BUFFALO, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 10, 2025 / OnCore Innovations, a pioneer in golf technology, proudly announces the launch of its funding campaign aiming to raise $10 million for the upcoming release of the GENiUS Ball™ -the world's first premium smart golf ball. Seamlessly merging advanced sensor technology with regulation design, the GENiUS Ball™ provides real-time performance analytics delivered straight to a golfer's smartphone.
Unlike anything else on the market, the GENiUS Ball™ directly measures the critical metrics of ball motion including linear acceleration and angular velocity to determine spin rate, spin axis, distance, launch angle, skid, impact force, and many other parameters-enabling players to refine their skills and approach with data previously reserved for elite training facilities.
"We created the GENiUS Ball™ to deliver real-time data, analysis, and feedback-without the need for costly launch monitors or cameras, " said Keith Blakely, CEO of OnCore Innovations, Inc. "By embedding the intelligence is directly in the ball; we're giving golfers a powerful game improvement tool that delivers instant impact, expert feedback, and immersive features like virtual competitions and gamified practice."
Transforming Game Improvement and Coaching
The GENiUS Ball™ unlocks a new era of data-driven development for players and coaches alike. With real-time feedback on every putt and chip, golfers can finally understand how launch, spin, and impact affect roll quality and outcome - closing the gap between feel and fact. Whether used in solo practice or integrated into structured coaching sessions, GENiUS helps players identify root causes, track progress over time, and build more consistent habits.
For coaches, the platform provides objective insight without the need for high-end equipment or guesswork. From tour instructors to high school and college programs, GENiUS becomes an always-on assistant that delivers the type of precision feedback typically found only in elite-level facilities.
Expanding the Experience with Lucra Sports Cash Games
Beginning in 2026, OnCore will integrate Lucra Sports' real money gaming engine into the GENiUS platform - bringing cash games to both game improvement and mini golf applications. Lucra, whose groundbreaking partnership with Dave & Busters redefined casual sports and recreational games, enables compliant, peer-to-peer gameplay for real stakes across a range of formats.
In game improvement, players will challenge each other to practice-based contests - who can make the most consecutive 6-footers or score highest in a putting drill, and more. The competitive layer transforms solo training into a social, incentivized experience. In addition to peer-to-peer matchups, OnCore will host local, regional, and national skill-based competitions - offering four- and five-figure cash prizes to top performers in verified GENiUS skill challenges.
In mini golf, Lucra enables head-to-head cash games across full rounds or single-hole formats. Players can compete in real-time against friends or strangers - putt for putt - with results auto-tracked by the GENiUS Ball™. The combination of GENiUS and Lucra gives established mini golf operators the ability to offer a fully modern, gamified experience - allowing them to compete with today's high-tech entertainment venues at a fraction of the cost. It's a new era of interactive competition where every stroke counts - and every session can pay off. Together, OnCore and Lucra are merging smart equipment, gamification, and real money gaming to unlock entirely new experiences across the golfing landscape.
Disrupting the Simulator Space
The GENiUS Ball™ is poised to transform the golf simulator and launch monitor market by offering a radically lower-cost alternative. Traditional systems rely on expensive radar arrays, high-speed cameras, or fixed installations to track full-swing data-but have consistently struggled to capture accurate metrics in the short game, especially putting. GENiUS solves this problem by embedding the sensors directly into the ball, making it the first solution to deliver reliable putting and short game analytics with no external hardware. With just a ball and a mobile device, players can now access elite-level data-anytime, anywhere-unlocking new possibilities for affordable personal simulators, pop-up experiences, and high-fidelity remote coaching.
Strategic Partnerships Powering Performance
GENiUS Ball™ technology is already generating strong interest from leading golf GPS app providers, collegiate coaching platforms, and technology-driven training systems - all recognizing the transformative value of real-time data in elevating performance. These integrations will expand the reach of GENiUS beyond the practice green, embedding it within the broader digital golf ecosystem.
Now Open for Investment
OnCore Innovations has officially launched its funding campaign for accredited investors under a 506c Reg D offering. The funds raised will be used to scale commercial production, marketing, and general corporate purposes, with product available in the 4th quarter this year.
Learn more at: www.geniusball.golf/regd
Media Contact:
Richard Stamper
Chief Revenue Officer
OnCore Innovations
Email: rstamper@geniusball.golf
Phone: 770-403-3708
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SOURCE: OnCore Innovations
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