Securing Europe’s Critical Minerals - Wind × Genomines × InfraVia × VoltR
How will Europe secure the critical minerals and strategic metals that underpin its energy transition, industrial resilience, and technological sovereignty?
Join us for a morning session bringing together expert insights and entrepreneurial perspectives on one of the most decisive challenges of the decade.
↳ Fabien Koutchekian (Genomines) on bio-extraction and the future of sustainable, sovereign metal production
↳ Romain Dechelette (InfraVia Capital Partners) for a macro keynote on markets, supply chains, and geopolitical dynamics
↳ Maxime Bleskine (VoltR) on battery reuse as a strategic lever for securing access to critical metals
📅 Date : Friday, January 23
🕔 Time : 8:30 - 10:30
📍 Address : Wind Offices - 7 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris
About Wind : Wind is an independent European VC firm investing in deeptech founders driving resilience, sovereignty, and sustainability.
About Genomines : Genomines is a French biotech company developing plant-based technologies to extract critical metals sustainably, offering a low-carbon alternative to conventional mining.
About InfraVia : InfraVia Capital Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm investing in infrastructure and technology platforms that strengthen Europe’s long-term industrial and supply-chain resilience.
About VoltR : VoltR is a French company specializing in the reuse and second life of lithium-ion batteries to secure access to critical metals and support a circular, sovereign battery value chain.