IIF-05 – International Investment Forum (IIF) https://ii-forum.com 21.05.2025 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:17:45 +0000 de hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Maximilian Lautenschläger, Managing Director & Co-Founder https://ii-forum.com/speaker/maximilian-lautenschlaeger-managing-director-co-founder/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:01:09 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1708 Max, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Deutsche Digital Assets (DDA), a global crypto asset manager, started his career as a management consultant, where he advised Fortune 500 companies from the steel, utility, and retail industry on topics like digitalization, project management and IT integration. He transitioned into Private Equity at an Asset Management group with € 50 Billion assets under management, then joined a fintech company builder, where he built several alternative finance startups from scratch together with the management team. He holds a BA in international management, an MBA, is Harvard educated and completed the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. Additionally, he serves on the supervisory board of MLP, Germany’s biggest independent financial advisor group and is personally invested into several startups as a business angel.

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Rainer Koppitz, CEO Katek SE https://ii-forum.com/speaker/rainer-koppitz-ceo-katek-se/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:13:49 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1607 WKN: A2TSQH | ISIN: DE000A2TSQH7 | FSE: KTEK 

KATEK Group, headquartered in Munich, is one of the fastest growing electronics companies in Europe and aims to make a decisive contribution to the “electronification of the world”. KATEK is an end-to-end service provider for high-value electronics. The range of services covers the entire product life cycle. From the development of software and hardware, through rapid prototyping of electronic assemblies and production, to subsequent support of the process at the customer’s premises, including logistics, after-sales and service activities.

3,100 employees at locations in Germany, Eastern Europe, North America and Asia produce the megatrends of the future. With its local-to-local approach, KATEK ensures proximity to the customer and at the same time paves the way to the global market. Market leaders from the fastest-growing industries – from electromobility to renewable energies to medical technology – rely on this strategy.

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Frederick Kozak, CEO Auxico Resources Canada Inc. https://ii-forum.com/speaker/frederick-kozak-ceo-auxico-resources-canada-inc/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:31:30 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1590 AUXICO RESOURCES CANADA INC
WKN: A2H6MQ | ISIN: CA05334L1094 | CSE: AUAG

Auxico Resources, CSE: AUAG; Canadian direct shipping ore and technology-driven mining firm positioned to become a major supplier of critical minerals and rare earth elements to global economies. Auxico has diversified projects, minerals and regional operations with limited market exposure, across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Colombia and Brazil. Auxico, in joint venture with Central America Nickel, are the first North American mining companies to export monazite rare earths from the DRC, which represents sustainable revenue for the firm and 720 cumulative tonnes of rare earth trades. The Company will be in a position near term to produce 300 tpm from their Colombian Minastyc property (mining permit issued by the ANM) pending the approval of the environmental assessment; a property that hosts tin, rare earths, gold, platinum metals and other critical minerals. Auxico has a proprietary internal process for the removal of thorium and has licensed an environmentally-friendly ultrasound technology for the processing of critical minerals and rare earth elements. The Company also announced the finalization of their agreement with CEMAL for the development of the Massangana Tin Tailings Project (Rondonia, Brazil) with an estimated 30,000,000 tonnes of tailings (evaluated by German and Brazil government studies). Auxico has developed a production plan for 750,000 tpy of tin tailings to generate tin, ilmenite, zircon, columbite and rare earth elements from the Massangana Project. Auxico has executed bankable offtake agreements for tin concentrates and tantalum.

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John Jeffrey, CEO Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. https://ii-forum.com/speaker/john-jeffrey-ceo-saturn-oil-gas-inc/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:25:42 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1587 SATURN OIL & GAS INC
WKN: A3C9X6 | ISIN: CA80412L8832 | FSE: SMKA | TSXV: SOIL

Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. is a growing Canadian energy company focused on generating positive shareholder returns through the continued responsible development of high-quality, light oil weighted assets, supported by an acquisition strategy that targets highly accretive, complementary opportunities. Saturn has assembled an attractive portfolio of free-cash flowing, low-decline operated assets in Southeastern Saskatchewan and West Central Saskatchewan that provide a deep inventory of long-term economic drilling opportunities across multiple zones.

With an unwavering commitment to building an ESG-focused culture, Saturn’s goal is to increase reserves, production and cash flows at an attractive return on invested capital.

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Jenny-Claire Ganasi, CEO Selten Metal Corp. https://ii-forum.com/speaker/jenny-claire-ganasi-ceo-selten-metal-corp/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:37:52 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1582 Selten Metal was incorporated in May of 2021 and, pursuant to the Option, Selten Metal holds an option to acquire up to a 100% interested in the THOR project, consisting of roughly 2,170 hectares located in Clark County, Nevada.

German for “rare,” the word “Selten” represents Selten Metal Corp.’s desire to become a leading producer of heavy and light rare earth elements in the United States-as US sourced rare earths are becoming increasingly critical to the climate economy, modern technologies and for global geopolitical stability.

