Category Ventures - Team | Early Stage Enterprise Software

We bring deep technical expertise, founder empathy, and operational experience to enterprise software startups.

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

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

Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner

Founder & Managing Partner

Villi is the founder of Category with two decades of experience as an operator and investor, backing leading software companies across SaaS, infrastructure, and developer tools.

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"We aspire to be more than investors — to offer the knowledge, partnership, and commitment founders need to build enduring businesses."

Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner

"We aspire to be more than investors — to offer the knowledge, partnership, and commitment founders need to build enduring businesses."

Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner

"We aspire to be more than investors — to offer the knowledge, partnership, and commitment founders need to build enduring businesses."

Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner

Çağla Kaymaz

Partner

Partner

Cagla is a partner at Category, bringing deep technical and investing experience to support founders building transformative enterprise software companies.

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Shri Kolanukuduru

Investing Partner

Investing Partner

Shri is an investing partner at Category, seeking to back early-stage companies innovating across AI, developer tools, and cybersecurity.

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Patty Smith

Operating Partner

Operating Partner

Patty drives operations at Category, combining analytics expertise with a passion for helping founders succeed.

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Ruta Savickaite

Executive Assistant & Office Manager

Executive Assistant & Office Manager

Ruta brings a high-performance mindset and operational precision to Category, keeping the team running smoothly with calm focus and seamless execution.

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Let's build something together.

build@categoryvc.com

Let's build something together.

build@categoryvc.com

© 2026 Category Ventures

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