Category Ventures

Category Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2024 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm partners with founders, engineers, researchers, and scientists building ambitious AI applications at the earliest stages of company formation. The firm prefers early-stage enterprise software startups operating in developer tools, applications, infrastructure, and artificial intelligence, positioning itself within the current wave of technical, research-driven AI company formation. Category Ventures works alongside a range of other early-stage and specialist funds across its portfolio, reflecting a syndicated, collaborative approach to sourcing and backing deals in a competitive AI investing landscape. The firm's investment approach centers on identifying technically sophisticated founding teams, often with research or engineering backgrounds, building category-defining AI products from inception, consistent with its self-described mission of partnering with builders at the very earliest stages.