Amit Kumar

Our global Venture Lab was established in April 2018 as an open innovation and collaboration team to partner with and invest in the brightest creative and entrepreneurial minds around the world. Through internal innovation projects and startup partnerships, our global team of more than 300, backed by a $100M fund, is transforming the industries of mobility, food, energy, clean air, wound care, women’s health and home health to build a better future for all of us. Our Venture Lab is the doorway for us, as future partners and collaborators, to launch innovation projects that will improve the quality of life for all. Accelerate your business into the next stage and contact us at venturelab@ngksparkplugs.com. Find us on social media using #TeamVentureLab #BeyondCeramics

Our global Venture Lab was established in April 2018 as an open innovation and collaboration team to partner with and invest in the brightest creative and entrepreneurial minds around the world. Through internal innovation projects and startup partnerships, our global team of more than 300, backed by a $100M fund, is transforming the industries of mobility, food, energy, clean air, wound care, women’s health and home health to build a better future for all of us. Our Venture Lab is the doorway for us, as future partners and collaborators, to launch innovation projects that will improve the quality of life for all. Accelerate your business into the next stage and contact us at venturelab@ngksparkplugs.com. Find us on social media using #TeamVentureLab #BeyondCeramics

MVP Factory: A Ness Digital Engineering Company leverages expertise from business, design, engineering and data science to help organizations do digitization “right”. We have developed a systematic approach to ideate, validate and launch digital products and services following lean and agile methodologies - delivering business impact at start-up speed. Entrepreneurs ourselves, we are innovating digital consulting. Headquartered in Berlin, we worked for clients across six continents, launched digital products in seven countries and scaled ventures globally beyond multimillion euro revenues. Founded 2017 by tech entrepreneur Philipp Petrescu, our core team of more than 30 uniquely combines the best of management consultancies, design agencies, software outsourcing and tech start-ups, creating tangible impact through state-of-the-art product management, first-hand entrepreneurial experience and a deep technical understanding. WHAT WE DO We design and build digital products and ventures while enabling our clients to do so, too. Specifically we do: - Ideation of new business models and exploration of digital opportunities. - Rapid prototyping and validating both user and market fit. - Designing delightful user experiences with efficiency in mind. - Developing and launching digital products in various states (e.g. POC, MVP, globally scalable), technologies (e.g. Java, Node.JS, React, Angular) and environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, on-premise). - Scaling digital products - both tech- and business-side. - Setting up a “MVP Factory” within your organization, enabling you to rapidly ideate, test and launch new digital products and services - Advising on best-practices in product management (e.g. agile-at-scale, distributed teams), design (e.g. becoming user-centric) and technology (e.g. DevOps, emerging technologies).

Siegwerk offers Ink, Heart & Soul to its customers Ink, Heart & Soul – our company philosophy incorporates what our customers experience every day. We know our business and produce coatings, inks and individual solutions in close cooperation with our business partners. We are steeped in tradition, yet practice-oriented and with state-of-the-art technology. With more than 180 years of experience, Siegwerk commands a profound product knowledge and expertise for many printing methods. Our actions are market-driven – or even drive the market, which is proven by our many patents. With currently 5,000 staff in more than 30 country organizations we are able to supply and support every customer anywhere in the world. The precondition for such a performance on a sustained basis is a unique kind of reliable and goal-oriented people. Their motivation and commitment are the basis for our international growth, which is supported by institutionalized sharing of expertise across borders. This puts us in the position of being able to provide the best possible solution for the customer. And even to anticipate the demands of tomorrow.

ARGONAS Corporate Finance Advisors is an independent advisory firm based in Berlin. Our team combines complementary experience in the areas M&A, financing and private equity. Based on that, we offer integrated advice on Corporate Finance transactions and non-deal related projects. Independent from the characteristics of the specific project, we add value through the provision of focused and flexible support to management, finance department and company owners by complementing the resources and expertise of in-house teams.