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Çağla Kaymaz
EducationMBA, Harvard Business SchoolMS, Computer Science, Stanford UniversityBS, Math & Computational Science, Stanford University

Çağla Kaymaz

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Çağla invests in founders building transformative companies in enterprise software. Prior to Category, she was at Citi Ventures where she backed AI infrastructure and application companies such as Datavolo (acq. by $SNOW), Galileo (acq. by $CSCO), Glean, Lexion (acq. by $DOCU), and Norm Ai.

Earlier in her career, Çağla was a software engineer at Microsoft and held product management leadership roles. She also spent time venture investing at Maverick Ventures, served as Chief of Staff at Season Health, and founded a vertical SaaS startup during business school.

She holds a BS in Math and Computational Science and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Outside of work, she enjoys staying active—whether hiking, skiing, or hitting the gym. She’s also an avid poker player and always up for a friendly game.

Perspectives
Waymo Trucking to Autonomous Construction with Boris Sofman, CEO and Co-founder of Bedrock RoboticsOct 2026
Stay Frosty: Wes McKinney, Kenn Software Founder & pandas Creator, on Building Software with AgentsSep 2026
Buy vs. Build on a $12B Tech Budget, with David Griffiths, Group Head of AI at CitiAug 2026
How Agents Learn, Remember, and Improve Over Time, with João (Joe) Moura, CEO of CrewAIJul 2026
Arvind Jain’s AI Playbook: How The Glean CEO Built to $300M ARRJun 2026
Rethinking Inference for DiffusionJan 2026
Partnering with MyriadSep 2025