• #GPACF2020

      Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 3rd Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.

      In 2020, one single application enables you to apply for both Grand Prix ACF AutoTech and CarStudio (Mobivia) AutoTech Accelerator

    • 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

      October 15th 2019

      Official opening of the application process at Equip'Auto with Accelerator CarStudio

      December 20th 2019

      Application closing date

      February 24th 2020

      Announcement of the 6 finalists

      April 2nd 2020

      Final 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

      Elise BERT LEDUC

      AXA

      Multi-Access Client, Data and Partnership Director
       

      Dominique DAVODET

      FIDAL

      Paris Director

      François DOSSA

      Groupe RENAULT

      Chief Transformation Officer

      Patrick KOLLER

      FAURECIA

      CEO

      Anne ASENSIO

      Dassault Systems

      Vice-President Design

      Patrick BLAIN

      Renault-Nissan

      ex-Excomm

      Claire CANO-HOULLIER

      HiFlow (ex-Expedicar)

      CEO

      Grand Prix ACF 2019

      Béatrice DUBOISSET

      Humeaning

      President

      Michael FERNANDEZ

      France AutoTech

      President

      Elisabeth LECUYER

      Paris Business Angels

      President

      Frédéric MAZZELLA

      BlaBlaCar

      President-Founder

    • Application Process

      Call for international and French projects until December 20th

      1

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

      2

      Please fill the short application form below

      3

      Please specify if you also wish to apply to CarStudio Accelerator

      Click here and discover CarStudio offer

      4

      Send

      We will contact you afterwards when results will be given

    • PLEASE NOTE

      The 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 cannot display the form below, you can send your slide deck and the CVs to essecautomobile@gmail.com specifying if you Apply to "Prix Pionnier ACF" or "Grand Prix ACF" and if you wish to apply to CarStudio programme as well.

    • Previous Editions

      Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 & 2019 editions

      Grand Prix ACF 2018

      Grand Prix ACF 2019

    • Rewards

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2020

      €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

      1 equipped 15m² stand at the 2020 Mondial de l’Auto

      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

      Prix Pionnier ACF 2020

      €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

      Mention GPACF GreenTech

      Opening of the CrowdFunding platform, Aster Crowd, for the startup as well as complete management of the relation with the subscribing investors

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

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

      For the 6 finalists

      1 stand during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 2nd 2020 at the Automobile Club de France

      1 invitation to a special evening reception to meet investors organised by CarStudio for its accelerator

      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

      A VIP Invitation for 2 guests at the 2020 Mondial de l’Auto and 4 invitations/finalist

    • Contact us

      Richard de Cabrol

      Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director

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