A year before his fiftieth birthday, Neal committed to building a tech platform in the service of others. He had always built and sold companies that creatively organised information into systems for shareholder returns. It had left Neal burnt out and struggling to feel joy. Embarking on his own healing journey, he realised no one had organised the world’s wisdom. It was to be Neal’s Capstone project: FindCenter

Writing the report for the 4th ‘Future Technology Series’ for the London Technology Club we looked at one of the most applicable capstone projects for all: Preventative Health.Each year, millions of people die from preventable illnesses. A well-known early 2000s study showed that about half of all deaths in the US were due to preventable behaviours and exposures. That level of avoidable premature deaths has only increased.

We spoke with Alex Tait (Al), the father part of the ‘father-daughter duo’ that own and run The Orange Bakery in the classically small British market town of Watlington, Oxfordshire. Since opening just under two years ago, the bakery has been a huge success with the local community, foodies and pop stars alike

Michael Baum is a serial technology entrepreneur and venture capital investor. In September 2014 Michael and his family switched gears to a new project, purchasing the prestigious Burgundian winery Château de Pommard. What began as a passion has turned into a Capstone, a mission to change the way wine is sold and enjoyed, applying Silicon Valley thinking and experience to a very traditional industry, ruffling a few French feathers in the process…

In a 2019 report we wrote and published for the London Technology Club: Future Technology in Wine, we featured Mike T Barrow, the pioneering winemaker who, in 2003, gave up his thriving career in IT in the US to move to Mendoza, Argentina and start a boutique organic winery named Costaflores. Fast forward to 2021 and Mike has established the most progressive and forward-thinking winemaking lab in the world.

He has been described as flamboyant, visionary, driven, exceptional, genius, volatile and probably not surprisingly, arrogant. Napa Valley winemaker Jayson Woodbridge affords every detail money can buy to make the best wine possible. It is a quest for perfection. Often against common wisdom and making less than fiscal sense, it is however, brutally simple. He does whatever is necessary to make the best possible wine for each vintage. Hundred Acre Winery is his Capstone.

The UK and especially London, is the ‘fintech’ capital of the world with the highest concentration of financial and professional service firms alongside being Europe’s foremost technology hub. There is a real shift in the world of finance from banks with technology advantages to technology companies with banking licence, means the UK really can’t underestimate the strategic importance and potential around technology and finance combined

Nutrition is something we should all want to understand and be guided by in our lives, because it’s crucial to well-being. Alongside sleep and physical activity, nutrition is a foundation for health – for ourselves and our families.

A new space race for global dominance and market access is taking shape amongst governments but the space economy is being fuelled by billionaire’s Capstone projects. We explore why the Space Economy Matters and why the sector needs private individuals to fund their adventures.

Many do not realise just how the space sector plays such an indispensable role in the global economy. The highest grossing economic sectors – agriculture, mining, transportation, information technology, finance, and insurance – all rely heavily on space systems. That reliance is about to increase with AI and the fourth industrial revolution, which will be fuelled by big data captured and transmitted via satellite constellations.

Biomimetics are considered the pathway between biology and engineering. Biomimicry literally means imitation of the living. “We’ve come back full circle to realise the power and importance of nature. The question we like to ask in our thinking is ‘what would nature do? We need to keep an open mind that nature, as an engineer, was here first” says Lars-Uno Larsson, Founder of Swedish Biomimetics 3000

The London Technology Club Future Technology in Property report. This could be a typical day in the future for a property developer: It’s funny to think that not so long ago, real estate was considered an illiquid asset.

A recurring theme came through whilst curating the report: the third sector and non-profits run the risk of being left behind, especially by digital technology. Whilst technology is transforming other industries, the sector that would harness it for the most good needs it the most.

Sports teams have traditionally been a family-owned business. 109 billionaires own the top 140 global sports brands. But 2019 was the year that PE houses and investment groups made it clear sport is firmly on their radars for alternative investment.

Wingman outlines what makes a maverick individual. We've worked with HNW, CEOs, entrepreneurs, celebrities, sportsmen/women, F1 team owners, politicians, philanthropists, billionaires and all things in between. This is what we've observed

A summary from the London Technology Club report into Longevity: a quick guide to living longer, living healthier for longer and the opportunities both in terms of economics but also changing societal mindsets. 30 summary points from the report.

We are entering into an accelerated era of precision viticulture whereby advances in technology in fine wine making are enabling producers to make the right decisions and grow with greater precision. The wine maker of the future is as much a data analyst as a farmer. Technology is helping growers do less in the wine making process, not more

Future technology is without doubt going to be the key accelerator of the capability for investors to be able to buy, sell and collect art. Who wouldn’t be excited about the prospect of taking fractional ownership in their favourite artist’s work? Something that in the past was just not feasible – now we can say that art could in the future belong to everybody.

Uri Levine is an Israeli serial entrepreneur. The most impressive thing about Uri is his awareness of his purpose, strategy for action and focused amplification. Acting immediately after the sale to Google for $1.1bn was his Venture Capstone project.

As the COO of the London Technology Club, I was lucky enough to host Luke Nosek in London for a special lunch with our club members. Here are learnings from some amazing conversation. Luke is nothing short of remarkable.