Real Communities
What’s the difference between a loose band of partners and a conglomeration of actors? Action & intent.
Although communication is important, our choices show in the results of our work. Some weeks you don’t need a miracle. You need a ticket — a clean, practical unlock that lets the system stop fighting itself and start doing what it was designed to do. This week, it arrived.
Partners
We’re grateful to share that Adrian Brink (The Lutterworth Press) has joined as a business angel, enabling our current asset liquidation and further growth-stabilization efforts. As part of the ongoing round and enabling process, he will hold 2% of KCM going forward.
With contractuals being handled this week and transfers expected to conclude in March, we’re confident we can accelerate all product- and team-related tracks as initially envisioned.
Grant Tracks
Energy Catalyst Round 11: we are mapping a credible joint lane with partners that can carry both technical depth and delivery reality toward development support. Inroads have been made toward a collaboration with a prestigious local partner for a possible traffic-light-related pilot:
Director Kailash Cs left in the title picture of this article.
Productions (P³)
With the next lever pulled, the work will soon return to what matters: repeatability and throughput. Integration requirements remain framed; tracker updates remain live.
This week’s focus stays unglamorous on purpose:
Procurement sequencing
Partner compensation
Presentation prep
Next step: next week.
Operations
Operations are doing what they were built to do: keep the machine moving while the rest of the world introduces friction.
Great Portland Street is moving through its remaining bureaucracy, with the final floor plans and obligatory asbestos report being prepared. Interim address: 66 Paul Street.
Asset liquidation and transfer efforts are now enabled, with a new cap table in early March, enabling proper accounts and a structural reboot for expansion.
US vertical incorporation is filed and currently awaiting processing. Documentation is imminent, and next steps for state compliance are prepared.
The point isn’t always “more activity.” It’s “fewer bottlenecks.”
Publications
After our most recent academia-related meeting at the University of Birmingham last week, the next steps for our review paper on the last 200 years of piezoelectric research are becoming clear. Co-authors sourced, topics defined, and references galore — our first proper scientific open-source publication is bound to be a cornerstone.
Summary
Accelerated commercialization enabled by a real ticket
Partner lanes tightening into executable collaborations
Energy Catalyst discussions moving from idea to assembly
Sprint plan improving as drag reduces; timeline revised
Operations holding continuity while the next location unlocks
Energy. Time. The Future.
See you on the other side of “almost.”
— The KCM Team 🚀
