Client Spotlight: Ecellix Battery Innovations: Reimagining the Future of Batteries Founded in 2018 to commercialize a revolutionary battery anode material invented at Washington State University, Ecellix Battery Innovations developed the eCell™ Micro Energy Cores™ Future Battery Energy Framework to enable higher-energy, long lasting batteries for electric vehicle (EV) and consumer products. The company’s groundbreaking ultra-high capacity anode...Read More
The Future of Our Ocean: A Vision for PROTEUS™ Fabien Cousteau is a renowned aquanaut, Ocean explorer and environmentalist and visionary behind PROTEUS™. He is one of the few humans on this planet who has lived and worked for 31 days consecutively in the Ocean. Fabien Cousteau spent his early years aboard his famous grandfather’s...Read More
Client Spotlight: COVID Response Partners In January of 2020, America’s first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Seattle. As the virus spread and the gravity of the situation became apparent, our founder recognized it would take more than government intervention to manage the pandemic and get businesses back to work. Since April of 2020, COVID...Read More
Client Spotlight: Greif A global leader in industrial packaging products and services For more than 140 years, the world’s most important products have travelled around the globe in Greif’s industrial packaging. We produce steel, plastic and fibre drums, intermediate bulk containers, reconditioned containers, flexible products, containerboard, uncoated recycled paperboard, coated recycled paperboard, tubes and cores...Read More
Will Your Wealth Provide Your Heirs with Opportunities, or Deprive Them of Their Independence? You’ve seen and heard the stories of dissension, fighting, greed, and legal actions when an inheritance is up for grabs. You may be thinking, “That won’t happen in our family.” Think again! It has been statistically proven that 70% of wealth...Read More
AN ALTERNATIVE TO MONEY MARKET FUNDS By Don Ames, Sarasota Family Office Association January is behind us and what a month it was!! The major indices all struggled as the month came to an end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average “DJIA” ended the month down 2.04%, the S&P 500 fell by 1.11% while the Nasdaq...Read More
Client Spotlight: VertueLab Partnering with family offices, foundations, and mission-minded individuals who want to fight the climate crisis For family offices wanting to ensure their investments have a positive, long-term impact on the planet, it can be challenging to find the most promising options. This is especially true when it comes to finding and investing...Read More
Member Spotlight PorterPartners, LLC – Special Advisor for Cannabis Industry Matters As FON continues to add member benefits and dedicated resources to create additional value for its members in new and emerging industry sectors, cannabis is certainly at the forefront. PorterPartners is a new addition to the team as a special advisor on cannabis industry...Read More
Client Spotlight – Amazonia Impact Ventures If the current rate of deforestation continues around 27% of the Amazon biome will be lost by 2030. Scientists have warned that if deforestation reaches 20%, big portions of the Amazon would convert to tropical savannah. The loss of forest will lead to staggering losses of biodiversity, carbon, and,...Read More
PROTEUS™, the ‘International Space Station’ of the Ocean A healthy Ocean is indispensable to solving the planet’s biggest problems. Challenges created by climate change, rising sea levels, extreme storms and viruses represent a multi-trillion-dollar risk to the global economy. “No ocean, no life. Despite its essential role, we’ve only explored 5% of the ocean, and...Read More
