• #GPACF 2027

    Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are celebrating the 10th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.

  • TEASER Call for Projects 2027

  • Premium Partners

  • Official Partners

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  • GPACF 2026 Winners

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Auto & Mobility Club

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    BLOOMINERAL

    PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2026

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    ALTROVE

    GRAND PRIX ACF 2026

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    BLOOMINERAL

    MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2026

  • Three Prize Categories

     

    Grand Prix ACF

    For startups that are most advanced in their development (Series A and +)

    Prix Pionnier ACF

    For youngest startups, at the early stages of their development (Seed)

    Mention GPACF GreenTech

    For finalist startup with the most eco-friendly product

  • WHO ?

    For startups in automotive sector providing innovative solutions in:

     

    • Use
    • Design
    • Manufacturing
    • Commercialization

    WHY ?

    Up to € 200 000 worth of rewards including:

    • € 35 000 money reward split between two prizes
    • Personalized financial and law advisory
    • Pitch & booth during the prize giving event
    • Meetings with automotive, entrepreneurship and finance executives

    ELIGIBILITY

    Companies which have registered their activity statutes less than 10 years ago at the earliest in France or in another country.

    Shareholding of at least 50% of the capital by one or several of its individual associates.

    Service or technological development companies which can apply their activities to the automotive sector whether in its use, design, manufacturing or commercialization.

  • Calendar

    November 27th 2026

    Closing of applications to GPACF 2027

    April 21st 2027

    Final of #GPACF 2027 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 250 guests, Prize Giving Ceremony

    April 28th 2027

    Final of #GPACF 2027 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 250 guests and Live on Youtube, Prize Giving Ceremony

  • Jury

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    Eric BOURDAIS

    de CHARBONNIERE

    ACF

    President of Donation Fund

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    Yann

    de PONTBRIAND

    ACF

    President

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    Thierry PEUGEOT

    ESSEC Automobile Club

    President

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    Patrick BLAIN

    Renault-Nissan

    Ex-Excom

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    Bruno BLIN

    RENAULT TRUCKS (Volvo Group)

    ex-CEO

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    Félicie BURELLE

    OPmobility

    CEO

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    Nicolas CHAMPETIER

    RENAULT GROUP

    Vice President Innovation

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    Carla GOHIN

    FORVIA

    Chief Strategy Officer

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    Patrice GRAILLAT

    FIDAL

    Paris Director

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    Christophe LACROIX

    MOTUL

    Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer

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    Stéphane PRIAMI

    CREDIT AGRICOLE PFM

    President

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    Anne ASENSIO

    Dassault Systems

    Vice-President Design

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    Laetitia CARLE

    France Digitale

    Vice-President

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    Ehsan EMAMI

    Qovoltis

    President

    Grand Prix ACF 2021

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    Thibaud MARTIN

    Altrove

    CEO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2026

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    Dali RASHID

    Genomines

    CTO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2024

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    Tom VROEMEN

    Tetmet

    CEO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2025

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    Elisabeth YOUNG

    WAVE

    Présidente

  • Application Process

    Call for international and French projects until November 27th

    1

    Please prepare a slide deck in English or French (9 slides maximum + appendices if needed) + Founders' CVs

    2

    Please fill the short application below

    3

    Send before November 27th 11h59pm

    We will contact you afterwards when results will be given

  • PLEASE NOTE

    The 9 slide deck (English or French) must include the following information :

    > Team, Shareholders, Product or Service, Solved Problem, Pricing or Business Model, Market, Competitors (3-5 major competitors), Potential Coopération Ideas with GPACF Partners, your environmental/human impact

    > As well as an executive summary in the opening of the presentation

    Without this information, the Jury will not be able to rate your efforts for related criteria.

    If you develop a disruptive technology that needs to be explained, please do not hesitate to use appendicies to a avoid a "beleive me" effect. We will read it if the first 9 slides are good enough.

