About Category Ventures
Category Ventures is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, United States. As of Sep 2026, Category Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 5 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Antioch A lot of funds co-invest with Category Ventures, with names like Era VC sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Category Ventures' List of All Investments
Category Ventures has a portfolio of 5 companies. Their most notable investments are in Antioch and Myriad.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 2 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of all investments by Category Ventures:
1. HeyMilo
Platform leveraging generative AI-powered voice agents. The platform offers generative AI-powered voice agents for companies to automate the screening process and engage candidates through intelligent two-way voice interviews.
Key facts about HeyMilo
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6M
- Employee Count: 41 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Canaan, Alumni Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 16, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Soma Energy
Provider of energy intelligence platform synchronizing procurement, management, and load coordination. The platform unifies energy procurement, battery management, and load coordination. It unlocks capacity, improves efficiency, and enhances grid reliability. The platform connects on-site generation, storage, and consumption into one intelligent control layer. It turns large facilities into flexible grid assets.
Key facts about Soma Energy
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Vancouver (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: RRE Ventures, Uncork Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 03, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Myriad
AI based compliance management solutions for businesses. It leverages AI technology to streamline and automate compliance processes. It provides a platform to automate compliance processes, enabling businesses to manage compliance. It streamlines review tasks and ensures compliance with governance policies.
Key facts about Myriad
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.75M
- Investors: Plug and Play Tech Center, Caesar and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 17, 2025, $*****
4. Mandel AI
AI procurement agent automates supply chain processes from quote to delivery. It offers autonomous request for quotations, order monitoring, and intelligent data entry. The AI extracts supply chain details from emails and documents, tracks updates across supplier communication channels, and proactively checks suppliers for order updates. It also reconciles documents and resolves mistakes. The company unifies disparate supply chain data to allow for intelligent monitoring and decision making.
Key facts about Mandel AI
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Dover (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.61M
- Employee Count: 15 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Ritual Capital, Y Combinator and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 16, 2026, $*****
5. Antioch
Developer of a platform for autonomy teams to simulate and deploy. The platform enables the building, evaluation, and deployment of autonomous systems. It shifts robotics development and validation workflows to pure software. The platform natively integrates with existing CI/CD and development workflows. It containerizes hardware and software stacks into a version-controlled artifact.
Key facts about Antioch
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $44.8M
- Investors: MaC Venture Capital, A Star and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 08, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Category Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in HeyMilo and most recent follow-on round was in Antioch.Category Ventures' Investments by Stage
Category Ventures has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.85M.Category Ventures' Investments by Sector
Category Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Energy Tech, FinTech and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies, 5 Tech companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
High Tech | 3 |
Energy Tech | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Category Ventures' Investments by Geography
Category Ventures has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Category Ventures' recent investments
Category Ventures has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. Antioch and HeyMilo are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Category Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 08, 2026 | United States | Series A | 8710 | [+6] | |
Jun 16, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7955 | [+2] | |
Apr 16, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4955 | [+4] | |
Apr 03, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 3245 | [+5] | |
Mar 16, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5532 | [+2] |
Co-investors of Category Ventures
Over the past year, 30 investors have co-invested in Category Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Category Ventures: Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Canaan and 7 others have invested in rounds before Category Ventures. There is 1 company where Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator has invested before Category Ventures and 1 company where Canaan has invested before Category Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Category Ventures: 18 investors entered a company along with Category Ventures. These include investors like Era VC (1 company).
- Invested after Category Ventures: A total of 3 investors have invested in Category Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Greylock Partners (1 company), Adrian Macneil (1 company) and Ian Andrews (1 company).
Recent News related to Category Ventures
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Antioch Raises $8.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Apr 20, 2026•Antioch, Abstract, MaC Venture Capital, Icehouse Ventures and 2 others
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Soma Energy Raises $7M in Pre-Seed and Seed FundingFinSMEs•Apr 03, 2026•TO VC, Haystack, Panache Ventures, Uncork Capital and 4 others
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