Category Ventures

Venture Capital

Early-stage venture firm backing category-defining enterprise software founders from pre-seed through seed, led by ex-GitLab investor Villi Iltchev.

San Francisco, United States · 3+ investments · 3 portfolio companies

Pre-Seed
Seed
SaaS
Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2024
AUM
$160.0M
Portfolio Companies
3
Total Investments
3
Last Investment
Jun 2026
Geographic Focus
United States

Investment Thesis

Partners with engineers, researchers, and scientists building ambitious enterprise software companies at the earliest stages.

Category Ventures is a Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, United States. It has made 3 investments in SaaS and Artificial Intelligence, including Valora Therapeutics, HeyMilo and Antioch.

Portfolio3

Co-investors14

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Venture Capital ×12 · Other ×1 · Accelerator ×1 · 10 shared rounds

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