BUILDERS

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sergey Gribov , General Partner of Flint Capital , a venture capital firm focusing on the early stages of promising startups. Topics Discussed: Sergey’s background education in technology and computer engineering, followed by his transition to the capital space Flint Capital’s investment portfolio across a range of tech-forward sectors and...

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 Matt Watson , CEO & Founder of Origin , a financial wellness platform for the modern workforce that has raised over $70 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: From Wall Street to Startu...

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 Tyler Strand , Co-Founder & CTO of Air Labs , a creative operations platform that has raised $28 Million in funding.   Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:   Problem Identification: Tyler explains the ch...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jean Le Bouthillier , CEO of Qohash , a data security platform that's raised $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Jean’s background in defense as an officer in the Canadian Military and a tactical helicopter pilot Why Jean decided to quit the military to found his own company, and the lessons he learned from his time as an officer The...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Prakash Chandran , Co-Founder and CEO of Xano , a No-Code backend development platform that's raised $5.4 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Prakash’s background in tech and his time working at Google Why Prakash admires the CEO of AirBnb, and why he loves books that teach readers to shape their lives through action The lack of enterpris...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Shaily Garg , CEO and Founder of GlobalFair , a building materials procurement platform that's raised $22 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Shaily’s background as a civil engineer from a very small cords manufacturing family in India, and how this background helped her start GlobalFair Why Shaily admires billionaire entrepreneur Ambani...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dipanwita Das , CEO and Co-Founder of Sorcero , an AI platform for medical affairs teams that's raised over $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Dipanwita’s background at the intersection between data and public health, and how technology is ushering in a new era of patient care How Sorcero supports medical affair’s teams in making dat...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Tom Tovar , CEO and Co-Founder of AppDome , a mobile dev ops platform that’s raised over $26 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Tom’s TikTok celebrity dog, and why his love of dogs influenced Tom’s decision to move to San Francisco Tom’s background in law and his switch to tech The challenges of app protection, and why AppDome is approac...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Olga Chin , CEO and Founder of InterPrice Technologies , a capital markets treasury management platform that's raised over $10 Million. Topics Discussed: Olga’s background in investment banking and her experience guiding large companies through bond transactions Why getting support from family and loved one can be ‘half the battle’ when it...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Hikari Senju , CEO and Founder of Omneky , an ad tech platform that's raised over $10 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Hikari’s background in tech, and what it was like coming from a tech-focused family background Having a long-term fascination with AI technology and the potential power of generative models The Omneky approach of gener...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kaitlyn Albertoli , CEO and Co-Founder of Buzz Solutions , an infrastructure inspection platform that's raised nearly $6 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Kaitlyn’s career background and the track which led her to focus on sustainability, from selling chocolate to automated infrastructure inspections The origins of Buzz Solutions, and 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 Sophie Novati , CEO and Founder of Formation , a virtual fellowship program for software engineers that has raised $9 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Tech-Driven Education: Sophie em...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Yadhu Gopalan , CEO and Founder of Esper , an Android device management platform that's raised over $100 Million in funding.   Topics Discussed: Being an introvert in business, and what it takes to push yourself to the forefront as a founder What it’s like working at some of the biggest names in tech, for companies like Amazon and Microsoft...

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 Nate Kharrl , CEO & Co-Founder of Spec , a fraud defense technology platform that's raised $30 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Personal Journey from Fraudster to Fraud Fighter: N...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Igor Jablokov , CEO of Pryon , an AI-powered enterprise knowledge management platform that's raised more than $50 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Igor’s background in the tech industry, working with Apple to create Siri, and the state of AI today A great Bill Gates quote about our biases when thinking about the short and the long term...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Swapnil Shinde , CEO and Co-Founder of Zeni , a finance operations platform that's raised over $47 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Swapnil’s background in computer science, and starting a service that was like Spotify for Indian music Working together with his identical twin brother Why startup bookkeeping is generally fragmented, com...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Nishika de Rosairo , CEO and Founder of HumanQ , a platform dedicated to unlocking human potential that's raised $3.5 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Nishika’s background growing up and living in four continents, and her passion for unlocking human potential How education creates a problem for people because they are forced to choose...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kelsey Bishop , Founder and CEO of Candor , a culture-building platform that's raised $5 Million in funding. Topics discussed:  How her experience loving some teams she worked with, but not others, led Kelsey to start Candor Kelsey’s favorite founder, his success story, and why she admires him Building a platform that allows people to get t...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Raghu Gollamudi , CEO and Co-Founder of Included , a people analytics platform that's raised $5.4 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Raghu’s experimenting with tech as a kid, which included blowing a TV fuse in a country where TVs were very expensive His background in engineering and telecommunication in India, building a startup during...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak to Zach Rash , CEO and Co-founder of Coco , a food delivery robot that's raised $60 Million in funding. Topics discussed:  Zach’s background in mechanical engineering and wanting to build something for the physical world Why Sam Altman, Coco’s largest investor, is an inspiration for Zach Using tech and a remote work model to build a product that...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Troy Carter , CEO and Co-Founder of Earthshot Labs , an ecological restoration finance platform that's raised $11 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Troy’s background...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ian White , Founder, CEO & CTO of ChartHop , a people ops platform that’s raised over $74 Million in funding. Topics discussed: Ian’s background as a student of both computer science and theater, and as a startup founder  Building a new way of planning, managing, and supporting the people in an organization Differences between being a C...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matthew Stoudt , CEO and Founder of AppliedVR , a virtual reality therapeutics platform that's raised over $70 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Matthew’s background as a kid entrepreneur who sold stuff in school, and studying investment banking The first startups Matthew built and why it’s important to stick to your vision instead of c...

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 Spencer Thompson , CEO & Co-Founder of Prelude Security , a continuous security testing platform that's raised over $30 Million in funding Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Emergence from a School to...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Dylan Etkin , CEO and Co-Founder of Sleuth , an engineering efficiency platform that's raised $25 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Dylan’s career background as an engineer and engineering manager, and contributions to important products like Jira and Bitbucket Transitioning from engineer to CEO, new responsibilities and the importance...