EPISODE · Oct 10, 2025 · 1H 3M
Çağla Kaymaz, Category Ventures Partner on AI Infra & Enterprise SaaS
from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong
Çağla Kaymaz is a partner at Category where she invests in founders building transformative companies in enterprise software. Previously, she was at Citi Ventures, where she backed AI infrastructure and application startups including Datavolo (acquired by Snowflake), Galileo, Glean, Lexion (acquired by Docusign), and Norm Ai. Cagla began her career at Microsoft as a software engineer before moving into product management, where she led highly technical software teams shipping enterprise software. She has also worked as an investor 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. Originally from Turkey (where everyone can pronounce her name—it's "Chala"), Cagla now calls the Bay Area home.Topics:Investing trends in AI infrastructure, Apps, and dev tools Lessons from both sides of the table: founder, operator, and investorHow AI-native tools are reshaping enterprise workflows and productivity#VentureCapital #EnterpriseAI #AIInfrastructure #WomenInTech #StartupInvesting
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Çağla Kaymaz is a partner at Category where she invests in founders building transformative companies in enterprise software. Previously, she was at Citi Ventures, where she backed AI infrastructure and application startups including Datavolo (acquired by Snowflake), Galileo, Glean, Lexion (acquired by Docusign), and Norm Ai. Cagla began her career at Microsoft as a software engineer before moving into product management, where she led highly technical software teams shipping enterprise software. She has also worked as an investor 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. Originally from Turkey (where everyone can pronounce her name—it's "Chala"), Cagla now calls the Bay Area home.Topics:Investing trends in AI infrastructure, Apps, and dev tools Lessons from both sides of the table: founder, operator, and investorHow AI-native tools are reshaping enterprise workflows and productivity#VentureCapital #EnterpriseAI #AIInfrastructure #WomenInTech #StartupInvesting
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