Genius Group Completes Entrepreneur Resorts Acquisition, Reaffirms Previously Issued 50% Increase in 2025 Revenue Guidance
Genius Group (NYSE American: GNS), an AI-powered education company, has successfully completed the acquisition of Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (ERL) following a 99.97% shareholder approval. The deal involves a private placement of 50 million GNS shares to ERL, with a 6-month restriction period.
The acquisition accelerates GNS's expansion plans through two key models: Genius Resorts (targeting 20 locations with $5M revenue each) and Genius Cities (aiming for 100 licensed locations at $1M each and 5 owned locations at $20M each). The company has reaffirmed its 50% increased 2025 revenue guidance from $10M to $15M-$18M.
Genius Group (NYSE American: GNS), un'azienda educativa basata sull'intelligenza artificiale, ha completato con successo l'acquisizione di Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (ERL) dopo aver ottenuto l'approvazione del 99,97% degli azionisti. L'accordo prevede un collocamento privato di 50 milioni di azioni GNS a favore di ERL, con un periodo di restrizione di 6 mesi.
L'acquisizione accelera i piani di espansione di GNS attraverso due modelli chiave: Genius Resorts (con l'obiettivo di 20 sedi ciascuna con ricavi di 5 milioni di dollari) e Genius Cities (puntando a 100 sedi con licenza da 1 milione di dollari ciascuna e 5 sedi di propriet脿 da 20 milioni di dollari ciascuna). L'azienda ha confermato la previsione di crescita del fatturato 2025 aumentata del 50%, passando da 10 milioni a 15-18 milioni di dollari.
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Genius Group (NYSE American : GNS), une entreprise 茅ducative propuls茅e par l'IA, a finalis茅 avec succ猫s l'acquisition d'Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (ERL) apr猫s l'approbation de 99,97 % des actionnaires. L'accord comprend un placement priv茅 de 50 millions d'actions GNS au profit d'ERL, avec une p茅riode de restriction de 6 mois.
Cette acquisition acc茅l猫re les plans d'expansion de GNS via deux mod猫les cl茅s : Genius Resorts (ciblant 20 sites g茅n茅rant chacun 5 millions de dollars de revenus) et Genius Cities (visant 100 sites sous licence 脿 1 million de dollars chacun et 5 sites d茅tenus 脿 20 millions de dollars chacun). L'entreprise a r茅affirm茅 ses pr茅visions de revenus pour 2025, augment茅es de 50 %, passant de 10 millions 脿 15-18 millions de dollars.
Genius Group (NYSE American: GNS), ein KI-gest眉tztes Bildungsunternehmen, hat die 脺bernahme von Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (ERL) erfolgreich abgeschlossen, nachdem 99,97 % der Aktion盲re zugestimmt hatten. Der Deal beinhaltet eine Private Platzierung von 50 Millionen GNS-Aktien an ERL mit einer 6-monatigen Sperrfrist.
Die 脺bernahme beschleunigt GNS' Expansionspl盲ne durch zwei zentrale Modelle: Genius Resorts (Ziel: 20 Standorte mit jeweils 5 Mio. USD Umsatz) und Genius Cities (Ziel: 100 lizenzierte Standorte mit jeweils 1 Mio. USD und 5 eigene Standorte mit jeweils 20 Mio. USD Umsatz). Das Unternehmen hat seine f眉r 2025 um 50 % erh枚hte Umsatzprognose von 10 Mio. auf 15 bis 18 Mio. USD best盲tigt.
- Overwhelming shareholder approval with 99.97% votes in favor of the acquisition
- Revenue guidance increased by 50% for 2025 to $15M-$18M
- Ambitious expansion plans for 20 Genius Resorts ($5M revenue each) and 100 licensed Genius Cities ($1M each)
- Strategic combination of AI-powered education platform with physical hospitality locations
- 50 million shares subject to 6-month lock-up period, indicating potential future dilution
- Aggressive expansion goals may require significant capital investment
- Integration risks between education technology and hospitality operations
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Genius Group completed ERL acquisition, expands physical locations footprint, and reaffirms 50% revenue guidance increase for 2025.
