Grand Prix ACF AutoTech

#GPACF 2024
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.
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Premium Partners
Official Partners
GPACF 2023 Winners
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Automobile Club

WeDoLow
PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2023
NODAR
GRAND PRIX ACF 2023
Nelson
MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2023
Prix Pionnier ACF
Finalists
Grand Prix ACF

CETRAC.IO (FRANCE)
Cybersecurity solution from defense sector to the car
NODAR (USA)
Stereo camera for ADAS application, cheaper alternative to LiDAR
EMBODME (FRANCE)
Touch and touchless solutions for all car surfaces, breakthroughfor interior design
Prix Pionnier ACF

NELSON (FRANCE)
Adaptative solution to help to electrify company fleets
WEDOLOW (FRANCE)
Software solution to help softwares to be more efficient and consume less energy
LINES MANUFACTURING (FRANCE)
Improved 3D printing in order to produce larger parts for less time
Onsite & Online tickets for the event
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You will be able to vote for your favorite startups during the event

Thursday 20 April Program:

19h00-20h30 GPACF AutoTech the 6 finalist Pitchs

Prix Pionnier ACF : Lines Manufacturing, WeDoLow (ex-Yubik) & Nelson

Grand Prix ACF : NODAR, EmbodMe & Cetrac.io

20h30 & onward for onsite tickets only : dinning cocktail & Prize Giving
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 2013 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

January 15th 2024
End of #GPACF 2024 call for projects, application form accessible below
April 24th 2024
Final of #GPACF 2024 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 250 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
Patrice GRAILLAT
FIDAL
Paris Director
Patrick KOLLER
FORVIA
CEO
Christophe LACROIX
MOTUL
Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Gilles LE BORGNE
RENAULT GROUP
Executive Vice President Engineering
Stéphane PRIAMI
CREDIT AGRICOLE Consumer Finance
CEO
Anne ASENSIO
Dassault Systems
Vice-President Design
Patrick BLAIN
Renault-Nissan
ex-Excomm
Yann BODERE
Iot.Bzh
Managing Director
Grand Prix ACF
2020
Claire CANO
HiFlow
CEO
Grand Prix ACF
2019
Béatrice DUBOISSET
Humeaning
President
Ehsan EMAMI
Qovoltis
President
Grand Prix ACF
2021
Jean Philippe GIBAUD
GEOLITH
CEO
Grand Prix ACF
2022
Elisabeth LECUYER
Paris Business Angels
President
Brad ROSEN
NODAR
COO
Grand Prix ACF
2023
Application Process
Call for international and French projects until November 24th

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 December 1st 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).
DOWNLOAD THE RULES OF GRAND PRIX ACF AUTOTECH
Personnal information (Name, email, phone number, postal address, name of the company, CV and decks) within the purpose of your application to the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2023, are mandatory in order to organize properly the challenge. They belong to the organizers: Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club and Jury members. Organizers won't make any use of those information for promotional purpose without prior notification to the user. They remain confidential and kept by the organizers only. In accordance to the articles 38, 39 and 40 from french law "Informatique et Libertés" n°78-17 of 6 january 1978 modified by the law n°2004-801 of 6 august 2004, you have access and modification right to modify your data and a right to delete your data by contacting us with the following email: gpacfstartupauto@automobileclubdefrance.fr
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
Rewards
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2024
€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 2024
€10,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France
1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech
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 2024
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 24th 2024 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
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.
Counselling provided by the consulting firm humeaning to prepare the speech they will deliver during the grand final of April 24th 2024 with Beatrice Duboisset
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.
Contact us

Richard de Cabrol
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director
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#GPACF 2024

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.

Click below to access the teaser ofGPACF 2024

Le Paddock

The only free social network for AutoTech, discover the world of AutoTech by clicking on the picture

https://hub.grandprixacfautotech.com

Premium Partners

Official Partners

GPACF 2023 Winners

Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Automobile Club

WeDoLow

PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2023

NODAR

GRAND PRIX ACF 2023

Nelson

MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2023

Prix Pionnier ACF

Finalists

Grand Prix ACF

CETRAC.IO (FRANCE)

Cybersecurity solution from defense sector to the car

NODAR (USA)

Stereo camera for ADAS application, cheaper alternative to LiDAR

EMBODME (FRANCE)

Touch and touchless solutions for all car surfaces, breakthroughfor interior design

Prix Pionnier ACF

NELSON (FRANCE)

Adaptative solution to help to electrify company fleets

WEDOLOW (FRANCE)

Software solution to help softwares to be more efficient and consume less energy

LINES MANUFACTURING (FRANCE)

Improved 3D printing in order to produce larger parts for less time

Onsite & Online tickets for the event

Three Prize Categories

Grand Prix ACF

Prix Pionnier ACF

Mention GPACF GreenTech

WHO ?

WHY ?

ELIGIBILITY

Timeline

January 15th 2024

April 24th 2024

Jury

Eric BOURDAISde CHARBONNIERE

ACF

Louis DESANGES

ACF

Thierry PEUGEOT

ESSEC Automobile Club

Christian PEUGEOT

ACF

Félicie BURELLE

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Patrice GRAILLAT

FIDAL

Patrick KOLLER

FORVIA

Christophe LACROIX

MOTUL

Gilles LE BORGNE

RENAULT GROUP

Stéphane PRIAMI

CREDIT AGRICOLE Consumer Finance

Anne ASENSIO

Dassault Systems

Patrick BLAIN

Renault-Nissan

Yann BODERE

Iot.Bzh

Claire CANO

HiFlow

Béatrice DUBOISSET

Humeaning

Ehsan EMAMI

Qovoltis

Jean Philippe GIBAUD

GEOLITH

Elisabeth LECUYER

Paris Business Angels

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Eric BOURDAIS
de CHARBONNIERE