FORM 3
        
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Crowdex Investment, LLC		 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
9/22/2020 

 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. [ASTI]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                          ___X___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)        _____ Other (specify below)
(Street)

DOVER, DE 19901      

(City)              (State)              (Zip)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)
 

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)		2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Series 1A Preferred Stock (1) (1)9/22/2020  (2)Common Stock 50,000,000,000  $0.0001 (3)D  
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Crowdex Investment, LLC ("Crowdex") is the current owner of 2,000 Series 1A Preferred Stock of the Issuer (the "Preferred Shares"). These 2,000 Preferred Shares (the "First Tranche") are convertible into 20,000,000,000 shares of common stock of the Issuer. Pursuant to the Series 1A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and Crowdex, Crowdex will purchase an additional 3,000 Preferred Shares on November 20, 2020, less than 60 days of the date of this filing (the "Second Tranche"). The shares represented above represent beneficial ownership of the First and Second Tranches. This joint Filing on Form 3 includes Mr. Bernd Fortsch who is the 100% indirect owner of Crowdex.
(2) The Series 1A Preferred Stock has no expiration date.
(3) Conversion price is $0.0001 per the stated value of the Preferred Shares which is $1,000 per Preferred Share.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director10% OwnerOfficerOther
Crowdex Investment, LLC
1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B
DOVER, DE 19901
X

Fortsch Bernd
1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B
DOVER, DE 19901


100% owner of Crowdex
Signatures
/s/ David Peterson, Manager of Crowdex Investment, LLC and power of attorney of Bernd Fortsch10/5/2020
**Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

(For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4, 5, and Schedule 13D)

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David Peterson of Crowdex Investment, LLC (the "Company") and Serena Hamann of K&L Gates LLP, signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents to:

(1) Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation thereunder;

(2) Prepare, execute in the undersigne's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the SEC Forms 3, 4, 5, and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith) in accordance with
Section 16(a) and Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of the Company;

(3) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, or Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith) and file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any similar authority; and

(4) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company assuming) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, or Schedule 13D with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Ascent Solar Techologies, Inc., (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys in fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or K&L Gates LLP, as applicable.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date written below. 

Date:   September 30, 2020


By:     /s/ Bernd Fortsch
Name:   Bernd Fortsch