Roberto Ricci

At Behind Genius Ventures, we believe in the business value of storytelling. We prioritize founders who demonstrate strong storytelling capabilities. We take a people-oriented approach to investing and the evaluation of founders. We maintain a proudly generalist investing thesis in order to stay flexible and adapt as the market changes, allowing us to back the best and brightest founders. As a firm with a solo GP, we want to feel strong conviction in the founder’s problem-solution. We value autonomy in our decision-making process, and hope our investment becomes a signal to other investors. If there’s one X factor the companies we back share in common, it’s that design and beauty are valued alongside functional products. Paige Finn Doherty is the Managing Partner of Behind Genius Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that leans into the power of storytelling to back timeless companies building the future of work and play. Previously, Paige spent time at WorkOS as a Developer Success Engineer and TVC Capital, a B2B software-focused growth equity firm. She has written a children’s book about venture capital called Seed to Harvest, and now hosts a podcast by the same name. One of the youngest female solo GPs in the world, she was the 2022 Forbes Under 30 Standout for Venture Capital.

Founded in 2019, zingbus is making intercity travel more sustainable and reliable. With 350+ buses, connecting 300 cities daily, zingbus is trusted by more than 3 million travellers across 18 states in the country. Zingbus has partnered with 70+ small and medium size bus companies and is helping them deliver a better experience for travellers. We are also working towards the electrification of their fleet of buses and the establishment of charging technology and infrastructure for them. zingbus is a YCombinator company and is backed by marquee investors like Infoedge Ventures, Advantedge Founders, 9Unicorns, Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, and Ritesh Agarwal among others.

Passion Capital is a founder-first European venture capital firm. As a partnership, we are committed to leveraging our extensive knowledge and experience to help founders and early-stage teams build ambitious, high-impact, disruptive technology companies that drive innovation and positive change across society. For 15 years, we have fostered a collaborative ecosystem built on executional excellence and founder friendly principles. We believe that our founders are the key differentiator and the greatest asset to every business we support. With more than 100 companies backed, we take pride in the success of all our founders and teams, including, but not limited to, GoCardless, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable, and Monzo.

Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund investing in the best startups led by underrepresented founders in the U.S.

The angel fund by Pietro Invernizzi. Backed by 150 top founders, angels, operators and VCs. Investing $150-400K checks in European founders as early as it gets.

Bob and Claire è una agenzia di comunicazione specializzata in social media, digital marketing e produzione contenuti foto e video per i settori della ristorazione, food & beverage, hospitality e design. Forte di un’esperienza decennale nel settore, l’agenzia supporta le migliori eccellenze italiane a raccontare le proprie storie: tra i nostri clienti chef stellati, ristoranti gourmet, locali all’avanguardia, case vinicole e molte realtà di spicco del mondo food & beverage e hospitality, tra cui residenze di lusso, resort e boutique hotels, fino a brand lifestyle di arredamento, design e home décor. Lagenzia offre servizi di social media marketing, brand identity, advertising, ufficio stampa ed eventi, product design e packaging, set design e styling, servizi fotografici e siti web.

Republic is a financial technology firm specializing in private market investment services. Republic operates a marketplace platform for community finance, accredited investment opportunities, full-service tokenization, digital asset management, blockchain advisory, and private institutional capital. Republic has deployed over $2.6 billion in investments, supported over 2,500 ventures, with a community of over 3M users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit republic.com or @joinrepublic on X. Worth building™

At Behind Genius Ventures, we believe in the business value of storytelling. We prioritize founders who demonstrate strong storytelling capabilities. We take a people-oriented approach to investing and the evaluation of founders. We maintain a proudly generalist investing thesis in order to stay flexible and adapt as the market changes, allowing us to back the best and brightest founders. As a firm with a solo GP, we want to feel strong conviction in the founder’s problem-solution. We value autonomy in our decision-making process, and hope our investment becomes a signal to other investors. If there’s one X factor the companies we back share in common, it’s that design and beauty are valued alongside functional products. Paige Finn Doherty is the Managing Partner of Behind Genius Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that leans into the power of storytelling to back timeless companies building the future of work and play. Previously, Paige spent time at WorkOS as a Developer Success Engineer and TVC Capital, a B2B software-focused growth equity firm. She has written a children’s book about venture capital called Seed to Harvest, and now hosts a podcast by the same name. One of the youngest female solo GPs in the world, she was the 2022 Forbes Under 30 Standout for Venture Capital.

Founded in 2019, zingbus is making intercity travel more sustainable and reliable. With 350+ buses, connecting 300 cities daily, zingbus is trusted by more than 3 million travellers across 18 states in the country. Zingbus has partnered with 70+ small and medium size bus companies and is helping them deliver a better experience for travellers. We are also working towards the electrification of their fleet of buses and the establishment of charging technology and infrastructure for them. zingbus is a YCombinator company and is backed by marquee investors like Infoedge Ventures, Advantedge Founders, 9Unicorns, Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, and Ritesh Agarwal among others.