Grand Prix ACF AutoTech

#GPACF 2025
Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 7th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.
Many thanks to the 74 startups that applied to GPACF 2025, rendez-vous start of january to discover the 12 semi-finalists !
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GPACF 2024 Winners
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Automobile Club

Diamfab
PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2024
Genomines
GRAND PRIX ACF 2024
Cylib
MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2024
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 on January 1^st 2014 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

13th January 2024
Reveal of the 12 semi-finalists of #GPACF 2025
April 2nd 2025
Final of #GPACF 2025 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 250 guests, Prize Giving Ceremony
Jury

Eric BOURDAIS
de CHARBONNIERE
ACF
President of Donation Fund
Yann
de PONTBRIAND
ACF
President
Thierry PEUGEOT
ESSEC Automobile Club
President
Patrick BLAIN
Renault-Nissan
Ex-Excom
Félicie BURELLE
OP Mobility
Managing Director
Patrice GRAILLAT
FIDAL
Paris Director
Patrick KOLLER
FORVIA
CEO
Philippe KRIEF
RENAULT GROUP
Chief Technical Officer
Christophe LACROIX
MOTUL
Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Stéphane PRIAMI
CREDIT AGRICOLE Personal Finance & Mobility
CEO
Anne ASENSIO
Dassault Systems
Vice-President Design
Yann BODERE
Iot.Bzh
Managing Director
Grand Prix ACF
2020
Claire CANO
HiFlow
CEO
Grand Prix ACF
2019
Ehsan EMAMI
Qovoltis
President
Grand Prix ACF 2021
Jean Philippe GIBAUD
GEOLITH
CEO
Grand Prix ACF
2022
Elisabeth LECUYER
Paris Business Angels
President
Maya NOEL
France Digitale
CEO
Dali RASHID
Genomines
CTO
Grand Prix ACF
2024
Elisabeth YOUNG
WAVE
Présidente
Previous Editions
Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 - 2022 editions

Grand Prix ACF 2018
Grand Prix ACF 2019
Grand Prix ACF 2020
Grand Prix ACF 2022
Grand Prix ACF 2023
Grand Prix ACF 2024
Rewards
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2025
€25,000 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
Professional assistance on an international level, provided by Forvia. 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 2025 Jury seat for one of the founders of the award winning startup the year following its victory
Identification of a target foreign country and administrative support to help implementation in this country by the Forum Francophone des Affaires
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
The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
Prix Pionnier ACF 2025
€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 €10,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
Mention GPACF GreenTech 2025
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
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
The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
For the 6 finalists
1 booth during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 2nd 2025 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
1 meeting of investment assessment with partner funds of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech: Aster, Meridiam, 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. In 2023, international startups will be invited to participate in a speed dating startup/large corporations meeting dedicated to mobility.
The winners 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.
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Richard de Cabrol
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director
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#GPACF 2025

Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 7th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.

Teaser of GPACF2025

Premium Partners

Official Partners

GPACF 2024 Winners

Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Automobile Club

Diamfab

PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2024

Genomines

GRAND PRIX ACF 2024

Cylib

MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2024

Three Prize Categories

Grand Prix ACF

Prix Pionnier ACF

Mention GPACF GreenTech

WHO ?

WHY ?

ELIGIBILITY

Timeline

13th January 2024

April 2nd 2025

Jury

Eric BOURDAISde CHARBONNIERE

ACF

Yannde PONTBRIAND

ACF

Thierry PEUGEOT

ESSEC Automobile Club

Patrick BLAIN

Renault-Nissan

Félicie BURELLE

OP Mobility

Patrice GRAILLAT

FIDAL

Patrick KOLLER

FORVIA

Philippe KRIEF

RENAULT GROUP

Christophe LACROIX

MOTUL

Stéphane PRIAMI

CREDIT AGRICOLE Personal Finance & Mobility

Anne ASENSIO

Dassault Systems

Yann BODERE

Iot.Bzh

Claire CANO

HiFlow

Ehsan EMAMI

Qovoltis

Jean Philippe GIBAUD

GEOLITH

Elisabeth LECUYER

Paris Business Angels

Maya NOEL

France Digitale

Dali RASHID

Genomines

Elisabeth YOUNG

WAVE

Previous Editions

Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 - 2022 editions

Grand Prix ACF 2018

Grand Prix ACF 2019

Grand Prix ACF 2020

Grand Prix ACF 2022

Grand Prix ACF 2023

Grand Prix ACF 2024

Rewards

Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2025

For the 6 finalists

Contact us

Richard de Cabrol

Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director

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Eric BOURDAIS
de CHARBONNIERE

Yann
de PONTBRIAND