BUILDERS

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Gil Feig , CTO of Merge , about how he started developing a unified API platform to help integrate competing software providers in a real-world business vertical. Forging ahead in a new market space is never easy, but Merge has found an irreplaceable role in the tech operations of many businesses by being proactive, pro-customer, and always...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sam Naficy , CEO of Prodoscore about his journey with the company he built, Prodoscore, and why productivity management is the next frontier in the ongoing expansion of the corporate tech stack. From humble beginnings arriving in the US, Sam has launched a number of startups over the years, and is now convinced that Prodoscore is about to b...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Sanjay Goel , CEO of NachoNacho about his journey in the startup space, from banking and computer science to setting up his own company, NachoNacho, the world's first integrated marketplace for SaaS solutions set to revolutionize how businesses deal with their software needs. The SaaS transition might have happened 15 years ago, but the cha...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Pierce , CEO of Immediate , a financial wellness platform helping America's workers access their hard-earned cash between paydays. By prioritizing seamless adoption and meeting customers where their needs are, Immediate has managed not to lose a single client over the years, and continues to expand in the healthcare and hospitality ind...

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 Christian Almenar , CEO and Co-Founder of Monad , a security data platform that has raised $19 Million in funding. The Journey to Monad: Before Monad, Christian sold his first company, Intrinsic, to VMware. This experience in a la...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Zak Lefevre , CEO of ChargeLab , a back-end software solution platform focusing on the infrastructure of tomorrow. Electric vehicles are becoming more and more common across America, creating both challenges and opportunities at the industry continues to grow. ChargeLab found their niche in the most critical point of contact for EV users -...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Nick Clarke , the Founder & CEO of Greywing , about his experience in the world of maritime affairs, one of the most important but often invisible components of our modern economic system. Nick explained how a career in the maritime security space eventually led him to move away from anti-piracy protocols to found Greywing, a digital mariti...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Shane Mac , Co-founder & President of the crypto-native communication protocol, XMTP , about his career in digital communications, and why he believes that decentralized messaging services are the future of online interaction in the Web3 era. With the explosion of activity in crypto, NFTs and the Web3 in general, XMTP's activity-first, wall...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Krish Ramineni , CEO of Fireflies.ai , an AI meeting assistant promising to revolutionize the value of videoconferencing by unlocking actionable insights from our meetings. Harnessing a unique combination of machine learning, transcription technology and analytics, Fireflies.ai is on a mission to make our meetings better or reduce the need...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Arjun Bhatnagar about how Cloaked is promising to disrupt the consumer privacy space by offering unlimited online identities to keep your data safe. Where most privacy companies just provide a platform for their users, Cloaked has cracked the active protection approach, promising that as you cloak the future you also clean up the past. Topi...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Brendan Playford , CEO of Pngme about his unorthodox journey to startup CEO, and how Pngme is unlocking the potential of people across Africa by providing access to finance through data analytics and machine learning. With an innovative, high-accuracy mechanism for calculating credit scores, Pngme is facilitating financial Inclusivity for s...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Nicolai Elmqvist , CEO of Arkyn , about how his enterprise software startup is making life easier for employees all over Europe and beyond, driving efficiency and reducing friction for some of the most important technology tools in the market today. The ability to gather, collate, process and interpret data has never been more important, an...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Justin Miller , the CEO of Showplace , about his decade in the short-term rental space, and why Showplace is making it easier than ever for new entrepreneurs to get into the industry. With a streamlined system at the intersection of technology and real estate, Showplace supports new entrants with everything from interior design to procureme...

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 Overgaard , CEO & Founder of Anyday , a payment startup that has raised more than €4 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Anyday's Unique BNPL Model: Anyday allows consumers to...

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 Gabor Balogh , CEO & Founder of Trucksters , a long haul transportation startup that's raised over $20 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Background and Inspiration: Gabor's interna...

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 Romaric Philogène , CEO & Founder of Qovery , a developer tool that's raised $4 Million in seed funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Vision for Qovery: Romaric explains how Qovery helps develope...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Martin Mao, CEO and co-founder of Chronosphere.io , a Cloud-Native Observability Platform that raised more than $250 million in funding and has been ranked as one of the top ten fastest growing SaaS companies ever, reaching unicorn status in just 2 years and four months.  Topics Discussed: What Chronosphere does, the problem it solves, and...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Luca Zembello , CEO of Jurny , about his journey from starting out in hospitality to pushing innovation across the entire industry, and how Jurney's approach to fully-integrated hospitality services at your fingertips is setting new standards in the guest experience. With a unique tech stack encompassing everything a customer might need, Ju...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Joseph Schneier , CEO and Founder of Trusty Care , a platform that helps coordinate healthcare for millions of Americans covered by Medicare. By providing critical information about their clients, Trusty Care makes sure that an insurer gets the right person into the right plan for their specific healthcare needs, because no one should go b...

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 Gabor Balogh , CEO & Founder of Trucksters , a long haul transportation startup that's raised over $20 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Background and Inspiration: Gabor's interna...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak to Pierce Ujjainwalla from Knak , a no-code campaign creation platform redefining contemporary marketing. Pierce experienced firsthand the challenges of being a marketer in an industry dominated more and more by coding, and launched his company to unleash people's creativity and make sure that no marketer ever has to code again. Topics discussed...

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 Overgaard , CEO & Founder of Anyday , a payment startup that has raised more than €4 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Anyday's Unique BNPL Model: Anyday allows consumers to...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Rob Carpenter, CEO of Valyant AI — a conversational AI platform that integrates existing mobile, web, call ahead, kiosk and drive-thru platforms. Currently, the company is focused on the quick-serve restaurant (QSR) market with bold ambitions to expand to many different verticals.  Topics discussed: What Valyant is and how the technology wo...

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 Douglas Ver Mulm , CEO & Founder of Stable Insurance , an insurtech company that has raised $3.7 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Origin of Stable Insurance: The company was born...

provider with more than $18 million in funding. Bob is an Applied Economist with a Masters from Harvard, an active angel investor, investing in 20+ enterprise startups over the past decade, and previously served as the Chief Technology Strategist at Accenture.   Topics discussed: Bob’s background and what he was doing before founding OnCorps  What OnCorps does and the problem they solve for custom...