Grand Prix ACF AutoTech

#GPACF 2023
Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 6th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.
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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
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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 2012 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 2023
Launch of #GPACF 2024 call for projects
April 24 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
Christophe LACROIX
MOTUL
Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Gilles LE BORGNE
RENAULT GROUP
Executive Vice President Engineering
Stéphane PRIAMI
CREDIT AGRICOLE Consumer Finance
CEO
Michel
de ROSEN
FORVIA
President
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
Aymeric
de PONTBRIAND
Scortex
CEO
Grand Prix ACF
2018
Application Process
Call for international and French projects until November 28th

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 November 28th 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
> 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 2023
€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, including 5h of counselling 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 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 Affaires
Business 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 Move
Prix Pionnier ACF 2023
€10,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France
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
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 Move
Mention GPACF GreenTech 2023
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 Move
Personalized coaching by the environmental impact venture capital fund Shift4Good, with 4 hours of support for the optimization of the investor pitch document
The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising
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
For the 6 finalists
1 booth during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 20th 2023 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
1h of investment assessment with partner funds of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech: Aster, Meridiam & 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 20th 2023 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.
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Richard de Cabrol
Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director
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