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A Brand Discovery
The Genius
Group
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Studio Akarii · Confidential
Studio Akarii
Confidential · 2026
A Brand Discovery
The Genius
Group
How the Group is experienced today by the investors, customers and partners who meet it, and where brand could make its ambition unmistakable.
Prepared by
Studio Akarii
In partnership with
The Genius Group
Brand · Experience · Journey · Story
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Context Where this beginsStudio Akarii was invited to explore the brand opportunity behind The Genius Group, introduced through Genius Fund. What we found is not just an investment vehicle. It is a joined-up platform that runs the whole chain: acquisition, validation, legal technology, claims and capital. Every part is built to work as one. 01 Acquisition Earning the first conversation. 02 Validation Confirming the merit of each case. 03 Legal tech Moving a claim forward. 04 Claims Resolving toward an outcome. 05 Capital Returned to the start. We weren't brought in for litigation finance. We were brought in because we make big, complex businesses easier to understand, to trust and to remember. What follows isn't a set of answers. It's the start of a discovery. —
Contents The discovery
01First impressionsThe view from the outside
02What we keep coming back toFour observations
03An ecosystem, not a portfolioHow the parts relate
04Where trust is earned or spentThe experience, end to end
05Where this could leadThe opportunity
06Where we'd beginThe conversation
07The teamWho you'd work with
08CapabilityWhat we bring
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First impressions The view from the outsideBefore understanding the business, people form an opinion. We approached the Group as a first-time visitor would, looking only at what could be seen, understood and felt. A number of consistent themes quickly emerged. 02 Separate. The companies don't yet read as one. 03 Unsure. A few moments leave people wanting reassurance. None of this is a flaw. It is what happens when a business grows faster than its brand. Each one is an opportunity, and a genuinely exciting one. 02
The observations What we keep coming back to01
Two audiences are judging you by different yardsticks.
Investors measure the Fund against EQT, Fortress and Blackstone. Customers measure the brands against the fintech and consumer apps already on their phone. Those expectations meet inside one company. 02
Trust compounds.
Every interaction either earns it or spends it. What people remember is the balance, not any single moment. 03
The strongest businesses behave like ecosystems, not portfolios.
A portfolio is a list of holdings. An ecosystem is parts that make each other stronger. The Group is built to be the second, but isn't yet seen that way. 04
A brand is an operating system, not a marketing asset.
It shapes how every part of the business shows up, decides and earns trust, long after any campaign ends. That is where the value sits. 03
Architecture An ecosystem, not a portfolioThree things people meet, rarely at once, and rarely aware of the others. The Group The name almost no one meets directly, and the one that could one day hold it all together. The Fund The face investors meet first. Serious and capable, carrying the first impression largely alone. The brands Where most people actually arrive, often unaware of the Group behind them. Coherence is the cheapest credibility a group can buy. 04
The experience Where trust is earned or spentMost of this happens through digital discovery, in minutes, often when someone is anxious. We read what quietly decides whether they stay. A first read from the outside, sharper still once we walk the live sites with you and real users
Seen end to end, it's one journey, and the handovers are where trust is won or lost. 01 · Notice
Curiosity
“Could this actually help me?” 02 · Decide
Trust
“Do I believe these people?” 03 · Share
Openness
“I’m handing over my details.” 04 · Wait
Uncertainty
“What happens now?” 05 · Resolve
Relief
“It worked. I’m glad I did it.” 06 · After
Advocacy
“I’d tell a friend.” The share and wait moments lose the most people. The instant after committing, before they're sure they were right to. A steady voice there changes how the whole experience is remembered. The investor journey deserves the same care. 
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The opportunity Where this could leadNot a scope of work. The directions discovery could open, across discovery, design and growth.
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The conversation Where we'd beginWhat matters now is your view, and the context only you hold. We'd start with a focused half-day together, with the brand, the ecosystem and the journey up on the wall, and a few questions worth opening with. Great businesses create value. The opportunity is not to become something different. Studio Akarii
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The team Who you'd work withA small, senior team that helps organisations discover, design and build brands, products and digital ecosystems. We stay close from the first conversation to delivery.  Brooke Brooke founded Studio Akarii to help ambitious organisations uncover, articulate and grow their brands. She has worked with more than 300 brands across fashion, interiors, FMCG, hospitality and property, leading every engagement from discovery to delivery to build brands that create long-term commercial value.  Rich Rich leads brand strategy, positioning and narrative. He defines what makes an organisation distinctive, and builds the strategy and brand stories that create clarity and authority.  Vanya Vanya leads creative direction, bringing brand identity, design systems and digital experiences into one cohesive vision. He specialises in translating complex ideas into brands that feel clear, credible and distinctive.  Marcello An internationally experienced brand designer whose career at Minale Tattersfield spans Harrods, BP, Johnnie Walker, S.Pellegrino, Eurostar and Transport for London. He creates timeless identity systems for complex organisations.  Jen Jen leads technology strategy, specialising in AI, systems architecture and digital transformation. She connects brand, technology and intelligent systems into scalable experiences that support long-term growth. Selected brands the team has worked with 
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Capability What we bringBrand Strategy Positioning, architecture, narrative and brand discovery. Creative Direction Identity systems, visual language and customer experience. Digital Experience UX, UI, websites, digital products and customer journeys. Technology & AI AI integration, intelligent systems and scalable ecosystems. Extended technology partners Alongside our senior creative team, we work with specialist engineering partners across regulated technology, FinTech and enterprise software. They let us go beyond branding into building, having shipped products across financial services, healthcare, retail and global consumer brands, without losing quality on either side. Studio Akarii The Genius Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
