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In Q1 we are launching a $1 million funding round specifically for GeniusU, the EdTech company within our group.
The reason we are doing this raise is because:
> In July we received an independent valuation of GeniusU for $202 million, however by the audit standards for our IPO filing to the SEC we are not able to show this significant capital value in our financials as we have for our other acquisitions, as it was a related transaction. For the IPO roadshow we do want to show the value of our EdTech platform and how it impacts the value of Genius Group as a whole. This investment round enables us to do that.
> GeniusU is currently 100% owned by Genius Group. By having additional investors purchasing shares, we can demonstrate the independent value of GeniusU now, and we already have a plan in place to list GeniusU separately as a public subsidiary of Genius Group in 3 years time when Genius Group reaches $1 billion in valuation.
> Now is the ideal time for this raise, as there are no further opportunities to invest in the Genius Group prior to the IPO, and the IPO market is at an unprecedented high. The demand for Edtech companies is even higher, as the education market is currently seen as one of the biggest post-pandemic opportunities for disruption. While many argue the current investment markets are overpriced, with the additional stimulus package President-Elect Joe Biden has just announced, we expect this bullish trend to continue in the near term. We’ll explain this in more detail on our call.
> We will be launching this $1 million raise at investment amounts of between $10,000 - $100,000 on 5th February at a $150 million valuation, which is a 25% discount on the $202 million valuation of GeniusU. This is a private offering that will only be offered in February to our existing investor community of 3,000 investors.
> For our 500 Genius Group investors, on the call next Tuesday we are offering a pre-launch opportunity in January to invest between $10,000 - $100,000 at a lower $100 million valuation, which is a further 33% discount on the February raise valuation and a 50% discount on the valuation of GeniusU.
GeniusU is currently 100% owned by Genius Group. GeniusU is a private company limited to a maximum of only 50 shareholders. This means we can only accept 49 additional shareholders in this raise. I wanted to let you know that we are offering you and our other investors in Genius Group the first opportunity to acquire shares in this raise - at a 33% discount on the February raise valuation and a 50% discount on the valuation of GeniusU.
For those that chose to be a part of this round, this will mean an increase in your investment of 50% by February, and 100% when the market values GeniusU at fair value determined by the valuation, which based on the markets may already occur by the IPO. Our 4 year plan is to list GeniusU at an $1.5 billion valuation, which (if we are successful) equates to a 15x return in 4 years.
At that time we are targeting 14 million students and $75 million net revenue and $1.5 billion valuation (x20 revenue). By comparison Edtech leader BYJU currently has 47 million students, $390 million net revenue and a $12 billion valuation (x30 revenue).
So please do join our Investor call next Tuesday 26th Jan to find out more.
Additional Information: The Genius Group ended the year very strong, exceeding our performance and valuation targets, with a series of planned acquisitions completed to the value of $80 million (including accredited schools, college and US university to form a full accredited entrepreneur curriculum) as well as the latest edtech valuation of GeniusU being completed at $202 million, a 430% growth from $47 million in 2020.
We also anticipate an annual growth of up to 620% in our Genius Group valuation from $56.7 million at the end of 2019 to a potential $350 million by the time of our upcoming IPO on NYSE American.