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Category Ventures Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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Essay

Essay on the physics of inference and the infrastructure stack forming around AI hardware.

On AI Hardware

Category Ventures

categoryvc.comMAY 2026

MAY 2026

3 investments

· MAR 2026 – APR 2026

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Investment

Co-led (with A* Capital) Antioch's $8.5M seed at a $60M valuation for robotics/autonomy simulation.

Antioch

Antioch Category Ventures

techcrunch.comAPR 2026

APR 2026

Investment

Led Soma Energy's $7M seed round to optimize AI data center power demand.

Soma Energy

Soma Energy Category Ventures

prnewswire.comAPR 2026

APR 2026

Investment

Participated in Mandel's $3.9M YC-backed seed for AI-driven manufacturing supply chain coordination.

Mandel

Mandel Category Ventures

tech.euMAR 2026

MAR 2026

Essay

Essay on architecture shifts making diffusion models practical at scale.

Rethinking Inference for Diffusion

Category Ventures

categoryvc.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

Led Myriad's $7.8M seed round for AI-native regulatory compliance automation.

Myriad

Myriad Category Ventures

en.ain.uaSEP 2025

SEP 2025

Essay

Essay on how AI acquihires like Windsurf and Character.AI route around traditional regulatory review.

The Blitzhire Acquisition

Category Ventures

categoryvc.comJUL 2025

JUL 2025

Essay

Essay on where version control is headed and its implications for developer tools.

On (the future of) Git

Category Ventures

categoryvc.comJUL 2025

JUL 2025

Investment

Participated in HeyMilo's $2.2M seed for AI voice-agent recruiting, led by Canaan Partners.

HeyMilo

HeyMilo Category Ventures

prnewswire.comMAR 2025

MAR 2025

Essay

Founding post laying out Category's thesis and debut fund.

Introducing Category Ventures

Category Ventures

categoryvc.comDEC 2024

DEC 2024

New Fund

Villi Iltchev launched Category Ventures with a $160M debut fund for pre-seed and seed enterprise software and AI investing.

Category Fund I

Category Ventures

forbes.comDEC 2024

DEC 2024