    If you encounter troubles with the application process, please do not hesitate to send your deck and the CVs of the Founders to essecautomobile@gmail.com. Please specify in your mail your contact details, which prize you are applying for (Grand Prix or Prix Pionnier).

  • Personal data (name, email address, telephone number, postal address, company name, résumé/CV and presentations) collected in connection with your application to the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2027 are necessary to meet the organizational requirements of the competition. Such data are intended for the organizers—Automobile Club de France and the Club Automobile & Mobilité of ESSEC—, for premium partners for whom you have expressly opted in, and for the members of the Jury. The organizers undertake not to use personal data for promotional purposes without prior notice to the data subject. The data are confidential and retained solely by the organizers. In accordance with Articles 38, 39 and 40 of French Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Information Technology, Files and Civil Liberties, as amended by Act No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, you have the right to access and rectify data concerning you and the right to object to the processing of your data by contacting us at: gpacfstartupauto@automobileclubdefrance.fr

  • Previous Editions

    Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 - 2026 editions

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    Grand Prix ACF 2018

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    Grand Prix ACF 2019

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    Grand Prix ACF 2020

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    Grand Prix ACF 2021

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    Grand Prix ACF 2022

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    Grand Prix ACF 2023

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    Grand Prix ACF 2024

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    Grand Prix ACF 2025

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    Grand Prix ACF 2026

  • Rewards

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2027

    €20,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    1 environmental impact assessment carried out by Meridiam, related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

    1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

    Individualized counselling provided by the venture capital fund Aster, to optimize a business plan, in preparation for possible fund raising

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2027 Jury seat for one of the founders of the award winning startup the year following its victory

    Business Expert Coaching (Strategy & fund raising experts Business Experts of Next Move) & one year subscription to Minutes Europe & Innovation newsletter written in Bruxelles by Next Move

    Media coverage made by Agence VLC

    A two-hour one-on-one coaching session designed to lay the foundations of a strong communication strategy and turn visibility into a driver for growth by Born to Be Agency

    Identification of a target foreign country and administrative support to help implementation in this country by the Forum Francophone des Affaires

    The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Exclusive meetings with our partners in order to assess the opportunity to collaborate or to invest

    Prix Pionnier ACF 2027

    €10,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

    Coaching by community of experts of SIA in order to address real needs of automotive sector

    Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to Minutes Europe & Innovation newsletter written in Bruxelles by Next Move

    The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Mention GPACF GreenTech 2027

    Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to Minutes Europe & Innovation newsletter written in Bruxelles by Next Move

    Personalized coaching by the environmental impact venture capital fund Shift4Good, for the optimization of the investor pitch document

    €2,500 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    The equivalent of a €3,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Industrialization Prize 2027

    Bpifrance will support the winner with one day of advisory from a manufacturing or AI expert

    €2,500 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    For the 6 finalists

    1 booth during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 28th 2027 at the Automobile Club de France

    Identification of a target local french authorities to help implementation in France, if the opportunity rises with PFA - Plateforme Filière Automobile

    The finalists will be directly pre-selected to pitch in front of the

    PFA - Plateforme Filière Automobile's Automotive Lab jury in order to have the opportunity to be accelerated in the dedicated Franch Automotive Incubator.

    1 meeting of investment assessment with partner funds of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech: Aster, AVP, Cathay, Demea, Leap4, Meridiam, Partech, Speedinvest & Shift4Good

    Invitation to meet students of leading computer and web development school EPITECH

    Choose Paris Region will support the international finalists in their development in Paris Region. International startups will be invited to participate in a speed dating startup/large corporations meeting dedicated to mobility.

    The finalists will be directly pre-selected to pitch in front of the Ville de Demain jury in order to have the opportunity to be incubated in STATION F, the world's largest incubator.

    A two-hour group coaching session designed to transform an innovation into a clear, distinctive and memorable story that resonates with the jury by Born to Be Agency

  • Contact us

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    Richard de Cabrol

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director

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