VMware-acquired Ops executive building SaaS revenue modeling for CROs

Welcome to the 74th edition of the Geeks Of The Valley (GOTV) Newsletter, where we curate interesting 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: QFlow.ai

Geography: US

One-liner: SaaS revenue modeling for CROs.

Founder(s) Background: VP of Marketing at Cloud Academy (acquired by QA), VP of Operations at Apteligent (acquired by VMware), VP of Finance & Ops at Moka5 (Series D).

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Startup Name: idemeum

Geography: US

One-liner: Zero trust platform to manage access to applications and infrastructure, without passwords.

Founder(s) Background: Director of PM at VMware (rebuilt identity product team from the group up), Director of R&D at VMware.

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Founders building in stealth

• Global Head of Strategy and Expansion at Wagestream (Seriec C).

• Co-founder at Attest (Series B).

• 2x exited founder - sold to Spotify and private exit.

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Insight, Idea & Trend

Meagan Loyst 🧚‍♀️ @meaganloyst

U.S. streaming services are expected to spend upwards of $115Bn on programming this year 📽️ And while tech valuations are 📉, the opposite is true for content studios (up 2-3x) 📈 Here's why investors are pouring billions into studios like @A24 & @hellosunshine in 2023👇

Rex Woodbury @rex_woodbury

Most people don't realize the scale of video games: Hogwarts Legacy just grossed $850M in its first two weeks. Biggest launch ever for Warner Bros Games. By comparison, Warner Bros's biggest *movie* ever, the last Harry Potter movie, brought in $295M in its first two weeks.