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Polymath · Bali Investor brief · confidential
Eco-resort · Munduk, North Bali

Project Polymath

A concept-led resort built around skill acquisition: 16 units, freehold land, guests who stay a week or longer. This page is the numbers; the full archive with the concept, the sources and the P&L model is available on request.

€2.0MProject valuation, PT PMA equity
€50,000Minimum ticket = 2.5% equity
16.5%Distributed return, pessimistic case, year 1
Dec 2027Soft launch · construction starts Sep 2026
01 // The offer

Investment cap

Total project valuation
€2.0M  PT PMA equity value
Minimum investment
€50,000  a 2.5% equity stake. Above the minimum, any amount up to €1.98M (99%)
Capital calls
50% on signing the shareholders agreement, 50% three months after signing
Payouts
Quarterly, from the start of resort operations
Ownership
Shareholders own the PT PMA that holds the freehold land and the resort. Operations run under a management agreement at 40% of gross revenue, which covers all operating costs
02 // Returns

The ROI plan

Same resort, same operating model, one variable: occupancy. The pessimistic case is our planning anchor: every number we commit to works at the floor. Rental income only; capital gains on the land come on top.

Pessimistic50% occupancy Realistic60% occupancy Optimistic70% occupancy
Average weekly rate€1,850€1,850€1,850
Revenue per year€781,068€935,282€1,089,495
Operating expenses (40%)€312,427€374,113€435,798
Operating net€468,641€561,169€653,697
Return (pre-tax)23.4%28.1%32.7%
Distributed return16.5%20.1%23.7%
Net after withholding14.0%17.1%20.2%
Capital back in≈ 7.1 yrs≈ 5.9 yrs≈ 5.0 yrs

Year-one snapshot at today's rates, no annual growth assumed. Distributed return is what the company pays out after 22% Indonesian corporate tax. Net after withholding applies the 15% dividend withholding rate the Indonesia–Netherlands treaty sets for a portfolio holding (5% for a company holding 25%+, 20% without a certificate of domicile), before any personal tax in your country of residence. The plan applies from phase 2 onward, see the rollout below. Indicative, not guaranteed.

03 // Exit scenarios

Three exits, per €50,000

Hold ten years

€90,103

Collected net by year 10, break-even in year 7, and you still own 2.5% of an appreciating freehold asset.

Sell at three years

+90%

€72,716 stake value at a conservative 8× the year-3 investor pool, plus €22,208 net payouts collected. +126% at a 10× re-rating.

Early exit, one year

+45%

€65,297 stake value at 8× the year-1 pool, plus €7,008 net payout. +77% at a 10× re-rating.

Entry is priced at ≈6.1× year-one investor cash flow; comparable boutique hospitality assets change hands at 8–12×. Payouts shown net of withholding; sale values before any tax on the gain. Shares are private: fellow investors hold a right of first refusal and finding a buyer is your own responsibility. Indicative, not guaranteed.

04 // The asset & the location

Freehold, pink zone, Munduk

The land: jungle ridge in Munduk
Indonesia, Bali highlighted
  • 44.2 are on a jungle ridge in the hills of Munduk, elevated, private, quiet
  • Freehold, bought not leased, held by the PT PMA. Land appreciates instead of counting down
  • Pink zone: officially zoned for tourism, fully licensed commercial rental
  • 16 units: 12 one-bedroom suites + 4 two-bedroom townhouses, ≈1,500 m² built
  • Café & co-work, skill studio, gym & octagon, sauna & cold plunge, pool & lounge
  • North Bali International Airport approved on this side of the island, breaking ground 2027
7.1Mannual visitors to Bali
365 daysearning season, no off-season
80%occupancy, Bali upscale segment (Horwath HTL, 2024)
IDRAsia's strongest currency
G20the 17th summit was hosted in Bali
05 // The observations

Observation 01 · The Polymath

Plate 01 / 03 · Three observations, filed over years of studying the polymath. Slide between them. Together they point to one conclusion.

06 // The concept

The concept

The concept is what sets this project apart from every other villa on the island: not just a stay, an interactive stay. Our guests do not travel to switch off, they travel to get better at something. They pick a skill they always wanted to learn, or one they want to take seriously, and for one or two weeks that becomes the whole point of the trip. The resort's job is clearing the way for focus.

The skill studio

The heart of the resort. Once a month a coach, local or international, runs a skill-hacking program: one week to learn a skill, two to master it. Chess, guitar, photography, the skill rotates every cycle, and every cycle draws a new crowd.

Built for focus

Rooms tucked into nature, a café serving whole unprocessed food, a quiet co-work, a recovery centre with sauna and cold plunge, a gym with a fight zone. Day passes open the whole environment to visitors who do not stay the night.

The gap

Every premium Bali property sells relaxation. None sell focus, none filter on ambition, none have built a community around skill acquisition. That gap is Polymath.

07 // The wellness market

We're not building a resort with wellness, but wellness with a resort

Travellers used to fly somewhere to switch off. Now they fly to become better. Wellness is the fastest-growing reason people travel, and nowhere shows it more clearly than Bali: wellness travellers book longer stays, 5–7 nights against 3–4 for standard leisure, and spend more across more touchpoints while they are there. The question is no longer whether to invest, but how deeply.

≈30%Bali wellness growth per year (sector reports, 2025)
68%of Bali visitors seek wellness (tourism study, 2023)
#1spa & wellness is Bali tourism's top revenue segment (Invest Indonesia, 2025)
+108%TRevPAR for hotels with wellness at the core (HotStats, 2024)
+41–175%higher spend per trip by wellness travellers (GWI)

Sources: HotStats Wellness Real Estate Report 2025 (12,000+ hotels), Global Wellness Institute spend data, Bali sector reports and Invest Indonesia within Bali's $10B tourism economy (Bank Indonesia). Stay lengths are indicative sector estimates.

08 // The two-phase rollout

We don't expect 50% from day one

Even the pessimistic case assumes a resort people already know exists. We do not expect to hit 50% occupancy straight out of the gate, and the plan does not need us to: the resort opens in two deliberate phases.

Phase 01 · The proving ground · first six months

  • Doors open with nightly rates cut in half
  • Every stay builds the case: reviews, content, followers, a filled feed
  • No monthly skill programs yet, the foundation gets optimised first
  • Return during this window: ≈ 8.2%

Phase 02 · Full potential

  • The full concept switches on: monthly skill-hacking programs, full rates
  • Launches on six months of live social proof, not promises
  • Maximum quality from day one: team run in, machine tested
  • The opening itself is a marketing moment, a second grand launch

During phase 1, nightly rates run at half the full level, which puts the return at roughly 8.2%, half the pessimistic 16.5%, over those first six months. The ROI plan applies from phase 2 onward.

09 // The visuals

The look of the place

The full design style for the project sits in a separate guide. View design guide →

Master Something Real, the Polymath studio

Concept visuals for the build, on the real Munduk setting. The full visual archive sits in the main investor site.

10 // Investor perks

Every tier stays for free

Tier 1 · from €50,000

1 week stay free of charge per year · 25% discount at the restaurant

Tier 2 · from €100,000

1 week stay free of charge per year · 40% discount at the restaurant

Tier 3 · from €150,000

2 weeks stay free of charge per year · 50% discount at the restaurant · one skill-program voucher, free of charge

11 // Next steps

Reserve your stake

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Review the shareholders agreement, prepared under Indonesian law, available on request.

Reserve your stake, from €50,000. Capital calls follow the 50/50 schedule above.