Genius Global

What Genius Global does

Genius Global (legally Fédération Genius) is a French non-profit student entrepreneur federation founded in winter 2013 and registered as an Association Loi de 1901 at 50 rue des Tournelles, 75003 Paris. The federation unites autonomous local associations at 13+ French higher-education institutions — including Centrale Lyon, Centrale Supélec, Dauphine, EBS, ECE, Emlyon, ESCE, IESEG, Neoma, Ponts, Sorbonne, Strate, Sup de Pub, UTC, UTT, Telecom SudParis, Gaming Campus, ESTP, and Centrale Nantes — under a shared brand and mission to make entrepreneurship accessible to all students regardless of academic orientation.

The organization delivers its value through an event- and community-led operating model rather than a technology product. Its core services are: workshops for skill development, conferences for inspiration and tech-news exposure, 48-hour Startup Weekend sprints to convert ideas into projects, and teambuilding events (apéros, weekend retreats) that strengthen federation-wide bonds. The federation also curates a network of student startups that have emerged from member chapters (e.g., Atmosgear, Azmed, Cocoplant, Medeo Health, Stockly) and operates a Medium publication (Genius Stories) for educational content. Internal communication runs on Slack; external reach is built through LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Genius Global is governed by a board of current and past student leaders and is currently led by co-presidents Sarah Puigferrer-Gource and Kyle Allia. The organization has no external investors, no disclosed revenue, and no commercial pricing model; its activities are sustained through member participation and school affiliations. Minor partnerships with French startup ecosystem players such as The Family and Germinal supply occasional workshop and live-session content for members.

Name

Genius Global

Legal name

Fédération Genius

Website

https://geniusglobal.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Genius Global is a French non-profit federation uniting student entrepreneur associations at 13+ higher-education institutions, delivering workshops, conferences, startup weekends, and teambuilding events to promote entrepreneurship among students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Entrepreneurship Community Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Support Services (61171), Political Organizations (81394)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venture Creation Centers (EDAHAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA), Technical Universities with Strong Industry Partnerships (EDAHAEAG)

Keywords

• Student entrepreneurship federation
• University entrepreneur associations
• Startup weekend events
• Student startup community
• Entrepreneurship training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Association (Non-profit): Genius Global is registered as a 'Fédération Genius' under the French Association Law of 1901 (Loi de 1901). As a non-profit student organization, it does not operate a commercial revenue-generating model. Its activities are sustained through member participation, school affiliations, and presumably member contributions or institutional support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Genius Global is a federation of student entrepreneur associations present in 13+ French schools and universities (Centrale Lyon, Centrale Supélec, Dauphine, Emlyon, Sorbonne, etc.). The federation organizes skill-building workshops, tech and entrepreneurship conferences, 48-hour Startup Weekend sprints, and teambuilding events. It supports local associations with training, templates, tools, methods, and a Slack-based shared community network to foster student entrepreneurship across France.

Product overview

Genius Global is a federation of student entrepreneur associations present in 13+ French schools and universities. The organization operates as a unified network offering a portfolio of complementary services: (1) Workshops and conferences for skill development and inspiration, (2) Startup Weekend events for rapid idea-to-startup execution, (3) Teambuilding events for community building, (4) An association support program providing training, templates, and tools, (5) A blog content platform, and (6) A curated student startup network that showcases emerging ventures. The core offering centers on making entrepreneurship accessible to all students regardless of orientation and federating associations to promote student entrepreneurship across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workshops
• Conferences
• Startup Weekend
• Teambuilding Events
• Student Startup Network
• Association Support Program
• Blog / Stories

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 13 schools and universities federated under the Genius Global network
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• The FamilyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Family is a startup ecosystem player that provides mentorship and coaching to student entrepreneurs. Alex Cabon, Head of Partnership at The Family, conducted a workshop (Genius Power Dream) for the Genius community on entrepreneurship skills and partnership opportunities.
• GerminalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGerminal collaborated with Genius for a live session where Jordan, Head of Acquisition at Germinal, shared methods for finding the first 1000 customers with the Genius entrepreneur community.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Station F: Largest startup campus in the world, located in Paris. Broad incumbent in the same French student/early-stage startup ecosystem, hosting programs that overlap with Genius's audience.
• Techstars Startup Weekend: Global 54-hour startup weekend format organizer under Techstars. Directly comparable event format — Genius's 'Startup Week-end' is essentially a localized version of the same idea-to-startup sprint model.

Direct peers

• Pépite France: Government-backed national network of 'Pôles Étudiants Pour l'Innovation, le Transfert et l'Entrepreneuriat' hosted at French universities. Direct peer as a nationwide federated program supporting student entrepreneurship across higher education institutions.
• Polytechnique Entrepreneur Club (X-Startup / X-Entrepreneurs): Student entrepreneurship organization at École Polytechnique. Direct peer running competing entrepreneurship programming at one of France's elite engineering schools — competing for the same student entrepreneur talent pool.
• Confédération Nationale des Junior-Entreprises (CNJE): National confederation of French Junior Enterprises — student-run consulting firms federated across French higher education institutions. Comparable federated autonomous-chapter model serving student entrepreneurship and professional development.
• HEC Challenge+ / HEC Entrepreneur: HEC Paris's flagship student entrepreneurship initiative. Direct peer as a leading French Grande École student entrepreneurship organization running workshops, conferences, and startup support — competing for the same student entrepreneur audience.

Others

• The Family: Paris-based startup ecosystem organization providing mentorship and education to founders. Adjacent peer and existing partner of Genius Global; comparable as a French community/education player supporting early-stage entrepreneurs.

Regional players

• NUMA: Paris-based innovation hub running acceleration, events, and corporate innovation programs. Comparable as a French ecosystem player serving entrepreneurs, with similar workshop and community programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC_RCRloKlzvgM8OTEag3Hrg
• Facebookfacebook.com/federationgenius
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/genius-global
• Instagraminstagram.com/genius.global
• Xx.com/_geniusglobal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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