Category Ventures supports exceptional technical founders building category defining software startups at the earliest stages.

Investing in next generation

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Supporting and investing in
founders for over two decades.

Supporting and investing in founders for over two decades.

Meet the team

Villi Iltchev, Founder and Managing Partner of Category Ventures. Category Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in category defining software startups.

“I would like Category to be the best partner to founders on this journey, a firm built on a strong foundation of values — authenticity, kindness, teamwork, and intensity.”

Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner

Past Investments

*Select investments led by team prior to Category Ventures

Past Investments

*Select investments led by team prior to Category Ventures

Past Investments

*Select investments led by team prior to Category Ventures

We never stop working for our founders.

Gitlab

Remote

Zeromatter

Rive

Cerby

Replicated

Villi was tremendously impactful to Gitlab at the earliest stages. He was a trusted partner to me and his strategic and operating guidance helped shape our trajectory. There were several key moments and decisions in the history of Gitlab where Villi’s influence is felt to this day.

Sid Sijbrandij

Co-Founder & CEO

We never stop working for our founders.

Gitlab

Remote

Zeromatter

Rive

Cerby

Replicated

Villi was tremendously impactful to Gitlab at the earliest stages. He was a trusted partner to me and his strategic and operating guidance helped shape our trajectory. There were several key moments and decisions in the history of Gitlab where Villi’s influence is felt to this day.

Sid Sijbrandij

Co-Founder & CEO

We never stop working for our founders.

Gitlab

Remote

Zeromatter

Rive

Cerby

Replicated

Villi was tremendously impactful to Gitlab at the earliest stages. He was a trusted partner to me and his strategic and operating guidance helped shape our trajectory. There were several key moments and decisions in the history of Gitlab where Villi’s influence is felt to this day.

Sid Sijbrandij

Co-Founder & CEO

Let’s build something together.

build@categoryvc.com

Let’s build something together.

build@categoryvc.com

Let’s build something together.

build@categoryvc.com

Disclosures

Disclosures