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
Matei Stratan, CEO of Ogre: $2 Million Raised to Build the Future of Energy Management
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matei Stratan, CEO of Ogre, an energy management platform that’s raised over $2 Million in funding, about exactly why energy management is cr…
Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO of Okteto: $18 Million Raised to Build the Future of Cloud Development
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO of Okteto, a software development microservices platform that’s raised over $18 Million in funding.
Topics Discussed:
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Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of Workera: $21 Million Raised to Build the Skills Intelligence Category
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of Workera, a skills intelligence platform that’s raised over $21 Million in funding, about why the future economy dem…
Steve Berneman, CEO of Blueprint Title: $24 Million Raised to Build the Future of Title Insurance Management
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 Steve Berneman, CEO & Co-Foun…
Alex Kouts, CEO of Indigov: $38 Million Raised to Transform How Elected Officials Manage and Engage with Their Constituents
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Alex Kouts, CEO of Indigov, a civic relations platform that’s raised over $38 Million in funding, about why innovation in the way we interact…
Tommy Dang, CEO of Mage: $6.3 Million Raised to Build a Modern Replacement For Airflow
Tommy Dang is the Co-founder & CEO of Mage, an open-source tool for building and deploying data pipelines. Mage helps data engineers synchronize data from 3rd party sources, build real-time and batch…
Nicholas Freund, CEO of Workstream: $7 Million Raised to Build the Data Knowledge Management Category
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 Nicholas Freund, Founder & CE…
Kacper Nowicki, CEO of Nomagic: $30 Million Raised to build the Future of Robotics Fulfillment
Kacper Nowicki is the Co-founder and CEO of Nomagic, an AI and robotics fulfillment automation company providing smart pick-and-place robotic systems for e-commerce and retail warehouses.
With Kacp…
Tom Lee, Co-Founder of LOVO AI: $7 Million Raised to Build the Future of AI Voiceovers
Adrian Ferrero, CEO of Biome Makers: $24 Million Raised to Bridge the Divide Between Natural Environments and the Digital World
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Adrian Ferrero, CEO of Biome Makers, an agriculture technology startup that’s raised over $24 Million in funding, about why it’s time we let …
Joseph Fung, CEO of Uvaro: $15 Million Raised to Build the Career Success Platform Category
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Joseph Fung, CEO of Uvaro, a career success platform that’s raised over $15million in funding, about why reframing a host of familiar categor…
David King Lassman, Founder of GigXR: $7 Million Raised to Bring Immersive Learning to Healthcare
David King Lassman is the Founder of GigXR, a global provider of immersive extended reality training solutions that aims to transform collaborative learning in healthcare education.
In this episode, …
Charlie Andersen, CEO of Burro: $12 Million Raised to Build the Future of Autonomous Farming
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Charlie Andersen, CEO of Burro, an autonomous farming startup that’s raised over $12 Million in funding, about why human-robot collaboration …
Saket Saurabh, CEO of Nexla: $15 Million Raised to Build the Future of Data Operations
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Saket Saurabh, CEO of Nexla, a no-code data operations platform that’s raised over $15 Million in funding, about why the limitations of our a…
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel, CEO of Pomelo: $70 Million Raised to Build the Future of Remittance
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 Eric Velasquez Frenkiel, CEO …
Ryan Lasmaili, CEO of Vaultree: $16 Million Raised to Build the World’s First Fully Functional Data-in-Use Encryption
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ryan Lasmaili, CEO of Vaultree, an encryption as a service platform that’s raised over $16 Million in funding, about why we need a new soluti…
Ivan Maryasin, CEO of Monite: $6 Million Raised to Build the Automated Finance Management Category
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ivan Maryasin, CEO of Monite, an automated finance management platform that’s raised over $6 Million in funding, about why it just makes sens…
Agapitos Diakogiannis, CEO of Seafair: $6.5 Million Raised to Build the Future of Maritime Recruitment
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Agapitos Diakogiannis, CEO of Seafair, a maritime recruitment platform that’s raised over $6.5million in funding, about why hiring the right …
Tom “TJ” Jermoluk, CEO of Beyond Identity: $200 Million Raised to Build the Future of Multi-Factor Authentication
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with TJ Jermoluk, CEO of Beyond Identity, a passwordless authentication platform that’s raised over $200 Million in funding, about why it’s time t…
Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO of Okteto: $18 Million Raised to Build the Future of Cloud Development
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO of Okteto, a software development microservices platform that’s raised over $18 Million in funding, about how ineffici…