#GPACF2022
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.
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Official Partners
GPACF2021 Winners
QOVOLTIS
GRAND PRIX ACF 2021
EIFHYTEC
PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2021
MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2021
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 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
November 29th 2022
noon
Closure of applications for #GPACF2022
January 17th 2022
Reveal of the semi finalists of #GPACF2022
April 14th 2022
Final of #GPACF2022 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
Patrice GRAILLAT
FIDAL
Paris Director
Patrice KEFALAS
MICHELIN
Innovation & Partnerships Director
Patrick KOLLER
FAURECIA
CEO
Gilles LE BORGNE
RENAULT GROUP
Executive Vice President Engineering
Anne ASENSIO
Dassault Systems
Vice-President Design
Patrick BLAIN
Renault-Nissan
ex-Excomm
Béatrice DUBOISSET
Humeaning
President
Grégory DUCONGE
Vulog
CEO
Ehsan EMAMI
Qovoltis
President
Grand Prix ACF
2021
Elisabeth LECUYER
Paris Business Angels
President
Application Process
Call for international and French projects until November 26th
1Please prepare a slide deck in English or French (9 slides maximum + appendices if needed) + Founders' CVs
2Please fill the short application below
3Send before November 29th noon
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
> 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).
- 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 2022, 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 - 2020 editions
Grand Prix ACF 2018
Grand Prix ACF 2019
Grand Prix ACF 2020
- RewardsGrand Prix ACF AutoTech 2022
€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 GoalsFull assessment meeting with Michelin Ventures for investment opportunities and 6 hours of e-coaching over 3 months with relevant Michelin experts
1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTechIndividualized financial advisory provided by Alexander Partners including optimisation of the Business Plan & Private Placement Memorendum for future fund raisingProfessional 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 2022 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 AffairesBusiness Expert Coaching (Strategy & fund raising experts Business Experts of Next Move) & one year subscription to Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next MoveIndividualized counselling provided by the venture capital fund Aster, including 5h of counselling to optimize a business plan, in preparation for possible fund raisingPrix Pionnier ACF 2022
€10,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France
1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTechFull assessment meeting with Michelin Ventures for investment opportunities
The equivalent of a €10,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next MoveMention GPACF GreenTech 2022
Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next MoveInvitation to Movin'On summit in June 2021, world summit of sustainable mobility, founded and inspired by Michelin, (ticket and transportation included) + Exclusive e-coaching session hosted by Michelin and Solar Impulse to join Bertrand Piccard #1000Solutions Challenge
The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
Participation to a VEDECOM training session or access to the test drive tracksAssess 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 launchedFor the 6 finalists
1 stand during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 14th 2022 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 Automobile1h of investment assessment with partner funds of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech: Aster & Meridiam
Counselling provided by the consulting firm humeaning to prepare the speech they will deliver during the grand final of April 15th 2021 with Beatrice DuboissetInvitation to meet students of leading computer and web development school EPITECHHighlight of the finalists on the French Mobility Platforms gathering already 700 mobility projects
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