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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 ✌️.
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).
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.
Founders building in stealth
Insight, Idea & Trend
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👇
— Meagan Loyst 🧚♀️ (@meaganloyst)
3:38 PM • Feb 27, 2023
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.
— Rex Woodbury (@rex_woodbury)
7:21 PM • Feb 24, 2023