# Behind Genius Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Behind Genius Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# Behind Genius Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 2 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $2.1M, Jul 2026

Pre-seed Seed Future Of Work Play

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **56** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.7M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $200K** Rounds led **0 of 2**

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## Behind Genius Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Behind Genius Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies in the future of work and play. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $200K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** Future Of Work Play
- **Based in:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Intermezzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)** Seed · US · Crosslink Capital **$10M** With 4 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Superpanel](https://millionrounds.com/company/superpanel)** Seed · TechCrunch **$5.3M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

JS **Joshua Schlisserman** Managing Member i Filing they signed

PD **Paige Doherty** Managing Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**8** of 33 we have independently watched raise

[Beacons](https://millionrounds.com/company/beacons)[Intramotev](https://millionrounds.com/company/intramotev)[LP Portal](https://millionrounds.com/company/carta)[Maneva](https://millionrounds.com/company/maneva)[Moldco](https://millionrounds.com/company/moldco)[Noxmetals](https://millionrounds.com/company/nox-metals)[Superpanel Applied AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/superpanel)[Textla](https://millionrounds.com/company/textla) Aidaly Wellness Aviron Gaming Bloom Creator Tools Bosa API First Break Sports Sports Candor Wellness Capsule Creator Tools Creatium Decaf Fintech Drivly API First Eskuad Field Ops SaaS FYPM Creator Tools Flux AI Dev Tools Getbiom Hearth Display Consumer Hardware Intros Ivee (acq. Hone Joinstatus Lotus Consumer Hardware Magna (acq Kraken) Fintech Nectir Applied AI Roots Fintech Super Creator Tools Switchboard (acq. Zapier) Trycoast

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$2.1M**

raised in Jul 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$7.7M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $200K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Behind Genius Ventures put money into.

[**Intermezzo** $10M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)[**Superpanel** $5.3M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/superpanel)

## Quick answers about Behind Genius Ventures

### What does Behind Genius Ventures invest in?

Behind Genius Ventures invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Future Of Work and Play.

### How active is Behind Genius Ventures?

2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Behind Genius Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Intermezzo (Seed, Sept 2026) and Superpanel (Seed, Sept 2025).

### How big are Behind Genius Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.7M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $200K.

### Is Behind Genius Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Behind Genius Ventures?

Behind Genius Ventures is a VC firm based in Los Angeles, United States.

### Has Behind Genius Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Jul 2026, reporting $2.1M raised.

### When was Behind Genius Ventures founded?

Behind Genius Ventures was founded in 2021.

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