Active: new fund Jul 2026 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Behind Genius Ventures
Invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies in the future of work and play, with a portfolio heavy in applied AI.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Backs
- B2B software, Consumer apps
- Sectors
- AI, Media, Devtools, HR, Fintech
- Fund size / AUM
- $2.1M Behind Genius Fund III (Form D amount sold, 2026)
- Latest fund or filing
- 23 Jul 2026
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 45%; Consumer apps 21%; Hardware 7%; Fintech 7%; Consumer products 3%; Climate and energy 3%; Medtech and digital health 3%; Deep tech 3%; Biotech and pharma 3%; Crypto and web3 3% (n=29)
- Website
- www.behindgeniusventures.com
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Behind Genius Fund III
- Filed
- 23 Jul 2026 (new notice)
- Fund size
- $2M (amount sold)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 1 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Behind Genius Ventures, the paid file holds: 5 named decision-makers with roles; LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
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Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2090120/000209012026000003/
- www.behindgeniusventures.com/
- www.behindgeniusventures.com/portfolio
- www.behindgeniusventures.com/about
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