Matti Kangas

Epic Autokoulu Oy, the largest finnish owned driving school, promotes traffic safety and offers high quality driver training and education across the country. Annually we serve 20 000 customers in 130 locations with our dedicated staff of over 200 persons. Customer experience and the quality of service are of utmost importance to us. Together with our Group Companies Autokoulu Safiiri Oy and Liikenneterveys Oy, we aim at improving and modernizing the driving school industry and defining the gold standard in traffic safety. Korona Invest, a Finnish private equity firm is the majority shareholder of the group.

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Keliber lithium project aims to be among the first in Europe to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilising its own ore at Central Ostrobothnia. Keliber is a subsidiary of Sibanye-Stillwater, a multinational mining and metals processing Group (www.sibanyestillwater.com), with Finnish Minerals Group as the second largest shareholder, a state-owned company developing the value chain of lithium-ion batteries. The expected future production is an essential component in lithium-ion batteries, which enable the electrification of transportation, the storage of renewable energy and speed up digitalisation. The ore will be processed at the planned concentrator plant in Kaustinen, near the main mining areas, and then refined into lithium hydroxide at the future Keliber lithium refinery. When the Keliber lithium project moves into operational phase, we plan to utilise the best available technologies, minimise the environmental impact of our operations and ensure the conditions necessary for the circular economy. The construction phase is estimated to employ up to 500 people which steady state employees estimated to be about 200 industry professionals, and almost 100 will be employed through contractors.

Epic Autokoulu Oy, the largest finnish owned driving school, promotes traffic safety and offers high quality driver training and education across the country. Annually we serve 20 000 customers in 130 locations with our dedicated staff of over 200 persons. Customer experience and the quality of service are of utmost importance to us. Together with our Group Companies Autokoulu Safiiri Oy and Liikenneterveys Oy, we aim at improving and modernizing the driving school industry and defining the gold standard in traffic safety. Korona Invest, a Finnish private equity firm is the majority shareholder of the group.

Korona Invest is a Finnish private equity firm specialized in growth and buyout investments in Finnish small and medium sized enterprises. Since its founding in 2006, Korona has raised four funds, Terveysrahasto Oy (Fund I), Palvelurahasto I Ky (Fund II), Korona Fund III Ky (Fund III) and Korona Fund Iv Ky (Fund IV), with a total raised capital of over EUR 235 million. Korona Invest’s goal is to secure sustainable growth in all investments together with the executive management. Our investment strategy and approach seeks to produce profitable growth and long-term success. Korona Invest’s team has been successful in growing a number of companies which represent the best practices in their industry. In addition to building market leading companies, we have know-how and experience of spin-offs, ownership changes, and managing challenging change and development programs. Regardless of the industry, Korona Invest can invest in companies with the ability and urge to grow. Korona Invest has a strong track record that includes many industries e.g. Business Services, Circular Economy, Educational Services, Housing Services, Daycare and Health and Social Service sectors.

GRK is an innovative construction group in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Core expertise includes implementing demanding infrastructure projects, project management for large projects, extensive track building and planning expertise as well as paving services. 100% Finnish ownership: owned by GRK’s employees, Tesi and Ilmarinen. GRK employs around 1 000 professionals and the 2021 revenue was over EUR 430 million.

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Keliber lithium project aims to be among the first in Europe to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilising its own ore at Central Ostrobothnia. Keliber is a subsidiary of Sibanye-Stillwater, a multinational mining and metals processing Group (www.sibanyestillwater.com), with Finnish Minerals Group as the second largest shareholder, a state-owned company developing the value chain of lithium-ion batteries. The expected future production is an essential component in lithium-ion batteries, which enable the electrification of transportation, the storage of renewable energy and speed up digitalisation. The ore will be processed at the planned concentrator plant in Kaustinen, near the main mining areas, and then refined into lithium hydroxide at the future Keliber lithium refinery. When the Keliber lithium project moves into operational phase, we plan to utilise the best available technologies, minimise the environmental impact of our operations and ensure the conditions necessary for the circular economy. The construction phase is estimated to employ up to 500 people which steady state employees estimated to be about 200 industry professionals, and almost 100 will be employed through contractors.

Tesi wants to raise Finland to the forefront of transformative economic growth. We develop the market, and work for the success of Finnish growth companies. We invest in private equity and venture capital funds and directly in growth companies. We provide long-running support, reasoned insights, patient capital, and skilled ownership. Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/TesiFII Visit for more information: www.tesi.fi