Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001398344-24-002931
Form Type:
13G Filing
Publication Date:
2024-02-13 19:00:00
Filed By:
Granahan Investment Management, Llc
Company:
Genius Sports Ltd (NYSE:GENI)
Filing Date:
2024-02-14
SEC Url:
13G Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Granahan Investment Management 11,362,363 13,578,412 13,578,412 6.27%
Filing

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G 

(Rule 13d-102)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT 

TO RULE 13d-1(b), (c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

 

(AMENDMENT NO. 0)*

 

Genius Sports Limited 

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

G3934V109 

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

December 31, 2023 

 

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

[x]Rule 13d-1(b)
 [  ]Rule 13d-1(c)
 [  ]Rule 13d-1(d)

 

 

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

CUSIP NO. G3934V109 

13G Page 2 of 5 Pages

 

1

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

 

Granahan Investment Management LLC 

 
2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

 

(a) [  ] 

(b) [  ] 

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

 
4

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 

State of Massachusetts 

 

NUMBER OF 

SHARES 

BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY 

EACH 

REPORTING 

PERSON WITH

 

5

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

11,362,363 

 
6

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

None 

 
7

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

13,578,412 

 
8

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

None 

 
9

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

13,578,412 

 
10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 9 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

[  ]

 

11

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

6.27% 

 
12

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IA 

 
 
 
CUSIP NO. G3934V109 13G Page 3 of 5 Pages

 

Item 1.(a)Name of Issuer:

 

Genius Sports Limited

 

(b)Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

 

10 Bloomsbury Way, 9th Floor 

London, WCIA 2SL

 

Item 2.(a)Name of Person Filing:

 

Granahan Investment Management LLC

 

(b)Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

 

Wyman Street, Suite 460 

Waltham, MA 02451

 

(c)Citizenship:

 

State of Massachusetts

 

(d)Title of Class of Securities:

 

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01

 

(e)CUSIP Number:

 

G3934V109

 

Item 3.If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

 

(a)  [  ]Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(b)  [  ]Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.

 

(c)  [  ]Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act.

 

(d)  [  ]Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.

 

(e  [ X]An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

 

(f)  [  ]An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

 

(g)  [  ] A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

 

(h)  [  ]A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;

 

(i)  [  ]A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act;

 

(j)  [  ]Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
 
CUSIP NO. G3934V109 13G Page 4 of 5 Pages

 

Item 4.Ownership.

 

  (a) Amount beneficially owned: 13,578,412
  (b) Percent of class: 6.27%
  (c) Number of shares as to which the person has:  
    (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 11,362,363
    (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
    (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 13,578,412
    (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0

 

Item 5.Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

 

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following. [ ]

 

Item 6.Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

 

All of the Shares set forth in Item 4 are owned by various investment advisory clients of Granahan Investment Management LLC, which is deemed to be a beneficial owner of those shares pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, due to its discretionary power to make investment decisions over such shares and/or its ability to vote such shares.

 

Item 7.Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.

 

Not applicable

 

Item 8.Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

 

Not applicable

 

Item 9.Notice of Dissolution of Group.

 

Not applicable

 
  CUSIP NO. G3934V109 13G Page 5 of 5 Pages

 

Item 10.Certification.

 

By signing below the undersigned certifies that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

Signature

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

  Granahan Investment Management LLC  
       
  By: /s/Brian Granahan  
  Name: Brian Granahan  
  Title: Chief Compliance Officer  
       
  Date: February 14, 2024