Companies · Consumer / Retail
BEVERLY HILLS · Consumer / Retail · refined from filed group “Other”
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Genius Brands International, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Genius Brands International, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Genius Brands International, Inc. is one of 1161 Consumer / Retail companies tracked from BEVERLY HILLS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 40%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series C — a $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 1161 companies in Consumer / Retail. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 95% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #3 of 6.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-Three Retail Holdings LLC | Series C | $59.1M | $291.2M | 11.75× |
| Prophet Brand Strategy | Series C | $97.3M | $45.5M | 1.84× |
| Genius Brands International, Inc. this company | Series C | $146.8M | $35.1M | 1.41× |
| Agility Retail Holdings LLC | Series C | $83.9M | $14.5M | 0.59× |
| Agility Retail Group Corp | Series C | $84.9M | $749K | 0.03× |
| Cosmetic Physician Partners, LLC | Series C | $133.9M | $614K | 0.02× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $5.0M | 2010-07-01 | $22.7M | $25.7M | 85% |
| Series A | $1.0M | 2011-04-27 | $4.7M | $5.3M | 85% |
| Series A | $530K | 2013-08-30 | $2.4M | $2.7M | 85% |
| Series A | $1.0M | 2013-11-15 | $4.7M | $5.3M | 85% |
| Series A | $6.0M | 2014-05-15 | $27.3M | $30.8M | 85% |
| Series A | $4.3M | 2015-11-03 | $19.7M | $22.2M | 85% |
| Series A | $1.8M | 2018-01-10 | $8.1M | $9.1M | 90% |
| Series A | $4.5M | 2018-08-20 | $20.5M | $23.1M | 90% |
| Series A | $760K | 2019-10-02 | $3.5M | $3.9M | 90% |
| Series A | $766K | 2019-12-18 | $3.5M | $3.9M | 90% |
| Series A | $13.8M | 2020-03-13 | $62.5M | $70.6M | 90% |
| Series C | $94.2M | 2021-01-28 | $627.9M | $536.7M | 90% |
| Series C | $5.8M | 2023-06-26 | $38.5M | $30.2M | 90% |
| Series C | $7.3M | 2025-10-22 | $48.7M | $35.1M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Klein | — | 8 other | 2019-10 |
| Andrew Heyward | — | 1 other | 2013-11 |
| Jeffrey Weiss | — | 1 other | 2014-05 |
| Klaus Moeller | — | 1 other | 2010-07 |
| Michael Handelman | — | 1 other | 2015-11 |
| Robert Denton | — | 1 other | 2019-10 |
| Amy Heyward | — | — | 2013-11 |
| Amy Moynihan-Heyward | — | — | 2014-05 |
| Andy Heyward | — | — | 2018-01 |
| Anthony A. Thomopoulos | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Anthony Clark Thomopoulos | — | — | 2018-01 |
| Anthony L. Thomopoulos | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Anthony Thomopoulos | — | — | 2014-05 |
| Bernard B. Cahill | — | — | 2018-01 |
| Bernard Cahill | — | — | 2014-05 |
| Bernard Clark Cahill | — | — | 2018-08 |
| Brian A. Parisi | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Cynthia A. Turner-Graham | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Cynthia L. Turner-Graham | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Gregory B. Payne | — | — | 2018-01 |
| Gregory Payne | — | — | 2013-11 |
| Henry III A. Sicignano | — | — | 2025-10 |
| Henry L. Sicignano | — | — | 2023-06 |
| Howard Balaban | — | — | 2013-08 |
Genius Brands International, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic Physician Partners, LLC | Consumer / Retail | Series C | $133.9M | $614K | same sector · same stage |
| Genesis Biopharma, Inc | Biotechnology | Series C | $131.5M | $4.1B | network1 shared operator · same stage |
| Prophet Brand Strategy | Consumer / Retail | Series C | $97.3M | $45.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Agility Retail Group Corp | Consumer / Retail | Series C | $84.9M | $749K | same sector · same stage |
| Agility Retail Holdings LLC | Consumer / Retail | Series C | $83.9M | $14.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Njoy Inc | Other | Series C | $229.0M | $1.2B | network1 shared operator · same stage |
| LJ/HAH Holdings Corp | Other | Series D+ | $117.7M | $2.0B | network1 shared operator |
| Symphony Commerce, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $59.1M | $39.5M | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Brands Corp. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $107.3M | 82% |
| Iconic Brands, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series B | $184.7M | 80% |
| Behold Brands, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | 79% |
| Amass Brands | Consumer / Retail | Series A | $13.9M | 79% |
| Genius Media Group, Inc. | Media & Content | Series B | $83.5M | 79% |
| Genius Sports Ltd | Sports & Fitness | Series D+ | $1.6B | 78% |
| Wizard Brands, Inc. | Consumer / Retail | Series A | $23.2M | 78% |
| IndulgeRx Brands Inc | Consumer / Retail | Pre-Seed | $2.3M | 78% |
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