Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Michael Assraf, CEO & Co-Founder of Vicarius, a vulnerability remediation platform that has raised $29 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Hands-On Leadership: Despite leading a company of 50 people, Michael still writes code, emphasizing the importance of staying connected to the product.
• Military Influence: Michael attributes much of his entrepreneurial drive and problem-solving skills to his experience in the Israeli military, where young people are given significant responsibilities.
• Founding Story: Vicarius was inspired by Michael's early fascination with computers and his co-founder's experience in cybersecurity. They aimed to solve big problems in vulnerability remediation.
• Product Overview: Vicarius Topia integrates vulnerability scanning, prioritization, remediation, and automation into a single platform, streamlining processes that are typically handled by multiple products.
• Community Focus: The V Society community is a growing initiative that invites IT admins and security engineers to collaborate and share vulnerability remediation strategies, moving towards a crowdsourced approach.
• PLG Strategy: Vicarius has embraced a Product-Led Growth (PLG) approach, focusing on making their product accessible and easy to use, with significant reliance on user feedback to continuously improve the product.