BUILDERS

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ville Herva , CEO of Finland-based staffing startup BOLT.works , a technology-first staffing solution reshaping the way people find work and get compensated for doing it. Founded in 2017, BOLT.works has risen quickly to a preeminent position for sectors like construction, challenging established industry leaders for a major market share. St...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Marcelo Lebre , COO and Co-founder of Remote , a global payroll, tax and HR compliance platform that’s raised nearly $500 Million in funding, about how supporting employers to recruit, hire and pay the best talent from across the world is building a better way of working for everyone. Their remote-first offering might have seemed outlandish...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ken Babcock , CEO of Tango , a how-to guide building platform that's raised $20 Million in funding, about why cumbersome knowledge exchange practices might be the main thing holding businesses back in 2023, and why Tango is determined to overhaul the entire space. By providing automated tools for the production and distribution of detailed...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sebastian Schüller , Co-founder of HiPeople , a hiring intelligence platform that’s raised over $7 Million in funding, about why decisions driven by data are such an important part of contemporary business, and how HiPeople are bringing the power of analytics to the recruitment and hiring process of firms all over the world. With a twin off...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Paul Kim , CEO of Notifi , a Web3 communication infrastructure platform that's raised over $12 Million in funding.  Topics Discussed: From multinational enterprise to energetic startups, how experience working with the big boys gave Paul valuable lessons for his own company Why customer obsession is still absolutely critical, even in a tech...

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 Vivian Wang , Founder & CEO of Landed , an end-to-end recruiting platform that has raised over $8 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Landed's Mission: Landed aims to empower blue-co...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Raj De Datta , CEO and Co-founder of Bloomreach , an e-Commerce experience platform that's raised $450 Million in funding, about why, in a world where we all live digitally, it’s time to bring the e-Commerce experience up to the standards we’d expect from traditional shopping. By providing personalized advertising to engage digital customer...

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 Dilpreet Sahota , CEO & Founder of Trek Health , a health tech startup that has raised $3 Million in funding.   Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:   Inspiration Behind Trek Health: Motivated by persona...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Michel Tricot , CEO of Airbyte , an open source data integration platform that’s raised over $180 Million in funding, about how their open source, future-proof solution is helping businesses everywhere extract tangible value from the data they are all now producing. Developed over several years alongside an open source community of engineer...

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 Kentaro Kawamori , CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni , a climate disclosure and carbon management platform that’s raised over $114 Million in funding Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Gr...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Casey Rosenthal , CEO of Verica . Topics Discussed: Chaos engineering - what does it mean? Why is it so important and what impact can it have on an enterprise tech setup Why more and more companies are seeking to add chaos engineering to their approach, and why it’s already popular in fintech Why diversity is key for modern tech companies,...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ajay Kulkarni , CEO of Timescale , an open source time series SQL database that's raised over $180 Million in funding, about why, as computers get more powerful and data storage gets cheaper, the future of our digital transformation lies in better databases. With a market offering optimized for data intensive applications which capture larg...

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 Clayton Wood , CEO of Picnic , a pizza tech company that's raised over $30 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origin Story: Picnic started with a focus on automating food service, initi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ethan Aaron , CEO of Portable , an extract, transform and loading data platform that’s raised over $3 million in funding, about why bespoke-built data solutions are mission critical for so many businesses these days, and how Portable’s streamlined, seamless software is helping people get a grip on the insights they really need. With a range...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Gabino Roche , CEO of Saphyre , a pre-trade onboarding platform that’s raised over $19 Million in funding, about why it’s time to  break the siloed system keeping pre-trade separate, and develop a more streamline, reliable trading infrastructure to make sure every transactions lands where it should. By targeting the pre-trade silo of financ...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andrew Butt , CEO of Enable , a rebate management platform that’s raised over $156 Million in funding, about why the undervalued but high profit rebates and incentives in contemporary supply chains are in dire need of 21st-Century innovation, and how Enable is making it happen. Handling everything from helping rebate managers connect with t...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with John Milburn , CEO of Clear Skye , about his decades of experience in the enterprise software space, and why he found himself drawn back to security solutions with Clear Skye. Having identified shortcomings in the traditional approach to cybersecurity, focusing almost exclusively on the technology instead of the people and processes involve...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Michael Corr , CEO of Duro Labs , a product life cycle management company that’s raised over $4 Million in funding, about why a stagnant hardware development sector has been left behind by the .com boom, and how Duro Labs is doing their bit to reduce the risk of innovation for everyone. By improving the way engineers working in different di...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Henrik Johansson , CEO of Gembah , about why the real world constraints of creating physical products put the process out of reach for most people, and how Gembah’s unique global marketplace is democratizing the development of tomorrow’s must-have items. By connecting engineers, factories and other specialists with the people bringing new i...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Nyasha Gutsa , CEO of Billy , a construction insurance platform that’s raised over $4 Million in funding, about how he found a lucrative niche in a very specific market, and why digital administration in the construction sector has been a long time coming. Billy was established to provide integrated access to insurance for people and compan...

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 Jonas Rinde , CEO & Co-Founder of Nomono , a podcast technology company that has raised $15 Million in funding. Here are the most Interesting Points from the Conversation: Innovating Audio Capture: Nomono is revolutionizing th...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Shamir Karkal , CEO of Sila , a money API platform that’s raised over $20 Million in funding, about why their innovative fintech development platform is helping to usher in a more diverse future of payments for everyone, and how supporting market disruptors ultimately builds a stronger and more resilient finance sector. Providing developers...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Justin Beals , CEO and Co-founder of Strike Graph , about why security certification in a digital economy plagued with breaches can be the difference between success and failure for businesses seeking all-important funding. With Strike Graph, Justin and his team have developed an automated platform to monitor, map and manage their clients’...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Daniel Birkholm , CEO of TalentHub , an HR tech platform that’s raised over $6 Million in funding, about why a candidate-centric hiring process means companies across the board need a new approach to dealing with job applications, and why TalentHub’s software package is just the solution they need. By monitoring, measuring and mapping extan...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Mathew Renfro , CEO of Lynx , a healthcare payment platform that’s raised 17.5 million in funding, about  how this new integrated fintech-healthcare startup is helping reorient people’s relationship with some of their most important life decisions. By tapping into the financial-first mentality that drives so much of our modern world, Lynx p...