FRAUNHOFER

COMPANY BUILDINGPARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES

FRAUNHOFER: THE EUROPEAN POWERHOUSE OF INNOVATION

§ Exocad, a dental CAD/CAM software, sold to Carlyle Group in 2016

§ Novaled, producer of OLEDs, soldto Samsung in 2013 for 260 Mio. €

§ Fraunhofer is the most successfulspin-off factory in Europe*

Fraunhofer holds 6500+ active patentsand ranks among the top 100 global innovators. Here are some impactfulinnovations:§ white LED light (with OSRAM)§ world record of productivity for solar

panels§ truck tires made out of dandelion

(with Continental)

Lupine-based ice cream, Johann Lafer‘s Table d'Or, or the famous mp3. Many Fraunhofer innovations are part of our everyday life.

*when compared to the relevant peer group (Helmholtz, MPG, VTT, TNO, etc.) in terms of # spin-offs per researcher and per year

FRAUNHOFER VENTURE: TRACK RECORD

500+

70+

38%

successfully spun-off high-tech ventures

startups in Fraunhofer‘sshareholding portfolio

tech transfer rate throughincubation activities

by AHEAD’s predecessor FDays®

30 spin-offs in 2018, 70+ exits since 2001

2019: A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR COMPETING ON A GLOBAL-SCALE

Fraunhofer‘s central platform for companybuilding, venture incubation and cooperation

with the startup ecosystem

+Fraunhofer Tech

Transfer Fund (FTTF)60 Mio. early-stage VC dedicated to Fraunhofer

spin-offs

We‘ve built in..

.. best practices fromaround the world

.. the expertise of havingsupported 500+ high-techspin-offs & pushed 200+ ventures through ourprevious incubation system

.. our own thoughtleadership on the futureof technology transfer

AHEAD: EMPOWERING HIGHTECH VENTURES

AHEAD’s mission is to build entrepreneurial teams around high technology. Bycreating an environment tailored to science-backed innovation that brings out the

best in team, market and product, we are taking tech transfer to the next level.

TEAMS FIRSTprofessional team developmentand team completion with ournetwork of psychologists and

serial entrepreneurs

MARKET CLARITYentrepreneurial and customer-oriented incubation programfor sizing and de-risking your

market opportunity

TAILORED TO OUR TEAMSa 2-24 month process tailoredto our teams‘ specific needsand challenges to get them

market- and investment-ready.

AHEAD: PROCESS STRUCTURE

4 DAYS

Bootcamp

§ Stress test for the team and project

§ Create an individual roadmap

§ Apply for funding and tailored support

MAX. 6 MONTHS

Phase 1

§ Strengthen the team, understand and validate the market, shape the IP and product strategy

§ Define the tech transfer concept and negotiate its fundamental terms

MAX. 1,5 YEARS

Phase 2

§ Get the team, business model and technology market-ready

§ Execute the tech transfer concept with minimal time-to-market

€ 50.000 flexible funding

OutputSpin-off or

licensing deal!

AHEAD: HOW DOES IT WORK?

3x / year

AHEADBusiness Model-, Product-, Team-Development

Intense startphase Check-ins (2 days every 3 weeks)

BOOTCAMP PHASE 1 PHASE 2

SPRINT

our highly entrepreneurial and achievement-driven process guarantees the survival ofonly the fittest and enables them to become high-performing teams, de-risk their

business models and turn science into actual solutions.

T E A M D E V E L O P M E N T

AHEAD: ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK

I N V E S T O R S & C O M PA N Y B U I L D E R

E V E N T S & F A I R SA S S O C I AT I O N SM B A / E M B A / A L U M N I

B U S I N E S S S C H O O L S O N L I N E P L AT F O R M S

We select and match serial entrepreneurs / entrepreneurial talents with our ventureprojects and also assist them in getting

access to Fraunhofer technology for theirown business visions

C O M PA N Y B U I L D I N G

T E A M C O M P O S I T I O N

AHEAD: MARKET VALIDATION

provides access to Germany’s rich ecosystem of MNC, hidden champions, family-owned businesses and Mittelstand

companies

§ use case exploration§ customer discovery§ market validation§ first revenues

AHEAD: DATA-ENABLED

The AHEAD management has attached sensors to all vital functions of the process and thereby enables the efficacy

of the program by true data science.

§ continuous monitoring of all ventures regarding their challenges, activities and progress

§ allocation of attention and resources based upon data

§ measuring the overall efficacy of the program and all of its facets

PARTNER BENEFITS: IN A NUTSHELL

1. Instantly inject two decades and 500+ spin-offs of experience in deep tech venture building into your technology transfer system

2. Get access to the world’s most innovative economy* and world-leading companies for business development purposes

3. Data-enable your technology transfer efforts in order to continuously optimize your system and keep it future-proof

*according to: World Economic Forum’s latest Global Competitiveness Report,

HOW TO BECOME AHEAD..

FOR INSTITUTIONS

§ send your own teams through AHEAD and benefit from our top-notch process, support structure and network

§ build bidirectional & international soft landing programs for our ventures

§ Get our help to set up your own entrepreneurial tech transfer program

FOR ENTREPRENEURS

§ get your “Fraunhofer inside” deep tech upgrade and thereby increase the value of your startup

§ become a co-founder of a Fraunhofer spin-off – we match you to our most promising pre-seed ventures