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Category Ventures

Venture capital

San Francisco

Also known as CATEGORY VENTURES MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

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Category Ventures is a venture fund manager based in San Francisco. SEC filings show 1 venture fund on record, most recently Category Ventures I, L.P. ($158.5M offering) filed January 2025.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
San Francisco, US
Private fund assets
$160.3M
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
25

What they invest in

from 13 of 25 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software Γ—12SaaS Γ—9AI & Machine Learning Γ—8Developer Tools Γ—4Cybersecurity Γ—2Data & Infrastructure Γ—2Cloud Computing Γ—1Creator Economy Γ—1

HQs:United StatesΓ—8BulgariaΓ—1

Investments Β· 25 tracked

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GitLabgitlab.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GTLB

GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that enables teams and AI agents to collaborate on the full software development lifecycle, from planning through deployment, with integrated security and compliance capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sid Sijbrandij(Founder/CEO)inDmytro Zaporozhets(Founder/CTO)inPaul Machle(Executive Officer)Dmitriy Zaporozhets(Cofounder)

BoardBruce Armstrong(Director)

Anaplan Incanaplan.comin

Anaplan is an AI-driven scenario planning and analysis platform that helps enterprises optimize decision-making by transforming data into actionable insights and enabling dynamic scenario planning.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Charlie Gottdiener(Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board)Michael Gould(Director)Randall Glein(Director)Frederic Laluyaux(Executive Officer, Director)Standish O'Grady(Director)James Budge(Executive Officer)

Antioch
Cerbycerby.comin𝕏

Cerby is an identity automation platform that extends identity and access management coverage to applications that lack support for standard identity protocols like SAML, SCIM, or APIs.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Belsasar Lepe(Founder & CEO)

CocoIndex
Galileogalileo.aiin𝕏

Galileo is an AI observability and evaluation platform that lets teams build datasets, create custom evals, and turn those evals into production guardrails that monitor agent behavior.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Glean AIglean.comin𝕏

Glean provides an AI-powered workplace search and knowledge management platform that connects company data across documents, messages, tickets, and systems to help teams access information and complete work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS<UNKNOWN>

Arvind Jain(Founder & CEO)inVishwanath T R(Co-founder and CTO)inTony Gentilcore(Co-founder, Engineering)in

Gustogusto.comin𝕏

Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US

Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in

HeyMilo
MaintainXgetmaintainx.comin𝕏

MaintainX provides an AI-powered computerized maintenance management system and asset management platform designed for deskless frontline workers in industrial and operational settings.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US

Chris Turlica(CEO and Co-Founder)Hugo Dozois-Caouette(CTO and Co-Founder)Stefan Cristian Turlica(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardCharles Reim(Director)Byron Deeter(Director)David Hornik(Director)

Mandel
Mandel AImandel.aiin𝕏

Mandel is an AI platform that automates supplier communication and procurement workflows by reading supplier emails, detecting disruptions, and coordinating actions across email, ERP, and document systems for manufacturing and production teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSofia City Province, BG

Nick Gospodinov(Founder)in

MonetizeNowmonetizenow.ioin𝕏

MonetizeNow provides a unified platform combining configure-price-quote (CPQ), billing, and metering capabilities for SaaS businesses.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Sandeep(Founder / CEO)

MuleSoftmulesoft.com

San Francisco, US

Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Gary Little(Director)Ann Winblad(Director)Steven Collins(Director)

Myriad
Nema
Riverive.app𝕏

Rive is a design and animation platform where creators build interactive experiences that run natively across web, mobile apps, games, and devices using an open-source runtime and GPU-accelerated vector graphics engine.

Creator EconomyDeveloper Tools

SendBirdsendbird.comin𝕏

Sendbird provides an AI-powered conversation platform that enables businesses to build conversational AI agents for customer interactions.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

John S. Kim(Co-Founder/CEO)inBrandon Jeon(Founder/Head of Trust and Safety)inHarry Kim(Founder/CTO)inKaran Mehandru(Director)Douglas Pepper(Director)Yoonho Jeon(Director)

Soma Energy
Stealth Auto-synthesized cloud emulators
The Interface
Walterwalter.onein𝕏

Walter is a document processing and data extraction platform that reads PDFs and emails, validates data against customer catalogs, and writes validated information directly into ERP systems.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nikolas Keller(Co-Founder & CEO)inLukas Postulka(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Zapierzapier.comin𝕏

Zapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Wade Foster(Founder)in

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