Diginex Founder Puts $25.4 Million on the Table as Resulticks Countdown and Nasdaq Clock Converge

Diginex founder Richard Byworth invests $25.4M personally ahead of Resulticks acquisition deadline; company also faces Nasdaq delisting if share price stays below $1.00.

The stakes at Diginex have rarely been higher. Founder Richard Byworth has injected $25.4 million of his own capital into the company during a week that will determine whether a $1.5 billion transformative deal goes through. The move, which sent shares up 19% in a single session, signals personal conviction — but it also arrives as two hard deadlines bear down on the stock.

Byworth’s investment comes just days before the extended drop-dead date for Diginex’s planned acquisition of Resulticks Global Companies. Both parties are still working through the remaining closing conditions, and the company has explicitly warned that no completion can be guaranteed. If the deal falls apart, Diginex not only loses a strategic growth engine but also forfeits a separate resale agreement that promised up to $40 million in revenue over four years.

Resulticks, a customer-intelligence specialist powered by artificial intelligence, would bring roughly $150 million in annual revenue and EBITDA between $46 million and $50 million to the combined entity. The proposed transaction is a pure stock swap — Diginex intends to pay in shares, not cash, in keeping with its stated debt-free growth strategy.

That strategy has already funded three acquisitions since the company’s Nasdaq listing in January 2025, together worth more than $100 million. The deals include Matter DK ApS ($13 million, October 2025), The Remedy Project ($7.6 million, January 2026), and Plan A ($80 million, February 2026), which expanded Diginex’s European footprint and climate-intelligence capabilities. Taken together, the buying spree has moved the company from a sustainability reporting provider toward an integrated platform combining AI, data, and ESG.

The Nasdaq warning adds another layer of urgency. In March 2026, Diginex received a deficiency notice after its share price closed below $1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days. The company now has until September 21, 2026, to lift the stock back above the $1 threshold for at least ten straight sessions, or face delisting. A successful Resulticks deal could help sentiment and support the share price, while a failure would intensify pressure on the already battered stock.

Meanwhile, Diginex is pressing ahead with operational moves independent of the Resulticks outcome. Archana Kotecha, founder of The Remedy Project — which Diginex bought for $7.6 million in January — has been appointed Chief Impact Officer. A British barrister and mediator, Kotecha will focus on turning the company’s expertise in supply-chain compliance and human-rights due diligence into commercial products. The global market for supply-chain due diligence was valued at $3.8 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach $9.6 billion by 2034. Starting June 2, she will lead a three-part masterclass series targeting legal, compliance, and procurement executives — the first tangible step in that go-to-market push.

Byworth’s personal cash injection can be read as a vote of confidence — or as an attempt to create momentum at a critical juncture. Either way, the countdown is now measured in days. If the Resulticks acquisition closes by May 29, Diginex will emerge with a platform that links ESG data with customer-engagement technology and claims global scale. If it fails, the company’s entire transformation strategy faces a credibility test, regardless of the millions already deployed.