrounds as engineers working at different companies which had the same problem, and the origin story of Cortex Microservice going wrong, and how Cortex helps development compa...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Douwe Kiela , CEO and Co-Founder of Contextual AI , an enterprise large language model company that's raised $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Why Douwe thinks Nvidia’s Jensen Huang deserves far more credit than he gets The challenges Douwe has met when working in a multicultural environment Problems with language models today, and...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Phillip Liu , CEO of Trustero , an AI copilot for security and compliance that's raised $8 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Phillip's background, including his time at Facebook and work with Ben Horowitz Living through the .com bubble and starting and selling a successful company The origin story of Trustero and how it helps complianc...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Joe Gagnon , CEO of 1upHealth , a healthcare data platform that's raised over $75 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  How healthcare is way behind other industries when it comes to using tech How 1upHealth helps anyone in the health industry format and share data easily Taking over the CEO role from a founder, and how founders and CEOs di...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Davit Baghdasaryan , CEO and Co-Founder of Krisp , a voice productivity platform that's raised $19 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Davit’s background as a software and security engineer and as an Armenian immigrant pursuing the American Dream in Silicon Valley Why entrepreneurs Jeff Lawson and Aaron Levy are inspirations for Davit, and...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with John Jahnke , CEO and Co-Founder of Tackle.io , a cloud go-to market platform that's raised over $148 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: John’s background as a kid who loved computers and wanted to be a CEO The two founders John would have liked to meet, and what his favorite books are Why software companies have difficulties selling thei...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Kameale C. Terry , Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp! , an infrastructure solution that has raised over $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Kameale’s background, why she said she’d never be an entrepreneur, and what made her end up as a founder and CEO Why EV charging stations often do not work, and how ChargerHelp! uses data analytic...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Thibault Castagne , CEO and Founder of Vianova , a mobility intelligence platform that's raised $8.8 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Thibault’s studies and work in finance in France, the US, London and Switzerland  Thibault’s experience moving to the mobility industry and founding his first company Reasons why The Seven Habits of Hig...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Greg Fallon , CEO of Geminus , an industrial AI optimization platform that's raised $12 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Greg’s background in mechanical engineering, being a lifelong nerd and having a passion for innovation Geminus’ goal of making machines more efficient  How increasing the efficiency of big plants and equipment can po...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ben Goldin , CEO and Founder of Plumery , a digital engagement platform for banks that's raised $4.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Ben’s background as a nerdy teenager in Lithuania and his career in tech for banking CEOs that inspire Ben, and two books that are important to him How Plumery helps mid-to-small size banks all over the...