Let k be a field. We show that locally presentable, k-linear categories $${\mathcal {C}}$$ dualizable in the sense identity functor can recovered as $$\coprod _i x_i\otimes f_i$$ for objects $$x_i\in {\mathcal and left adjoints $$f_i$$ from to $$\mathrm {Vect}_k$$ are products of copies . This partially confirms conjecture by Brandenburg, author T. Johnson-Freyd. Motivated this, we also charact...