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In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jack McDonald , CEO of PolySign , a fintech company building institutional grade infrastructure for digital assets, about why trusted investment custodians for crypto have been a long time coming, and how PolySign positions itself as the ideal solution. Regulated, insured, and conflict-free, Polysign provides the infrastructure for tomorrow...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Damien Hutchins , Co-Founder of Rollzi , a full truckload carrier provider that's raised over $8 Million in funding, about why it’s time for a whole new approach to trucking and how Rollzi is making it happen. Deploying an innovative ‘single-lane relay’ strategy in which a network of local transit nodes keep trucks on the road while taking...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sean Knapp , Founder & CEO of Ascend , a data engineering platform that's raised $50 Million in funding, about why, in an era where every company is transforming into a software company, getting the right digital infrastructure in place is critical for optimizing productivity. Providing a single ‘pane of glass’ through which their clients c...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Giffune , Co-Founder at Occupier , a lease management platform that's raised $16 Million in funding, about why businesses need help to handle this major area of expense, and how Occupier’s integrated real estate workflow tool for provides everything their client’s need. Guiding people through the entire life cycle of a lease, from tran...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Otto Hanson , CEO at TermScout , a contract review platform that's raised $7 Million in funding, about why the current approach to signing contracts wastes time, money and risks potentially souring key relationships, and how TermScout plans to trim the fat from this most basic business process. Providing neutral, independent, third-party da...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Tomas Reimers , CEO of Graphite , a code review platform that's raised $22.5 Million in funding, about why high-speed teams need more than what the open source software space can offer, and how Graphite delivers development solutions in real-time, with relevant insights to guide people with their nose to the grindstone. Their unique offerin...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Florian Wimmer , Co-Founder & CEO at Blockpit , a crypto tax platform that's raised $15 Million in funding, about why their comprehensive cryptocurrency calculations are set to become an essential product for those looking for trouble-free future trading in the crypto markets. Inspired by Florian’s personal experience trying to tabulate his...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Joshua Aaron , CEO of Aiden , a software packaging and deployment platform that’s raised over $3 Million in funding, about how the power of automation is bringing exponential change to our modern high-tech economy, and where Aiden fits into this exciting future. By layering automation onto a people-focused approach to software development,...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Mike Adams , Co-Founder & CEO of Grain , a meeting insights platform that raised $22 Million in funding, about how to build the next in-demand product by really drilling down into the problems people deal with on a daily basis. Grain exists to capture, copy, and share key points from live conversations automatically so clients can concentra...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jeff Crusey , a venture investor with a special interest in the world of deep tech innovation, about why investing in a startup should be about much more than just cutting a check with an eye to future returns. With years of experience in aerospace, climate and energy transition, cybersecurity and deep tech, Jeff brings credibility and crit...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Mike Janke , Co-founder of Data Tribe , a venture capital firm driving change through a whole new approach to investing, about how a hyper-targeted and hands-on approach has helped them achieve a 96% success rate when it comes to guiding their partners to transformative market change and, ultimately, commercial viability. By carefully selec...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Taj Adhav , CEO of Leasecake , a location management platform that’s raised over $17 Million in funding, about why it’s time the commercial leasing industry got its own version of LinkedIn or Uber, and how Leasecake believes they’ve got what it takes to claim the space. Through empathy and building trust with their clients, Leasecake is abl...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Pratap Ranade , Co-Founder & CEO of Arena , an enterprise decision making platform that’s raised $32 Million in funding, about why rapid advances in AI technology are leaving many enterprises in the dust, and why driving improved institutional learning cycles means a faster, more efficient world for all of us. By delivering rapid learning 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 Warren Lebovics , Co-Founder & CEO of Pequity , an employee compensation platform that has raised $19 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Journey to Entrepreneurship: Warren’s transi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sam Fonoimoana , CEO of Datajoin , a personalization platform that’s raised $3.5 Million in funding, about why data-driven personalization is the future of marketing, and how Datajoin is positioning itself to be a driver and deliverer of that change. By integrating Salesforce pipeline and deal data back into marketing systems like Google An...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Lukas Gentele , CEO of Loft Labs , a kubernetes management platform that’s raised over $5 Million in funding, about why the way we develop software on the most popular platform out there needs a revamp, and exactly how Loft Labs can promise some truly attention-grabbing ROI by streamlining everything about the kubernetes cluster environment...

In this episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Suresh Mathew , the Founder and CEO of Sedai , an autonomous cloud management platform that's raised over $18 Million in funding, about why automated microservices can make major impacts on almost any enterprise deploying them. Suresh shares his background and how he left his job at eBay, PayPal to start Sedai in 2019, before the pandemic. Sur...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Jeong-Suh Choi , CEO of Bobidi , an AI training platform that’s raised nearly $6 Million in funding, about why inclusive AI needs to be developed together, and how Bobidi’s global network is making it happen. By field-testing AI programs with the audiences they’re intended to serve, Bobidi is helping make the machine learning of tomorrow mo...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Chetan Venkatesh , CEO of Macrometa , a developer tool which has raised $38 Million in funding, about why the next generation of global connectivity is going to be so much more than just a ‘better cloud,’ and how Macrometa’s disaggregated network is able to process data faster, better, and more securely. Through the Global Data Network plat...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Curtis VanWalleghem , CEO of Hydrostor , an energy storage tech company that’s raised $322 Million in funding, about why storage is an essential part of the stability needed to support a rapid green transformation, and how Hydrostor’s innovative ‘air, rock and water batteries’ fit in. Cheaper and more resilient than other energy storage sol...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Nicholas Rudder , Co-founder and CEO of Sphere , a corporate education platform that’s raised $5 Million in funding, about why a better approach to career-advancement might be just around the corner, and what it is about Sphere’s comprehensive training and review services that make them ideally suited to provide it. By charting a participan...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Alexa Berube , Co-founder of Reposite , a travel tech startup that’s raised $13.5 Million in funding, about why a seamless workplace/marketplace solution for group booking of events is long overdue. The days of long email chains and arduous phone calls are a thing of the past with Reposite’s comprehensive approach to connecting clients with...

On today’s episode of Category Visionaries podcast, we speak with Michael Patrick Gibson , co-founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund . In the interview, we cover a wide range of topics, including the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the failure of paper-based institutions, and the future of science and technology in solving society's biggest challenges. Key topics discussed: The collapse...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Josh Snowhorn , CEO of Quantum Loophole , a data center developer that’s raised over $200 Million in funding, about why laying the groundwork for building the critical data infrastructure driving our data economy puts them in a category without competition, and with great potential for growth into the future. Making sure the land, power, wa...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Alisa Valderrama , Co-founder and CEO of FutureProof Technologies , an insuretech startup that’s raised nearly $10 Million in funding, about why their innovative approach to calculating climate risk is crucial to solving some of the future’s biggest challenges. Having developed an analytical model facilitating insurance underwriting in area...