Former Shopify fintech executive building finance solution for Neobanks & vertical SaaS companies

Welcome to the 94th edition of the Geeks Of The Valley (GOTV) Newsletter, where we curate exciting early-stage startups (Series A and earlier) every week. If you enjoy and want to keep abreast with insights and interesting early-stage startups before they go big, subscribe to this newsletter ✌️.

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Geeks of the week

Startup Name: Teal.dev

Geography: Canada

One-liner: Teal enables neobanks and vertical SaaS platforms to embed accounting solutions for their SMB customers.

Founder(s) Background: Head of Financial Services at Shopify.

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Startup Name: Apothekary

Geography: US

One-liner: Plant-based pharmacy that offers clean alternatives to over the counter synthetic supplements & beauty products.

Founder(s) Background: Founder at JRINK (acquired), Private Equity associate at IFC.

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Founders building in stealth

• Head of Engineering at Rough Draft Ventures / Special Projects at Soma Capital.

• VP of Sales at Plobal Apps (backed by Bessemer Venture Partners).

• Product lead (Consumer) at sunday (raised >$120+mil; backed by Coatue, DST Global) / Senior PM (Monetization & Growth) at TikTok.