• #GPACF2021

      Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 4th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.

    • Premium Partners

    • Official Partners

    • Three Prize Categories

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech

      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 on January 1st 2010 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.

    • Timeline

      15 october 2020

      Official opening of the application process #GPACF2021

      27 November 2020

      #GPACF2021 application closing date

      Please scroll below to see documents requested and form to apply

      April 15th 2021

      Final of #GPACF2021 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 300 guests, Prize Giving Ceremony

    • Jury

      Eric BOURDAIS

      de CHARBONNIERE

      ACF

      President of Donation Fund

      Louis DESANGES

      ACF

      President

      Thierry PEUGEOT

      ESSEC Automobile Club

      President

      Christian PEUGEOT

      ACF

      Vice-President

    • Félicie BURELLE

      PLASTIC OMNIUM

      Managing Director

      Paul-Antoine CRISTOFARI

      AXA PARTNERS

      Global Chief Sales, Marketing & Distribution Officer
       

      Patrick KOLLER

      FAURECIA

      CEO

      Gilles LE BORGNE

      RENAULT GROUP

      Executive Vice President Engineering

      Alexis POINSARD

      FIDAL

      Corporate M&A Partner

    • Anne ASENSIO

      Dassault Systems

      Vice-President Design

      Patrick BLAIN

      Renault-Nissan

      ex-Excomm

      Yann BODERE

      IoT.Bzh

      Managing Director

      Grand Prix ACF 2020

      Béatrice DUBOISSET

      Humeaning

      President

    • Elisabeth LECUYER

      Paris Business Angels

      President

      Frédéric MAZZELLA

      BlaBlaCar

      President-Founder

      Romain STUTZMANN

      France AutoTech

      President

    • Application Process

      Call for international and French projects until November 27th

      1

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

      2

      Please fill the short application below

      3

      Send before November 27th

      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 / Service, Solved Problem, Business Model, Market, Competitors (3-5 major competitors), Milestones

      > 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 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).

    • Previous Editions

      Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 - 2020 editions

      Grand Prix ACF 2018

      Grand Prix ACF 2019

      Grand Prix ACF 2020

    • Rewards

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2021

      €25,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

      1 interview of the award winner by Maddyness

      Assistance provided by AXA concerning retirement saving plans for the startup founders or the company and its clients

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

      10 hours of coaching with Béatrice Duboisset

      Individualized financial advisory provided by Alexander Partners including optimisation of the Business Plan & Private Placement Memorendum for future fund raising

      Professional assistance on an international level, provided by Faurecia. On a case-by-case basis, it could include: access to local work teams, temporary provision of work premises, and advice on the local specificities of the target country

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2021 Jury seat for one of the founders of the award winning startup the year following its victory

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

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

      1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

      Participation to the Mobilité@VEDECOM event awarded by VEDECOM

      1 year membership to the automotive innovation cluster Mov'eo

      Prix Pionnier ACF 2021

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

      Individualized counselling provided by the venture capital fund Aster, including 5h of counselling to optimize a business plan, in preparation for possible fund raising

      1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

      The equivalent of a €10,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

      1 half-day/month with an expert during 3 months & Participation to the event Mobilité@VEDECOM awarded by VEDECOM

      1 year membership to the automotive innovation cluster Mov'eo

      Mention GPACF GreenTech 2021

      Assess the opportunity of a CrowdFunding operation, using Aster Crowd platform, for the startup as well as complete management of the relation with the subscribing investors if the operation is launched

      Participation to a VEDECOM training session or access to the test drive tracks

      Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster Mov'eo

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

      1 year membership to the automotive innovation cluster Mov'eo

      For the 6 finalists

      1 stand during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 2nd 2020 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

      Counselling provided by the consulting firm humeaning to prepare the speech they will deliver during the grand final of April 2nd 2020 with Beatrice Duboisset

    • Contact us

      Richard de Cabrol

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director

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