Ultra-luxe club for tech elites gives rare glimpse of what lives behind its doors

A SECRET club frequented by San Francisco’s tech elite has dropped its strict no-photos-allowed policy to give a rare glimpse of what goes on behind its doors.

Inside one of the bars is a secret room located behind a bookcase that is revealed when you touch a certain statue. Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery

SAN FRANCISCO’S booming tech industry has brought a unique start-up culture with plenty of money to spend on things such as memberships for ultra-luxe clubs.

One such club, known as The Battery, has been designed as an innovative social networking space and was created by the husband-and-wife founders of social network Bebo.

The members-only clubhouse has a pricey membership and employs a strict no-photos-allowed policy, meaning only elite members of the tech industry knew what was hiding inside.

However, The Battery has recently shared a glimpse inside the club, which includes a restaurant, garden, spa, gym, library, wine cellar, eight different event spaces and several bars.

It also enforces and an “electronics curfew” requiring members to put away their mobile phones and laptops after 6.00pm.

The club’s 550+ members are made up of leading investors, artists and tech innovators in the Bay Area Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery

Members come together, explore themes, share ideas and activate their generosity. Since its inception in 2014, it has allocated over $11 million and awarded funds to over 60 organisations that are making society stronger. Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery

Each trimester, the community tackles a new theme, representative of timely important issues, such as prison reform, women's health & dignity, mental health and most recently gun safety. Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery

The space is a former marble warehouse and candy factory. Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery