WHO WE ARE
Ralph Suikat
Founder, owner and CEO
Dr. Johannes Knorz
CEO
Peter Brock
Investment Director
Florian Schildge
Legal Advisor
Antonia Uhlig
Research associate
Jasmin Voll
Management assistant
Values
The values that define us are anchored in our name „4L Vision“ – LIVE, LOVE, LEARN, LEAVE A LEGACY. So what would we like to leave behind for future generations?
Stephen Covey, 1932–2012, American author and university lecturer, described the four basic human needs with “four L’s”. The answers to his fundamental questions have the power to bring direction and meaning to our lives and to our business activities.
Live
What do you really need in order to live? What does living mean for you? How many material things do you need to make you happy?
Love
What social environments do you require in order to feel at ease? What framework conditions would you like to establish for others? How would you like to shape your relationships with other people?
Learn
What would you like to learn next? Which problem would you like to help solve?
Leave a legacy
What would you like to leave behind for future generations?
What we stand for
„Putting my money where my meaning is, makes me live who I am.“
Tim Noortman
Mission
Our goal is to both preserve and to build on our capital as a way of achieving an impact and making the world a better place.
We are committed to sustainable business practices and to outcome-oriented impact investing. The impact projects we select all contribute towards resolving a fundamental ecological or social problem.
We commit to using everything at our disposal and at all levels to make impact investing successful and a mainstream concept. Impact investing will move beyond its niche existence when impact portfolios become financially interesting to investors. Therefore, good financial returns are of key importance. In this way, impact investing can deliver the greatest possible effect – for the benefit of everyone and to contribute to the preservation of our natural and basic needs. In this way impact investing promotes a fairer society and healthier environment.
Structure
We achieve social and ecological impact in various investment classes.
Private Equity
Stakes in companies, funds
Public Equity
Listed shares
Fixed Income
Bonds and loans
Real Assets
Real estate
Commodity Investments
Raw materials
Liquidity Portfolio
Liquidity
External Asset Management
External wealth management
What we do
„The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest market opportunities.“
Peter Diamandis, GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network)
Impact investing: an investment strategy
The term “impact investing” describes the strategy of investing effectively, measurably and demonstrably in ecological or social projects, while at the same time achieving an attractive and at least “standard market” return.
Impact investing makes the difference
*stipulation not to violate certain ecological, social and corporate standards (negative catalogue) or to explicitly pursue positive criteria (positive catalogue).
The key strength of impact investing over all other alternative investment strategies lies in its focus on securing a standard market financial return. Only impact investing allows ecological or social investments to be made genuinely profitable and thereby sustainable.
Project Investments
Pupils learn music both digitally and by playing
Electric scooters with removable battery for charging
Construction companies and green energy suppliers
A business ecosystem all about sustainability
Climate action: a drink tap water campaign
Expertise in the modern credit industry
First phase of start-up support
Stabilising the impact of start-ups
Corporate network for start-ups
Data ecosystem with personal data account
Investors for tech company founders
Personalised medicine and cancer research
Sustainable concepts for the food industry
Social impact company builder
Knowledge transfer in and around the concept of shaping the future