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Arli Mujkic, CEO EPTI AB https://ii-forum.com/speaker/arli-mujkic-ceo-epti-ab/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:14:18 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1573 EPTI AB
WKN: A2P4CT | ISIN: SE0013774668 | FSE: G7H 

EPTI AB, founded in 2017 in Stockholm, is an investment and services company in the high-growth areas of gaming, fintech, marketplaces, SaaS and digitalization/IT services. In line with the guiding principle „We empower innovation – A company builder for founders, by founders“, EPTI invests predominantly in majority stakes with an active hands-on approach or co-founds and finances joint ventures with successful entrepreneurs in the high-growth areas of business process digitalization and end-user applications. EPTI Group’s particular strength is to provide growth companies with state-of-the-art technologies, IT/SW human resources, and management and marketing services to develop innovative companies and future gamechangers/market leaders. Currently, the investment portfolio includes more than 25 companies in seven European countries, in which the approximately 200 employees and IT specialists are organized in majority shareholdings.

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Patrick Lowry, CEO Cryptology Asset Group PLC https://ii-forum.com/speaker/patrick-lowry-ceo-cryptology-asset-group-plc/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:55:04 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1569 CRYPTOLOGY ASSET GROUP PLC
WKN: A2JDEW | ISIN: MT0001770107 | FSE: CAP

Cryptology Asset Group PLC is a Malta-based investment company. The Company’s principal activity is to invest in crypto-assets and companies with blockchain related business models and also provide strategic advice to these types of companies. The Company’s portfolio includes Block.one, nextmarkets, Northern Data AG and Iconic Holding.

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Oliver Reisinger, CEO SDM SE https://ii-forum.com/speaker/oliver-reisinger-ceo-sdm-se/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:41:19 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1566
Oliver Reisinger, CEO
Peter Biewald, CFO

SMD SE

WKN: A3CM70 | ISIN: DE000A3CM708 | FSE: 75S

sdm SE is the listed holding company of the operating subsidiaries sdm Sicherheitsdienste München GmbH (sdm München), IWSM Industrie- und Werkschutz Mundt GmbH (IWSM) and RSD Rottaler Sicherheitsdienste GmbH (RSD). With its subsidiaries, the sdm Group is one of the leading security service providers in the metropolitan regions of Munich and North Rhine-Westphalia. With its more than 550 employees, the company covers a broad spectrum of security services: from plant, property and police protection to the transportation of valuables and money to the organization of events and effective personal protection.

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Rob Stone, VP Corp Dev & Com https://ii-forum.com/speaker/rob-stone-vp-corp-dev-com-meta-materials-inc/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:16:07 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1558
Rob Stone, VP Corp Dev & Com

META MATERIALS INC
WKN: A3CSM6 | ISIN: US59134N1046 | FSE: MMAT | NASDAQ: MMAT

META® (Meta Materials Inc.) is a smart materials and photonics company that is changing the way we use, interact, and benefit from light. Through applied physics and advanced design, we are pioneering a new class of multi-functional materials—called metamaterials— which have engineered properties that go beyond what is found in nature.

Almost every great advancement in technology can be attributed to a breakthrough in material science. The Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages were enabled by taking advantage of new tools for writing, warfare and irrigation, driven by the manipulation of the raw materials of stone, bronze and iron.

The Industrial Revolution was enabled by the harnessing of steam power, driven in large part by advancements in the manipulation of steel and metals. In the last 60 years, the Digital Age in which we now live was enabled by the invention of the transistor, driven by the discovery of semiconducting materials and the means to manipulate their properties.

We are now in the beginning of another revolution in materials science, driven by advancements in the “invisible” world of nanotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) to design new materials, and metamaterials.

At META we design and manufacture functional materials that are more sustainable, higher performing and cost less than the competition. These are complex, structured materials that perform special functions, utilizing light and other forms of energy in new and often surprizing ways. Our products are designed using algorithms and engineered at microscopic levels, creating novel functional materials that mimic nature and metamaterials with new properties and capabilities that go beyond those found in natural materials.

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Felix Zander, Head of IR, Nordex SE https://ii-forum.com/speaker/felix-zander-head-of-ir-nordex-se/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:52:16 +0000 https://ii-forum.com/?post_type=speaker&p=1525 WKN: A0D655 | ISIN: DE000A0D6554 | FSE: NDX1 

The Nordex Group has installed more than 41 GW of wind energy capacity in over 40 markets and in 2021 generated revenues of EUR 5.4 billion. The company currently employs a workforce of approx. 9,000. The joint manufacturing capacity includes factories in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the United States, India and Mexico. The product portfolio is focused on onshore turbines in the 4 to 6.X MW class, which are tailor-made for the market requirements of countries with limited space and regions with limited grid capacity.

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