# Villi Iltchev at August Capital

> Villi Iltchev, Founder & Managing Partner at August Capital. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with...

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San Francisco, US · Partner

# Villi Iltchev

Founder & Managing Partner at [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital)

Latest rounds

- **Airtable** Seed · $3M Feb 2015

Backs *AI*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Feb 2015
- **Filings:** 5 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 +3 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 5 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At August Capital
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**August Capital** VC firm · US **1** cheques in 12 months **191** all time **4** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $3M
- **Active:** 2015

2015

- [Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable) *Seed* **$3M** *US* Feb 2015 Joined · +13 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**

What they backed

AI **1**

Alongside

- [Amitt Mahajan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amitt-mahajan)
- [Ashton Kutcher *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher)
- [Benjamin Ling *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital)
- [BoxGroup *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)
- [Caffeinated Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital)
- [CrunchFund *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)
- [Data Collective *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)
- [Eric Wu *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-wu)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable)
- [HiHello](https://millionrounds.com/company/hihello)
- [Marley Medical](https://millionrounds.com/startup/marley-medical)
- [Revel](https://millionrounds.com/startup/revel-2)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **REMOTE TECHNOLOGY, INC.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Candu, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures)** Partner of the Managing Member of the Issuer since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Smile Family, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Gitlab Inc.** Director since 2016

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at August Capital

- [**John Johnston** Founding Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-johnston)
- [**Howard Hartenbaum** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/howard-hartenbaum)
- [**Abby Hipps** General Counsel *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/abby-hipps)
- [**David August** Finance Broker *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-august)
- [**David Hornik** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-hornik-3)
- [**David Marquardt** Founding Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-marquardt)
- [**Howard Wang** BPM *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/howard-wang)
- [**Lisa Marrone** Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-marrone)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 4 Jun 2025 · 44 min The New World of VC and Building a Durable Firm with Category Ventures' Villi Iltchev With [Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) Mentions [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital)[Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma) About this episode Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Welcome to another episode of Venture Unlocked. In this episode, I had the pleasure of welcoming Villi Iltchev, founder and managing partner of Category Ventures. Villi has… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 6 Feb 2025 · 1h 49m Illegal Immigrant to $160m Fund 1: Inside Villi Iltchev’s Journey Building Category Ventures With [Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) About this episode Villi Iltchev is the founder of Category Ventures, where he invests early in enterprise software startups. And he’s done it longer than almost anyone, building Salesforce’s corporate venture arm and investing early in companies like Airtable, Zapier, GitLab, Remote, Hubspot, Gusto, and Box. Fresh… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 9 Nov 2020 · 45 min 256. A Proprietary Tool to Source Startups, The Commoditization of Capital, and the New Exit Environment (Villi Iltchev) With [Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) Mentions [Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma)[Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) About this episode Villi Iltchev of Two Sigma Ventures joins Nick to discuss Using "George" a Proprietary Tool to Source Startups, The Commoditization of Capital, and the New Exit Environment. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC What's the thesis at Two Sigma? Tell us about… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 24 Jun 2016 · 25 min SaaStr 033: The Fundamental Challenges of SaaS M&A with Villi Iltchev, Partner @ August Capital With [Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) Mentions [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) About this episode Villi Iltchev is a Partner @ August Capital and prior to joining August Villi was a member of the leadership teams at Box and Lifelock. Before that Villi was a Vice President @ Salesforce where he led the strategy and acquisitions teams; being directly responsible for over 30 investments in the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Villi Iltchev in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 15 Jan 2026 · 1h 52m Building the $3B API That Didn’t Exist, Europe’s Regulation Problem | Marcelo Lebre, Co-founder of Remote With [Marcelo Lebre](https://millionrounds.com/person/marcelo-lebre) Mentions [Andreas Klinger](https://millionrounds.com/person/andreas-klinger-2)[Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) About this episode Marcelo Lebre is the Co-founder and President of Remote, the payroll and international employment company. Remote is one of today's most underrated software companies. We get into why payroll is such a hard problem, why most of the industry still runs on spreadsheets, the edge cases of software… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 25 Feb 2021 · 10 min Investor Stories 181: What's Next (Isford, Torenberg, Collins, Iltchev) Mentions [Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg)[Grace Isford](https://millionrounds.com/person/grace-isford)[Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Grace Isford Erik Torenberg Eric Collins Villi Iltchev Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 14 Jan 2021 · 8 min Investor Stories 175: Why I Passed (Bannister, Carolan, Christian, Iltchev) Mentions [Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Reid Christian](https://millionrounds.com/person/reid-christian)[Shawn Carolan](https://millionrounds.com/person/shawn-carolan)[Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Janet Bannister Shawn Carolan Reid Christian Villi Iltchev Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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