About Me

As a capital strategist, Dr. Swart’s expertise resides in his proven ability to secure capital and define a business’ impact on global challenges and social innovation. Leveraging more than 20 years’ experience, he is a leader driven by academic rigor and an extensive global network to help educate and mentor firms, policy makers, and businesses. Deploying cutting-edge technology and long-standing connections in the industry, he is able to achieve greater access to capital for clients. Complimenting his ability to drive capital investments, Dr. Swart is an authority on emerging AI-Driven prediction models to aide in decision making for venture capital and innovation.

Currently specializing in efforts with family offices and established innovative companies, the next year will involve projects and events focused on expanding client’s knowledge in crypto philanthropy, business development, and sustainable blockchain with meaningful social impacts. Ultimately, resulting in a defined architecture that mobilizes capital for a large-scale social benefit.

Dr. Swart has been featured in leading business publications including Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, PBS, MSNBC, NPR, Financial Times, Washington Post and countless others. He was the lead author on a research project for the World Bank exploring crowdfunding and alternative funding models for innovative technology. Lecturing worldwide in Europe, the United Kingdom, Africa, the Middle East, and throughout the United States; led to his recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in honor of his research in the UK.

He has worked with notable universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the University of Cambridge. Having served as a research scholar in the Institute for Business & Social Innovation at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Dr. Swart was the resident expert on evolving models of alternative finance. Dr. Swart also served as the Filene Fellow in Emerging Technology at the University of California, Irvine where he focused on FinTech and its impact as part of the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion.

Dr. Swart’s client portfolio witnesses a sizable list of partnerships with accelerators, angel funds, family offices, major foundations, Fortune 50 companies, national governments, and global research institutions.