Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Genius Brands International, Inc.
Genius Brands International, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is active on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Genius Brands International, Inc. operates in Consumer / Retail, based in BEVERLY HILLS.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Genius Brands International, Inc. has raised $147M in disclosed capital across 14 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series C (a $40M–$100M round).
Largest single filing: $94M on 2021-01-28.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2025-10-22.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Genius Brands International, Inc. at approximately $35M (range $25M–$45M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.41× the median modeled value of Series C Consumer / Retail companies in 2025–2027 (6 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (141% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 14 months.
Last raise 8 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.
The last round stepped up 1.3× from the prior — scaling.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of Consumer / Retail peers (1161 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 95% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: V-Three Retail Holdings LLC, Prophet Brand Strategy, Agility Retail Holdings LLC, Agility Retail Group Corp, Cosmetic Physician Partners, LLC.
Peoplefiled
24 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.