Category Visionaries
Welcome to Category Visionaries — the show dedicated to uncovering the go-to-market journeys behind the world’s most exciting B2B tech startups. In each episode, we sit down with a visionary founder who’s not just building a company, but creating or redefining a category. We’ll explore how they identified their market opportunity, crafted their early GTM strategy, scaled traction, and navigated the challenges of building something truly new. If you’re a builder, marketer, or founder, this show is your backstage pass to the GTM blueprints powering category-defining companies.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 759
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Funding the Future: Mike Janke, Co-Founder of Data Tribe
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-targ…
Taj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake: $17 Million Raised to Make Lease and Location Management Easy
Pratap Ranade, Co-Founder & CEO of Arena: $32 Million Raised to Build the Future of Enterprise Decision Making
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 advanc…
Warren Lebovics, Co-Founder of Pequity: $19 Million Raised to Build the Future of Employee Compensation
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 &…
Sam Fonoimoana, Founder & CEO of Datajoin: $3.5 Million Raised to Help Brands Leverage Customer Behavioral Insights
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 t…
Lukas Gentele, CEO of Loft Labs: $5 Million Raised to Build the Virtual Kubernetes Category
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 soft…
Suresh Mathew, Founder and CEO of Sedai: $18 Million Raised to Automate Cloud Management for Critical Decisions
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 automa…
Jeong-Suh Choi, CEO Bobidi: Nearly $6 Million raised to Deliver Better, More Inclusive AI Solutions for Developers
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 develop…
Chetan Venkatesh, CEO of Macrometa: $38 Million raised to Build the Hyper Distributed Cloud for the Next Generation of Applications
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 connect…
Curtis VanWalleghem, CEO of Hydrostor: $322 Million Raised to Build the Future of Energy Storage
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 essentia…
Nicholas Rudder, Co-Founder & CEO of Sphere: $5 Million Raised to Build the Future of Corporate Learning
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 approac…
Alexa Berube, Co-Founder of Reposite: $13.5 Million Raised to Redefine the Way You Plan Group Travel and Events
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/marketplac…
Lighting the Paper Belt On Fire: a Discussion on the Failure of Traditional Institutions with 1517 Fund’s Michael Patrick Gibson
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…
Josh Snowhorn, CEO of Quantum Loophole: $200 Million Raised to Build the Backbone Infrastructure of a World Built on Data
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 f…
Alisa Valderrama, Co-founder and CEO of FutureProof Technologies: $10 Million Raised to Translate Climate and Weather and Financial Risk with Unprecedented Accuracy
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 wh…
Ville Herva, CEO of BOLT.works: $7 Million Raised to Build the Future of Staffing
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 ge…
Marcelo Lebre, Co-founder & COO of Remote: Nearly $500 Million Raised to Power the Distributed Workforce of the Future
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, a…
Ken Babcock, CEO of Tango: $20 Million Raised to Help Companies Turn Any Process Into a Shareable How-to Guide
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 pra…
Sebastian Schüller, Co-founder of HiPeople: $7 Million Raised to Develop Data-Driven Augmentation for Hiring Teams
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 driv…