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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 Khaled Naim , CEO & Founder of Onfleet , a last mile delivery solution that's raised $42 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early Inspiration: Khaled's firsthand experience with ine...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Melodie van der Baan , Co-Founder and CEO at Max Retail , an excess inventory solution that's raised $10 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Melodie’s background founding two companies and working in the retail industry without having an education in it  Who’s the founder (and co-worker) that most inspires Melodie, and what book she buys...

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 Tony Migliore , CEO & Founder of Moova , a last-mile logistics platform that's raised over $18 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Innovative Logistics Solutions: Moova optimizes las...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with John Lunn , CEO and Founder of Gr4vy , a payment orchestration platform that's raised over $27 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  John’s background as a marine biologist who’s worked in payments for decades and helped start other companies, including PayPal John's most admired individuals, and sci-fi books that have influenced him Why pa...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Trenor Williams , CEO and Co-Founder of Socially Determined , a social risk intelligence platform that's raised $34 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Trenor’s background, including his time working in restaurants and bars, and his career as a family practice physician The founder that most inspires Trenor, and a book that really impact...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Joshua Riedy , CEO and Founder of Thread , an autonomous inspection platform that's raised roughly $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Joshua’s background, meeting his Thread co-founders while creating software for FedEx, and getting funded by Microsoft’s Brad Smith The tech ecosystem in North Dakota, where Joshua is from and operate...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Gabriel Bayomi , CEO and Co-Founder of Openlayer , a debugging workspace for machine learning that's raised $4.8 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Gabriel’s background as a Brazilian student of engineering, moving to the US, and working on Apple’s then-secret Vision Pro project Why Henrique Dubugras is Gabriel’s greatest inspiration as a...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Wade Arnold , CEO and Founder of Moov , an embedded payments platform that's raised $77.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Wade’s background across several companies, and his frustration at payment platforms that are built on top of outdated infrastructure The entrepreneurs and authors that most inspire Wade Why less than 8% of SaaS com...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Jonathan Dambrot , CEO and Founder of Cranium , an AI security and trust platform that's raised $32 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Jonathan’s background as an entrepreneur, including his time at KPMG and the opportunities of working in a big company  The importance of exchanging with peers, and the value of family for Jonathan How Cra...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with James Bates , CEO and Founder of AdviNOW Medical , an AI healthcare automation company that's raised $24 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: James’ background in the healthcare industry, including experience working in Japan and what it taught him Why so many physicians spend a significant portion of their time on clerical work and regula...

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 Itzik Cohen , CEO & Co-Founder of PayZen , a healthcare affordability platform that's raised $240 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Healthcare Affordability Focus: PayZen addresses...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kourosh Davarpanah , Co-Founder and CEO of Inato , a global clinical trial platform that's raised over $35 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Kourosh’s background coming from a family of doctors, fainting on the sight of blood, and being passionate about math and physics Why Kourosh finds Airbnb inspiring  How less than 5% of the patient...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with Kyle Hanslovan , CEO and Co-Founder of Huntress , a managed security platform that's raised $160 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Kyle’s background in offensive cyber operations, and common misconceptions about government intelligence work Running a startup in his twenties while having three kids, and the importance – and feasibility –...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andrew Wolfe , Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bloomfilter , an AI-driven process mining platform that's raised $7 million in funding. Topics Discussed: Andrew’s background as a teenage coder in the early days of the Internet Why the entrepreneur that most inspires Andrew is John D. Rockefeller How 78% of software products are late, over budget, o...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Neil Thanedar , Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures . Topics Discussed: Neil's Entrepreneurial experiences in product development for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and supplement firms The broken funding model for science-based startups, and how that led to establishing Utopic Ventures Advocating for early-stage startups, particularly in the bio...

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 Tom Hacohen , CEO & Founder of Svix , a webhooks as a service platform that has raised $10.5 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Military Influence: Tom discusses how his experience...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Beck Besecker, CEO and Founder of Marxent , a 3D product experience platform that's raised over $44 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Beck’s background in finance, tech and marketing, and being a lifelong entrepreneur alongside his brother Barry Why the entrepreneur who most inspires Beck is his own father, and the time Beck met Neil Ar...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dan Ahrens , Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Left Lane Capital . Topics Discussed: The current state of the venture capital space, and why contemporary founders are seeking more than simply startup capital The importance of hustle an independent thinking to running a successful VC How Left Lane Capital differentiates itself by taking a d...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dennis Thankachan , CEO and Co-Founder of Lightyear , a telecom operating system platform that's raised over $18 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Dennis’ background in computer science and finance, and starting a bunch of random businesses while in high school and college What Dennis learned from his time at Goldman Sachs – and what he...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Amir Taichman , Founder and CEO of Unity SCM , a supply chain operations platform that's raised over $13 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Amir’s background in big data, and the biggest lesson he learned from his time in the Israeli Defence Forces How Amir started his first company with a high school friend, and why he gave his investor...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dr Thomas Oakley , CEO of Feedback PLC , a medical imaging technology company that's raised £20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Dr Thomas’s background as a clinical radiologist and employee of the UK’s National Health Service Who is Tim Specter, and why Dr Thomas finds him an inspiring entrepreneur How patient data is siloed across di...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Michael Bamberger , CEO and Founder of Tetra Insights , a qualitative research and insights platform that's raised $7 Million in funding.  Topics Discussed: Michael’s background as a self-taught web developer with experience in finance The tech scene in Boulder, Colorado, and what it’s like to live and work there Who’s the entrepreneur Mich...

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 Wyatt Smith , CEO & Founder of UpSmith , a workforce productivity platform that has raised $3.3 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: From Farm to Tech: Wyatt's journey from a cattle r...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Travis Howerton , Co-Founder and CTO of RegScale , a continuous compliance automation platform that's raised over $21 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Travis’s background, including his 20 years in compliance in the United States’ nuclear weapons program, and transitioning from the public to the private sector The number one misconcept...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jonathan Legge , CEO and Co-Founder of &Open , a corporate gifting platform that's raised over $35 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Jonathan’s unusual background in design, starting an ecommerce business with his brother, and why Brian Chesky is an inspiration How &Open became Airbnb’s Global Gifting partner Where corporate gif...