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Category Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Category Ventures is an investment firm that partners with founders building AI applications. It focuses on companies at the earliest stages.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsaiartificial intelligenceearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsCategory Ventures lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Enterprise Software (22%) and Fintech (8%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Salesforce Ventures, Y Combinator and Founders Circle Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Category Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Category Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 27. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 75% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 80th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 64th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 22% | 8% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Salesforce Ventures | 7 |
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| Founders Circle Capital | 4 |
| General Catalyst | 4 |
| Sequoia Capital | 4 |
| August Capital | 3 |
| Bling Capital | 3 |
| Cross Creek | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2593%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company27%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Salesforce Ventures
Compare Category Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Category Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 17 Sept 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Category Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Category Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable provides a platform for building custom applications and workflows | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anaplan provides decision infrastructure and planning solutions for businesses | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Antioch develops physical AI at the speed of software using high-fidelity simulation for the full physical AI lifecycle | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Cerby automates identity and access management for applications that are not connected to a company's existing identity systems. | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CocoIndex provides an open-source Python framework for keeping code, documents, and meeting notes ready for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Galileo is the AI observability and evaluation engineering platform where offline evaluations become production guardrails. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| MaintainX provides maintenance and asset management software | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| GitLab provides a platform for software engineering, including source code management, CI/CD, and security features. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Glean develops and provides enterprise artificial intelligence solutions and platforms for various industries and departments. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides AI-powered recruitment and hiring tools for high-volume hiring | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| HubSpot provides software and tools for marketing, sales, and customer service | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mandel Ai provides an AI coordination layer for supply chain management, automating tasks such as sourcing and ordering | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| MonetizeNow provides a platform for quoting, billing, metering, and revenue recognition | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Myriad AI provides regulatory compliance solutions using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Nema accelerates the deployment of safety-critical autonomous systems | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for global payroll, employer of record, and contractor management | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Rive develops a 2D and 3D engine for games, apps, and UI | GamingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- categoryvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 27
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