Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

How My First Syndicate Led Me To Starting My Own Venture Firm? #venturecapital #shorts

12 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Paige Finn Doherty explains how writing a children's book about venture capital called Seed to Harvest sparked her entry into venture investing. The book led to her first syndicate investment in Pallet, a community job‑board infrastructure startup. That initial syndicate enabled three more syndicate deals, after which she launched Behind Genius Ventures, a debut $5 million fund. The firm has now invested in about 30 startups focused on the future of work and play, and is backed by notable investors such as Tribe Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and general partners Jenny Lefcourt, Katie Stanton, and Heather Harnett. Doherty highlights that she has raised over $400 K through syndicates, positioning syndicate investing as a disruptive alternative to the traditional venture path.

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I wrote a children's book about venture called Seed to Harvest, and that book ended up leading me to doing my first syndicate deal in a really cool company called Pallet, which is community job board infrastructure. And that syndicate led me to do 3 additional syndicates before raising our debut Behind Genius Ventures fund, which is a $5 million fund. We've invested in 30 startups across the future of work and the future of play, and we're backed by great folks like Tribe Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, GPs like Jenny Lefcourt, Katie Stanton, Heather Harnett, some awesome folks that we've had on the podcast as well. So that's a bit of context for me across the syndicate deals that we've done. I've done individually and then we've done it behind Genius Ventures. I've raised over $400K in capital and it's been a really powerful tool for me to disrupt the traditional path into venture. I'm really passionate about