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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 Leif Magnuson , CEO & Co-Founder at Tiphaus , a tip distribution management platform that has raised $8 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Leif's Path from Consultant to Founder: L...

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 Marc Bernstein , CEO & Founder of Balto , a contact center solutions provider that's raised $52 Million in funding.  Most interesting points from our conversation: Inspiration Behind Balto: Marc's own struggles with applying c...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Austin McChord , CEO of Casana , an in-home health monitoring platform that's raised over $46 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Unconventional Transition: Austin's journey from cyb...

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 Ian Coe , Co-CEO & Co-Founder at Tonic , a synthetic data platform that has raised $45 Million in funding.   Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origin Story of Tonic: Ian shares how Tonic was born out...

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 Richard Potter , CEO and Co-Founder of Peak , an AI platform that has raised $118 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: The Birth of Peak in the AI Landscape: Richard discusses the early v...

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 Sudhir Bhojwani , CEO and Co-Founder of Oro Labs , a procurement platform that has raised $59 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:  The Unique Value of the Bay Area: Sudhir reflects on hi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Gabe Sibley , CEO and Founder of Verdant Robotics , an autonomous agriculture company that's raised $48 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Gabe’s background in autonomous robotics, including other companies that he founded and worked in The potential and pitfalls of self-driving cars Inspirational people and books for Gabe How Verdant h...

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 Laura Kornhauser , CEO and Co-Founder of Stratyfy , a predictive analytics and decision management solutions provider that has raised $10 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Laura's Jour...

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 Johannes Peeters , CEO and Founder of Voxel Sensors , a 3D perception platform that has raised €7 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Voxel Sensors' Mission: Johannes introduced Voxel S...

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...