This is part of a series exploring the foundation of Genius Guild’s investment thesis. This March, the Biden-Harris administration opened applications for a new multi-billion-dollar program to fund Electric Vehicle (EV) charging across the country, requiring 50 percent of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030. Access to…

This is a part of a series exploring the foundation of Genius Guild’s investment thesis. Everything is health. Health is everything. Environmental challenges like lead in drinking water directly impacts a child’s cognitive development. Increases in fuel prices impact the mobility and economic opportunity of communities, especially those in areas…

Two years ago, our Managing General Partner, Kathryn Finney, found herself retracing the steps of her great-grandparents, who, as a part of the Great Migration, moved from Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1920s to the opportunities that beckoned in Chicago and its sister city 90 miles north, Milwaukee. Kathryn moved…

The racial disparities in maternal care–where Black women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white ones–are nothing new. Class has often been considered a confounding factor in such disparities, especially in the U.S., where our largely privatized insurance system also creates a healthcare gap between rich…

Genius Guild believes that there’s significant opportunity and room for growth in innovations around the Social Determinants of Health…

As the first venture capital fund to publish our core values, we know that making a profit and being a good human aren’t synonymous. At Genius Guild, we’re value based investors- meaning our investments create value for everyone- community, investors, partners, and founders. The success of our portfolio in 2022…

Using Innovation to Solve the Child Mental Health Crisis Children’s mental health is a growing problem, exasperated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, from 2007 to 2019, there was a 329% increase in pediatric emergency room visits for deliberate self-harm and a 60% increase in…

Investing in Value-Based Health Care Genius Guild is excited to announce an investment in Juno Medical, a value-based healthcare platform that centers chief medical decision-makers in families–often moms–with locations in urban communities around the country. …

Genius Guild’s core values are the foundation on which everything we do, including hiring new team members. I’m excited to welcome Tessa Flippin and Brian Laung Aoaeh as the new Venture Capitalists in Residence (VC-in-Residence) at the Fund. As VCs-in-Residence, Tessa and Brian provide high-level institutional investment experience to Genius…