Genius Group's acquisition of Entrepreneur Resorts represents a strategic consolidation that enhances the company's physical footprint in the education space. The deal received overwhelming shareholder approval (99.97%) and involves a private placement of 50 million GNS shares to ERL in exchange for ERL's entrepreneur caf茅s and resorts.
The financial implications are substantial, with management reaffirming their 50% increase in 2025 revenue guidance from
The integration allows Genius Group to accelerate its Genius City model, particularly in Bali, Indonesia, which is projected to generate
It's worth noting that these revenue targets are described as "goals" rather than formal projections, indicating some flexibility in their achievement timeline. The transaction structure, with shares restricted for six months before distribution to ERL shareholders at a 3:1 ratio, provides a lockup period that may help stabilize the stock during the integration phase.
SINGAPORE, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genius Group Limited聽(NYSE American: GNS) (鈥淕enius Group鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�), a leading AI-powered, Bitcoin-first education group, today announced the completion of the binding Asset Purchase Agreement (鈥淎PA鈥�) signed with Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (鈥淓RL鈥�) and announced on June 10, 2025, for the purchase and re-integration of ERL鈥檚 entrepreneur caf茅s and resorts into Genius Group, expanding its Genius City model.
The Company received notice from ERL of the ERL shareholder vote results at its Extraordinary General Meeting (鈥淓GM鈥�) held on July 30, 2025, received 5.78 million votes in favor of the APA, accounting for
This was the final condition within the conditional closing in order to consummate the acquisition, and the 50 million shares of the Company currently held in escrow will now be transferred to ERL in a private placement transaction under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, restricted for six months prior to distribution to ERL shareholders at the previously stated three Genius Group shares for each one ERL share.
ERL also informed the Company that at the EGM, ERL shared a Post APA plan with shareholders, which included the following highlights:
The Learning Cities of the Future: The APA enables the growth plans for the enlarged group to be accelerated, with the group鈥檚 hi-tech, hi-touch Genius Resort and Genius City model of developing learning communities, to create the learning cities of the future.
Genius Resort Model: The group has an internal goal of launching 20 Genius Resorts within the next five years, providing retreats, accelerators and co-working on the ABCs to the Future (AI, Bitcoin, Community) in paradise locations, each with an average revenue goal of
Genius City Model: The group has an internal goal of launching 100 licensed Genius Cities within the next five years, providing AI powered lifelong learning schools from early learning to student apprenticeships to adult mentoring, each with an average revenue goal of
Acceleration of Genius City Plan: Following the GNS ERL APA completion, the group will accelerate plans for the first
2025 GNS Revenue Guidance: At the time of the announcement of the APA on June 10, 2025, Genius Group increased its revenue guidance for 2025 by
Education and Hospitality Expertise: While Genius Group鈥檚 Genius Academy is built on an AI powered gamified learning platform, led by an expert Edtech team, Genius Resorts is building learning communities led by expert education and hospitality teams.
The Post APA plan includes further details of the Genius Resort and Genius Cities model, together with future plans, ERL financials and disclosures on related parties. The presentation, together with a link to the recording, can be viewed at .
Genius Group endorses ERL鈥檚 Post APA plan and reaffirms the
About Genius Group
Genius Group (NYSE: GNS) is a Bitcoin-first business delivering AI powered, education and acceleration solutions for the future of work. Genius Group serves 5.8 million users in over 100 countries through its Genius City model and online digital marketplace of AI training, AI tools and AI talent. It provides personalized, entrepreneurial AI pathways combining human talent with AI skills and AI solutions at the individual, enterprise and government level. To learn more, please visit聽
About Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd
Entrepreneur Resorts Ltd (MERJ: ERL) is a world leading group of entrepreneur resorts and entrepreneur beach clubs, where entrepreneurs co-work, co-learn, co-live and co-give in paradise locations around the world. The company serves the growing number of global entrepreneurs in the world seeking a way to co-work, co-live and co-learn in paradise locations around the world, connecting with local entrepreneur communities.
The company provides a membership and global network of resorts, beach clubs and city locations for co-working & co-learning, hosting accelerator programs in exotic locations around the world. The vision of Entrepreneur Resorts is to now continue to grow as part of Genius Group to expand its Genius Resort and Genius City model.
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